Ch 14-15 (The Civil War) PRACTICE TEST

Ch 14-15 (The Civil War) PRACTICE TEST

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Jacob Fabozzi

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Which compromise made in 1820 preserved the balance between slave states and free states?

Missouri Compromise

The Great Compromise

The Compromise of 1850

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which part of the nation would be most in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

The Northern free states

The Southern slave states

California

The states in New England

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Fugitive Slave Act...

increased Underground Railroad Activity.

led to resistance in the North.

infuriated abolitionists.

All of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is John Brown?

A Violent Abolitionist

A peaceful Abolitionist

A Violent Slave Owner

A Peaceful Slaveowner

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

admission of Illinois to the Union

economic issues

slavery

war with Mexico

6.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the words with the correct definition.

popular sovereignty

a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country

debate

the idea that the people in a territory should vote to allow slavery

compromise

an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions

civil war

a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest

fugitive

to formally discuss an issue

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

slaves could never become citizens

Dred Scott must be freed

slaves were property

human beings were not property

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