
Quiz on Historical Events and Policies
Authored by Miranda Mondary
English
7th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of ____.
California
Missouri
Texas
Kansas
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Southerners did not support the Wilmot Proviso because it ________.
banned secession by any state
banned slavery in northern states
banned slavery in all the states
banned slavery in lands acquired from Mexico
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Stephen A. Douglas’s plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called ______.
popular sovereignty
territorial sovereignty
electoral choice
popular choice
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Free-Soil Party was established in 1848 because ______.
land prices were becoming too high
presidential candidates did not address slavery
Zachary Taylor won the election
most people were farmers
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to which law could a person be fined or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave?
Southern Slave Act
Owners-Right Act
Runaway Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the enslaved African American whose suit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court?
Roger Taney
Dred Scott
John Frémont
Millard Fillmore
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave was “property.
true
false
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