Module 17 Test

Module 17 Test

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Module 17 Test

Module 17 Test

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History

8th Grade

Easy

Created by

Kevin Peterson

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election?

Abraham Lincoln

Stephen A. Douglas

John C. Breckinridge

John Bell

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main issue that the 1860 election was essentially a referendum on?

Slavery

Economic policy

Foreign relations

State rights

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which state issued a Declaration of Secession from the United States on December 20, 1860?

South Carolina

Virginia

Tennessee

Georgia

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of eligible voters cast their ballots in the 1860 election?

75%

70%

81.2%

85%

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which candidate won all the Southern states except Virginia and Tennessee in the 1860 election?

John C. Breckinridge

Abraham Lincoln

Stephen A. Douglas

John Bell

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

To abolish slavery in the United States

To allow escaped slaves to live freely in the North

To return escaped slaves to their owners even if found in free states

To establish new territories for escaped slaves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which state’s request to enter the Union as a free state threatened the balance between free and slave states?

Texas

New Mexico

California

Utah

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