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- 1. Multiple Choice
During the 1800's the country became increasingly by what?
politics
sectionalism
slavery
all of the above
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which map represents the Northwest Territory?
- 3. Multiple Choice
This compromise was needed when Missouri wanted to the be the first state created from the Louisiana Territory?
The Great compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which correctly details the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Maine admitted as a slave state, Missouri as a free state, 36-30 line
Missouri admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, the 36-30 line
Maine and Missouri admitted as slave states, the 36-30 line
none of these
- 5. Multiple Choice
Known as the "Great Compromiser" this senator creates the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Calhoun
Henry Douglas
Henry Ford
Henry Clay
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provides....
a balance between free and slave states in the Senate.
a balance between free and slave states in the House of Representatives.
a balance between free and slave states on the Supreme Court
A balance across the board in the U.S. government.
- 7. Multiple Choice
All f these are causes of the Civil War except
The Election of 1850
The Dred Scott Decision
The Kansas Nebraska Act
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
- 8. Multiple Choice
Analyzing the map what does Compromise of 1850 do?
repeal the Dred Scott Decision
invalidate the Great Compromise
invalidate the Missouri Compromise of 1820
creates an opportunity to end slavery.
- 9. Multiple Choice
James k. Polk the 11th President of the United State helped fulfill America's
march to greatness
march to the sea
manifest destiny
mercantilism ambitions
- 10. Multiple Choice
Analyze the map. The Oregon Territory was obtained by the U.S. through negotiation with which country?
France
Spain
Netherlands
England
- 11. Multiple Choice
Analyze the map. The land in the Southwest part of the map was obtained by the U.S. after what war?
Spanish American War
Mexican War
The War of 1812
French and Indian War
- 12. Multiple Choice
The U.S. acquisition of the Southwest fulfills is desire of achieving
manifest designation
abolishing slavery
total control
manifest destiny
- 13. Multiple Choice
CA admitted as a free state, NM and UT choose free or slave, New Mexico carved out of Texas, Fugitive Slave law, slave trade abolished in D.C. describes what?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
The Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
- 14. Multiple Choice
This man sued his master because he believed he should be free because his owner had moved him to Illinois and Wisconsin.
Dred Wilson
Nat Turner
John Brown
Dred Scott
- 15. Multiple Choice
How did the Dred Scott decision define the status of slaves and free blacks in America.
It made them both citizens.
It said neither could not be citizens.
It freed them both in the eyes of the north.
None of these
- 16. Multiple Choice
This person was responsible for the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
James Brown
Justin Brown
Jack Brown
John Brown
- 17. Multiple Choice
Classes between pro and anti-slavery groups in Kansas earned the nickname
Kansas Death Match
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas Battle Royal
Hopeless Kansas
- 18. Multiple Choice
Lincoln's electoral votes (in red) featured in this map of the election of 1860 suggests that he got most of his support from what region of the U.S..
North
South
Mid West
West
- 19. Multiple Choice
When outsiders from the North and South sought to influence the free or slave vote in Kansas it lead to
a win for the rule of the people
stalemate between the North and the South
the failure of popular sovereignty
balancing of the Senate
- 20. Multiple Choice
The election of the 16th President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 triggers the
American Revolution
Mexican War
Spanish American War
Civil War
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