US - Sectionalism and Civil War - 21-22

US - Sectionalism and Civil War - 21-22

8th Grade

17 Qs

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US - Sectionalism and Civil War - 21-22

US - Sectionalism and Civil War - 21-22

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Brian Medlin

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of these people played a significant role in the Abolitionist Movement prior to the Civil War?

William Lloyd Garrison - publisher of "The Liberator"

Frederick Douglass - founder of the "North Star"

Harriet Beecher Stowe - author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

ALL of these are correct

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Members of the "Free-Soil" Party were AGAINST the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the U.S. What other political party was also against this slavery expansion?

the Republican Party

the Democratic Party

the American Party

the Know-Nothing Party

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What machine, invented by Eli Whitney, helped expand the plantation system in the United States?

the cotton gin

the steel plow

the combine harvester

the mechanical reaper

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The question of expanding slavery into the West caused -

sectional conflict in the years leading up to the Civil War

the populations of western states to increase rapidly

the country to unite in it's desire to abolish slavery

the U.S.-Mexican War to begin

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The use of slaves on cash-crop plantations led to -

increased profits for plantation owners

the urbanization of most Northern cities

periods of flooding followed by long droughts

the building of more factories in the South

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Look at the election map and circle graphs provided. Based on this information, Lincoln became President by winning -

the northern states, California, and Oregon

all of the southern states

the Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico territories

the Mid-Atlantic states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This quote is part of President Abraham Lincoln's response to several southern states seceding from the Union. Based on this quote, Lincoln feels that the South leaving the Union was -

unjustified

acceptable

foolish

reasonable

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