
Civil War Quiz
Authored by Steven Kaptur
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to popular sovereignty,
voters in a territory decided whether or not to allow slavery.
Congress decided whether or not a territory allowed slavery.
any new state would be a free state.
any new state would be a slave state.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was the South upset by the Free Soil Party?
The Free Soil Party wanted to end slavery in the South.
The Free Soil Party supported popular sovereignty.
The Free Soil Party wanted to stop slavery from spreading to new territories.
The Free Soil Party wanted to repeal southern Slave Codes.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these was NOT a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted as a free state.
Slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C.
Utah would be admitted as a free state and New Mexico would be a slave state.
A new Fugitive Slave Law was enacted.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." In this quote, Abraham Lincoln was suggesting that his highest priority was
allowing slavery to spread into the western territories.
abolishing slavery.
saving the Union.
ending slave trade.
5.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
It led to the passage of the Wilmot Proviso.
It kept the number of slave and free states equal.
It created a new Fugitive Slave Law.
It was the first time popular sovereignty was used in a state.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lincoln’s election led many southerners to believe that
the South controlled the nation’s government.
slavery was evil.
a compromise between the North and South was possible.
the South would have little voice in the government.
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