What was the main issue that caused a divide in the United States?
Free States vs. Slave States

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7th Grade
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Brett Vetterlein
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The issue of slavery
Taxation without representation
Prohibition
Women's suffrage
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did abolitionists want?
To maintain the status quo
To expand slavery to new states
To create more slave states
To abolish slavery or prevent its spread
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Missouri Compromise achieve?
It ended slavery in the United States
It allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
It declared all states as free states
It made slave trading legal in all states
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was a significant consequence of the Compromise of 1850?
It declared all new territories as slave territories
It allowed California to become a free state and introduced the Fugitive Slave Act
It made California a slave state
It abolished the Fugitive Slave Act
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was the balance between free and slave states important?
To prevent any one side from passing laws to its advantage
To maintain peace between the North and South
To ensure equal taxation
To encourage more states to join the Union
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the new territories of Utah and New Mexico get to decide according to the Compromise of 1850?
Whether to impose taxes on cotton
Whether to join the Union
Whether to allow slavery
Whether to become free states
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