Key Events and Legislation in U.S. History

Key Events and Legislation in U.S. History

Assessment

Interactive Video

History, Social Studies, Geography

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial covers key vocabulary and events from the Civil War and Reconstruction era. It begins with the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, highlighting the Fugitive Slave Law. The impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Kansas-Nebraska Act is discussed, followed by Civil War strategies like the Anaconda Plan and the Emancipation Proclamation. The video concludes with Reconstruction efforts, the Thirteenth Amendment, and the rise of racial segregation laws.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

To create a new constitution

To abolish slavery in all states

To balance the power between free and slave states

To establish a new capital for the United States

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which state was admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?

Texas

California

Florida

Missouri

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Fugitive Slave Law enforce?

The abolition of slavery in the North

The right to vote for all citizens

The return of escaped slaves to their owners

The freedom of all slaves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Sojourner Truth

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act primarily about?

Establishing new trade routes

Allowing territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty

Building a transcontinental railroad

Creating new states in the South

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Anaconda Plan?

A method to recruit more soldiers

A peace treaty with the Confederacy

A plan to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River

A strategy to expand the Union

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?

The end of the Civil War

The freedom of slaves in Confederate states

The annexation of new territories

The start of Reconstruction

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