
Civil War & Sectionalism
Authored by Melinda Cantu
History
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main cause of sectionalism in the United States before the Civil War?
Differences in language
Differences in economic systems and views on slavery
Conflicts with foreign nations
Disagreements over religion
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which compromise allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Nullification Crisis
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow settlers to decide?
If they wanted independence
Whether to join the Union
Whether to allow slavery (popular sovereignty)
Who would be president
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
A peaceful protest movement
Violent conflict over slavery in Kansas
A Civil War battle
A Supreme Court decision
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not U.S. citizens?
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was president of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main goal of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War?
End slavery immediately
Preserve the United States
Expand westward
Gain new allies
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