
American History Quiz: The Road to the Civil War
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To maintain the balance between free and slave states
To admit Missouri as a free state
To expand slavery to all territories
To abolish slavery in all states
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the 'gag rule' in Congress?
A rule prohibiting any discussion on ending slavery
A rule allowing open debate on ending slavery
A rule to promote the abolition of slavery
A rule to maintain the balance between free and slave states
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Compromise of 1850 include?
Legalizing slavery in all new states
The Fugitive Slave act as well as banning slavery in Washington, D.C
Repealing the Fugitive Slave Act
Allowing the buying and selling of people in Washington, D.C.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow the population of the territory to decide?
Whether to legalize slavery
Whether to abolish slavery
Whether to join the Union
Whether to become an independent country
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was Abraham Lincoln's opponent in the 1860 presidential election?
John Breckenridge
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
Edward Everett
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Southern states threaten to do if Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
To expand slavery to all states
To leave the Union
To join the Union
To abolish slavery
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the South Carolina state legislature vote for on Dec. 20, 1860?
To join the Union
To abolish slavery
To dissolve the union with the United States
To expand slavery to all states
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