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Pre-Civil War Test

Pre-Civil War Test

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Flashcard

Social Studies

11th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the outcome of the Missouri Compromise?

Back

some states free, some states slave

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The Fugitive Slave Law was passed under which law?

Back

Compromise of 1850

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was Bleeding Kansas?

Back

Abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers fought.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

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Back

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to western territories

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 probably created the most controversy? Options: the admission of California as a free state, the organization of New Mexico and Utah as territories open to slavery, the ending of the slave trade in Washington, D.C., the passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners

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Back

the passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did the US have to create compromises over the addition of new states?

Back

From its beginning, the U.S. government struggled to balance the interests of slave owners and those opposed to the spread of slavery.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the Erie Canal used for?

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Back

Ship goods faster and cheaper to the Atlantic Ocean

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