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Chapter 21 History Test Prep

This quiz, titled 'Chapter 21 History Test Prep', assesses knowledge on critical events leading up to the Civil War, focusing on slavery's role in American politics and society. It covers landmark decisions, laws, and movements...

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 337 | Last updated: Jan 3, 2025

Sample Question 1
The election of 1860 showed how

Popular LIncoln was in the North and the South.

Little support abolitionists had in the North.

Deeply divided the nation was over slavery.

Eager Americans were to end the debate over slavery.

Sample Question 2
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery

Violated the Fifth Amendment.

Should be ended by Congress.

Was a blot on our national character.

Could be allowed in the territories.

Sample Question 3
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 created the most controversy during the 1850s?

The admission of California as a free state.

The ending of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

The passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners.

The organization of New Mexico and Utah as territories open to slavery.

American History: Civil War Quiz! Test

How much do you understand about the American history of the civil war? Are you studying for an exam, or do you appreciate the history of the United States? Either way, this quiz can help. The Civil War's best outcomes were...

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 188 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025

Sample Question
The following two questions relate to this particular quotation: "The tea has been thrown overboard, the revolution of 1860 has been initiated." Charleston (South Carolina) Mercury, November 8, 1860 Which of the following events had not occurred by the time the quotation had been printed:

The Dred Scott decision

John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry

The Compromise of 1850

The beginning of Abraham Lincolrn's first term as president