The Sectional Crisis

The Sectional Crisis

11th Grade

10 Qs

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The Sectional Crisis

The Sectional Crisis

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

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Created by

Kristy Killough

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of Manifest Destiny?

extreme pride in one's nation

devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.

a type of sofa

the belief that the US would expand "from sea to shining sea"

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of an empresario?

a person who encouraged colonization in a territory, a colonization agent

a Spanish explorer

to be impressed

soldiers in the Mexican military

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of resolution?

re-working a problem to find an answer

a type of law

a judgment or decision by the court

a firm decision to do or not do something

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Compromise of 1850 do?

divided the Louisiana Territory into free and slave states

established a bicameral (two house) legislature

allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and gave the south a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

counted a percentage of the slave population in the southern states

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of popular sovereignty

citizens of a territory would vote on whether or not slavery would be permitted

an idea accepted by many people

voting to send a representative to Congress

voting to elect a President

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was Harriet Tubman?

a famous author and abolitionist

a former slave and famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad

first African American congressperson from a southern state

an advocate for westward expansion

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Underground Railroad?

a secret train/subway that slaves used to escape

a railroad that ran at different times in order to help slaves escape

a secret network of roads and houses that runaway slaves used to escape

a new political party that opposed slavery

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