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- 1. Multiple Choice
Rapid population growth, economic depressions, the prospect of inexpensive land, and trade opportunities contributed to the widespread support of which of the following?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Manifest Destiny
The American System
States Rights
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is one reason James K Polk won the presidential election of 1844?
He was against removing Indians from their native lands
He favored a policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories
He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny
He opposed the extension of slavery west of he Mississippi River
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is one political reason people supported Manifest Destiny and expanding the United States to Oregon?
Maintaining slavery
Spreading democracy
Increasing capitalism
Promoting Immigration
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the US by instituting--
method to purchase territory from foreign powers
procedure for military takeovers of existing countries
process through which states could be added to the Union
compromise line that prohibited slavery in the west
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. The decision applied to much of the land gained from the--
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
US-Mexican War
Civil War
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which reason did the US give for declaring war against Mexico in 1846?
To overturn a corrupt Mexican government
to defend US terrirory from Mexican aggression
To end a Mexican slave rebellion
To respond to attacks on US merchant ships by Mexican pirates
- 7. Multiple Choice
What do California and Texas have in common?
They were former Mexican territories
They were depenent on slavery
They were settled by Mormons
They had large coal deposits
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was a reason for the purchase of the Gadsden Purchase?
support settlement of US territory gained through the US Mexican War
encourage commerce among US states formed from the Louisiana Territory.
allow the US and Mexico to share railroad construction costs
encourage the sale of US government land in florida
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the US in the mid 1800s?
Opportunity for free land in the Midwest
The prospect of religious freesom
An economic boom in the West
The possibility of a free education
- 10. Multiple Choice
Between 1846 and 1855 the population of Ireland decreased by a third, including approximately 1.5 million Irish immigrants who left for the US. What was the primary reason for this migration?
Massive unemployment resulting from British occupation
Political unrest during an economic recession
Famine caused by a major crop failure
Civil War between Catholics and Protestants
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?
Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law
Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California
Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, DC, slave markets
Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
Nebraska entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856
Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas
The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise was extended farther south.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was a direct result of the Fugitive Slave Act?
the abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North
Members of the Senate sought to end Black Codes in the Southern states
The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into all new western territories
Abolitionists moved to the South to avoid living under the new law
- 14. Multiple Choice
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise attempted to slow the spread of slavery in the West by--
not allowing slave marriages in the western states
banning slavery north of the 36°30' line of latitude
placing a tax on slave-owning farmers who moved west
limiting the number of freed slaves that could move west
- 15. Multiple Choice
The 36°30' line of latitude represents a boundary between--
The United States and Mexico and 1820
existing states in 1800 and future terrirories
The United States and Canada before 1800
antislavery and pro-slavery territories in 1820
- 16. Multiple Choice
Senator Stephen Douglas introduced a bill that repealed the Missouri Compromise and introduced the idea of "popular sovereignty. In 1854, this meant--
newly admitted states would be given American Indian Names
a monarchical government would be established in the new territories
new territories would need fewer people to become a state in the Union
residents of new territories could vote to allow slavery or decide against it
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an attempt to resolve which of the following contentious issues
The awarding of land grants to settlers
The building of a transcontinental railroad system
The expansion of slavery into the western territories
The regulation of new businesses in the western territories
- 18. Multiple Choice
After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the balance in the number of slave states and free states in the Union was crucial to maintaining peace in Congress. In 1849, this balance was threatened by the statehood application of --
California
Kansas
Nebraska
Oregon
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which Supreme Court decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and was considered a triumph for the South and slavery?
McCullough v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Worcester v. Georgia
- 20. Multiple Choice
In 1854, the Republican Party was formed in opposition to--
the rise of monopolies
the abolitionist movement
the idea of popular sovereignty
the ideology of Manifest Destiny
- 21. Multiple Choice
The Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court resulted in--
tension with American Indians in the midwest
the recognition of all African Americans as citizens
an agreement to ban slavery in newly formed states
increased hostilities between northerners and southerners
- 22. Multiple Choice
What conclusion can be drawn about the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
It upset northerners because it expanded slavery into new territories
it upset southerners because it allowed freed slaves to buy slaves
it pleased northerners because it legalized slavery in northern states
It pleased southerners because it allowed states to secede
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