Growing Tension

Growing Tension

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Growing Tension

Growing Tension

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

John Robinson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was one of the events that continued pushing the nation closer to a civil war?

The signing of the Declaration of Independence

The Battle of Gettysburg

The controversial Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court

The ratification of the 13th Amendment

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What effect did John Brown's death have on proslavery Southerners?

It made them more determined to keep slavery

It made them less fearful of Northern conspiracies

It made them more fearful of Northern conspiracy efforts

It had no effect on their views

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which major event was approaching that would be a tipping point in the tensions between North and South?

The death of John Brown

The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

The Battle of Gettysburg

The election of 1860

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What term was used to describe the violent confrontations between antislavery and proslavery supporters in Kansas?

The Great Divide

The Kansas Clash

Bleeding Kansas

The Kansas Conflict

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Dred Scott ruling caused conflict between northern states (anti-slavery) and southern states (pro-slavery).

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

encourage manufacturing in the west

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was one of the main causes of growing tension between the American colonies and Britain in the 18th century?

The Boston Tea Party

The signing of the Magna Carta

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

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