Quizizz - Dividing Nation

What was the Compromise of 1850 primarily about?

• A series of laws regarding the regulation of interstate commerce

• A set of agreements designed to ease tensions between slave and free states

• A treaty between the United States and Great Britain concerning territorial expansion

• Legislation focused on the industrialization of the northern states

What was the Dred Scott decision about?

• A Supreme Court ruling that established judicial review

• A Supreme Court decision that declared the National Bank unconstitutional

• A Supreme Court ruling that stated slaves were property and had no legal rights

• A Supreme Court decision that allowed for the desegregation of schools

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act accomplish?

• It established Kansas and Nebraska as free states

• It allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to determine if they would allow slavery

• It divided the Louisiana Purchase into two territories, without mention of slavery

• It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska with the condition of being slave states

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• An agreement that allowed for the annexation of Texas

• A set of laws that established the border between the United States and Canada

• An agreement that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• Legislation that provided funding for the transcontinental railroad

What was the significance of the Wilmot Proviso?

• It was a proposal to prohibit slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico

• It was an amendment that granted women the right to vote

• It was a law that required the return of runaway slaves

• It was a treaty that ended the American Civil War

What role did Harriet Tubman play in the Underground Railroad?

• She was a financial supporter of the Underground Railroad

• She served as a conductor, guiding many slaves to freedom

• She was responsible for mapping routes for the Underground Railroad

• She was a spokesperson for the abolitionist movement, promoting the Underground Railroad

What was the primary purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To declare all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free

• To grant citizenship to all former slaves

• To recruit former slaves into the Union Army

• To establish the 13th Amendment