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Chapter 8 Sectional Conflict

Authored by Joseph Manning

Social Studies

10th - 12th Grade

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Chapter 8 Sectional Conflict
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional part of the

Compromise

of 1850.

Fugitive

Slave Act.

Kansas-Nebraska

Act.

Missouri

Compromise.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Calhoun Resolutions were important because they demonstrated

the

acceptance of popular sovereignty in the North.

the

anger many Southerners felt about threats to slavery.

the

appeal to Northerners of expanding slavery westward.

the

South’s desire to ban the slave trade.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The original purpose of the Gadsden Purchase was to

balance

free and slave states.

create

a route for a railroad.

enlarge

Kansas and Nebraska.

expand

slavery west.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Know-Nothings were

anti-Catholic

and nativist.

antislavery

and anti-Catholic.

antislavery

and nativist.

proslavery

and anti-Catholic.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lincoln wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding because if it did,

the

South would control more territory than the North.

the

South would gain control of important arsenals there.

the

South would gain control of the strategically important Potomac River.

Washington,

D.C., would be surrounded by Confederate territory.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Wilmot Proviso, which never passed, would have

created

a compromise by dividing the territories into free states and slave states.

made

it easier for slaveholders to retrieve an enslaved person.

prevented

Congress from banning slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

prohibited

slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7. Most members of the Free-Soil Party opposed the spread of slavery because they believed that

allowing

slavery to expand would make it difficult for free men to find work.

allowing

slavery to expand would shift political power to the South.

slavery

was immoral and should be abolished.

the

people of the western territories should decide about slavery.

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