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Which statement best describes how the Missouri Compromise addressed slavery in 1820?
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8 Slavery and Sectional Conflict Online Quiz Questions
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A political group opposes allowing slavery in newly acquired western territories but does not demand its immediate abolition in states where it already exists. Which position does this most closely represent?
- A
They opposed slavery's expansion into western territories without necessarily demanding its immediate abolition where it already existed.
- B
They demanded immediate abolition in every state and territory.
- C
They supported slavery's expansion as a way to resolve sectional disputes.
- D
They opposed slavery only in Washington, D.C., while supporting its expansion elsewhere.
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Which combination of conclusions did the Supreme Court reach in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
- A
It ruled that Congress could prohibit slavery in every territory and that Black people born in the United States were citizens.
- B
It ruled that each territory could ban slavery through popular sovereignty and that citizenship depended on state law.
- C
It ruled that Black people of African descent could not be U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories.
- D
It ruled that the Fugitive Slave Act applied only in the South and that Congress could not regulate slavery in Washington, D.C.
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Which actions are identified as forms of resistance by enslaved people? Select all that apply.
- A
Slowing work
- B
Enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act
- C
Preserving family and cultural traditions
- D
Restricting literacy among enslaved people
- E
Escaping
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Which provisions were part of the Compromise of 1850? Select all that apply.
- A
California entered as a free state.
- B
Slavery was immediately abolished throughout the United States.
- C
The status of slavery in Utah and New Mexico was left to be decided locally.
- D
The slave trade, but not slavery, ended in Washington, D.C.
- E
Missouri entered as a free state and Maine as a slave state.
06
True or false
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The Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1, 1863, declared enslaved people free in areas still in rebellion, but it did not abolish slavery everywhere in the United States.
- A
True
- B
False
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True or false
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The secession documents of the states that formed the Confederacy identified the defense of slavery as a central purpose.
- A
True
- B
False
08
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What was the name of the position that opposed slavery's expansion into western territories without necessarily demanding immediate abolition where it already existed?
09
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In what year did Nat Turner's revolt take place in Virginia?
10
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After the United States ended legal importation of enslaved people from abroad in 1808, slavery continued to grow through births and the .
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Lincoln pledged to prevent slavery's expansion into the territories; he did not promise to .
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Explain how the Civil War changed the struggle over slavery. In your answer, describe how enslaved people acted to claim freedom, how the federal government's approach changed, and how the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment differed in scope.
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Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what did popular sovereignty mean for Kansas and Nebraska?
- A
Congress appointed officials to decide separately for each territory.
- B
Settlers in each territory would decide whether slavery was allowed.
- C
The Supreme Court would decide after each territory became a state.
- D
The territories would automatically become free states.
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In what year did activists form the American Anti-Slavery Society and call for immediate emancipation?
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How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 affect people who had escaped slavery?
- A
Federal efforts to capture and return people who had escaped slavery were strengthened, making escape more perilous.
- B
All enslaved people who reached a northern state were automatically freed.
- C
The law ended slavery in Washington, D.C., and prohibited its expansion into territories.
- D
The law required local settlers to vote on whether slavery would be allowed.
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide?
- A
It prohibited slavery in both territories.
- B
It allowed settlers in each territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed.
- C
It admitted both territories as slave states.
- D
It restored the Missouri Compromise restriction north of latitude 36°30′.
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How did the cotton gin contribute to the expansion of slavery in the United States?
- A
It reduced cotton production and caused enslavers to end the domestic slave trade.
- B
It made slavery unnecessary by replacing plantation labor with machines.
- C
It helped cotton plantations expand, contributing to the forced movement of enslaved people to the Deep South.
- D
It confined slavery to tobacco production in the Upper South.
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Under the Compromise of 1850, how was the status of slavery in Utah and New Mexico to be decided?
- A
Congress immediately prohibited slavery in both territories.
- B
The status of slavery in both territories would be decided locally.
- C
Both territories were admitted as free states.
- D
The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed in both territories.
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True or false
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The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery throughout the United States.
- A
True
- B
False
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In what year was the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery throughout the United States, ratified?