Road to the Civil War Quiz

Road to the Civil War Quiz

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Road to the Civil War Quiz

Road to the Civil War Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

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What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott Case?

Slaves were not human; only property

Slaves were to be immediately be set free

Dred Scott was legally allowed to own a home

Dred Scott was right and that he won his case

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

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Why did Dred Scott sue?

He said that since his master took him to a free state, he legally was free

He said that he should be allowed to own his slaves

He said he wanted to legally divorce his wife

He said Texas illegally was added to the USA

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Why is the Dred Scott decision considered bad?

It is racist

It wasn't properly defended

It violates the 1st amendment

It allowed the president to be a dictator

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Which Abolitionist was a free man who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery for 12 years?

Solomon Northup

William Lloyd Garrison

Harriet Tubman

Sorjourner Truth

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

What was the Underground Railroad?

A series of underground tunnels and safe houses

A secret railroad

A network of police stations

Tunnels that slave catchers used

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

What was the goal of the Abolition Movement?

To free slaves

To keep people in slavery

To expand the country out West

To produce more factories

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

Match the Abolitionist with what they did

Harriet Jacobs

Was a prominent conductor on the Underground Railroad

Solomon Northup

Spoke about Equal rights for all women and all African Americans

Sojourner Truth

Wrote 12 Years a Slave

Harriet Tubman

Created the Newspaper "The North Star"

Frederick Douglass

Wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girls

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