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4C Union in Peril

Authored by Zeb Elsbernd

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11th Grade

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4C Union in Peril
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War
A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not
A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery
An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Popular Sovereignty?

A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War
A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not
A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery
An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Free-Soil Party?

A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War
A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not
A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery
An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Compromise of 1850?

A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War
A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not and repealed fugitive slave laws
A political group that was against slavery and wanted new territories to be free from slavery and maintain existing fugitive slave laws
An agreement made about whether new states should allow slavery or not and created a more strict fugitive slave law.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

Less strict slave codes in western territories
A law that allowed people in new territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not
Legislation that allowed escaped slaves to keep their status as freemen if they reached the north
A law that said escaped slaves could be caught and forced to go back to their owners

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?

A book advocating for the spread of slavery into western territories
The name of a large infamous plantation in the South
The location of John Brown's famous raid and attack on the institution of slavery
A powerful story,written in response to the fugitive slave act, that showed the terrible things that happened to enslaved people

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A proposed rule to ban slavery in the lands acquired from the Mexican-American War
A law that allowed people in the Kansas & Nebraska territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not
A law that reinforced the existing principles of the Missouri Compromise
A piece of legislation outlawing slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories

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