Causes of the Civil War | 470 plays

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Missouri Compromise tried to maintain the balance between slave states and free states.

True

False

2.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

Which of these were punishments for breaking the Fugitive Slave Law?

$1000 fine

6 months in prison

12 months in prison

death

3.

Match

1 min

1 pt

Match the words with the correct definition.

popular sovereignty

a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country

fugitive

to formally discuss an issue

compromise

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

civil war

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

debate

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

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was a violent opponent of slavery?

Abraham Lincoln

John Brown

Frederick Douglass

John C Calhoun

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

admission of Illinois to the Union

economic issues

slavery

war with Mexico

6.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

slaves could never become citizens

Dred Scott must be freed

black people were property

human beings were not property

7.

Dropdown

1 min

1 pt

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford said that slavery could not be banned because the (a) protects people's property.

5th Amendment

6th Amendment

10th Amendment

4th Amendment

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of these introduced the idea of popular sovereignty?

“Bleeding Kansas”

John Brown

Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

9.

Dropdown

1 min

1 pt

(a) was the first state to vote to secede from the Union.

South Carolina

Georgia

New York

Tennessee

10.

Dropdown

30 sec

1 pt

Even though his name was not on the ballot in most Southern states, (a) won the election of 1860.

Abraham Lincoln

John Bell

Stephen Douglas

John Breckenridge

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

His owner had taken him to live in a free state

His owner said it was okay

He was born free

He bought his freedom

12.

Drag and Drop

1 min

1 pt

(a) planned to raid (b) in order to capture the federal (c) to arm slaves and start a (d) .

John Brown

Harpers Ferry, VA

arsenal

rebellion

Stephen Douglas

Charleston, SC

bank

railroad

13.

Labelling

1 min

1 pt

Label the Union and the Confederacy.

Confederacy

Union

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many states eventually joined the Confederacy?

10

11

24

15

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