Texas Civil War and Reconstruction
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Social Studies
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7th Grade
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Garrett Bell
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term best describes the growing divide between the North’s industry and the South’s agriculture before the Civil War?
Isolationism from foreign economic influence
Sectionalism between different American regions
Nationalism between all American regions
Federalism balancing national and state powers
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did some Southern leaders argue for states’ rights in the years before the Civil War?
They hoped Congress would ban slavery in all territories
They believed each state could choose slavery by popular vote
They sought a stronger presidency to control territories
They wanted federal courts to expand slavery nationally
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Look at a map dividing Union, Border, and Confederate states. Which statement best explains the importance of Border States to both sides?
They offered key factories and major river routes
They contained most western gold and silver mines
They controlled distant Pacific trade routes only
They were unpopulated lands with limited resources
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
As the United States expanded westward, debates over slavery intensified. Which consequence most directly increased tensions between North and South?
Rapid decline of cotton prices in global markets
Attempts to stop slavery’s spread into new territories
Immediate emancipation across all Southern plantations
Complete agreement on federal tariffs and trade
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best describes the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
It split free and slave regions at a set line
It ended slavery across all western territories
It granted citizenship to all enslaved people
It allowed each state to choose slavery by vote
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one key part of the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act required return of escapees
Dred Scott gained citizenship and voting rights
Missouri entered as a permanently free state
South Carolina officially left the Union
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin do?
Argued that tariffs harmed southern farmers
Exposed the cruelty of slavery to many readers
Defended plantation life as morally justified
Explained battlefield tactics used in the war
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