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- 1. Multiple Choice
The idea that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean
Annexation
Manifest Destiny
Cession
Will of God
- 2. Multiple Choice
This group looked down on Hispanos and Californios and took their land, while also changing the culture of the area.
Germans
Irish
Anglos
Cowboys
- 3. Multiple Choice
An immediate cause of the Mexican-American war was
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
the Battle at the Alamo
the annexation of Texas
the movement of the border with Mexico
- 4. Multiple Choice
California entered the Union as a free state.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Fugitive Slave Law, part of the Compromise of 1850, meant that slaves were only free in
the north
the south
Canada
the Underground Railroad
- 6. Multiple Choice
The United States gained all land between 1845 and 1853 from
France
Britain
Spain
Mexico
- 7. Multiple Choice
Slave codes were passed in the south because plantation owners directly feared
slave revolts
abolitionists from the north
the Underground Railroad
Abraham Lincoln
- 8. Multiple Choice
Political and social activism to end slavery is known as
womens rights movement
abolition
amendment process
temperance
- 9. Multiple Choice
All of the following were abolitionist authors EXCEPT
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
- 10. Multiple Choice
The American Colonization Society wanted to
free slaves and move them north
free slaves and set up a colony in Africa
set up a colony in Callifornia
move Native Americans westward
- 11. Multiple Choice
In the South, what was the basis for determining a person's wealth status?
Family
Land and slaves
Education
Health
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Know-Nothing party was formed in response to
slavery
anti-immigrant feelings
war with Mexico
the gold rush
- 13. Multiple Choice
The concept that states should vote whether to be slave or free states is known as
free soil
free choice
majority rule
popular sovereignty
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which politician promoted the idea of popular sovereignty?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Breckenridge
John C Calhoun
- 15. Multiple Choice
Bleeding Kansas referred to fighting between
pro and anti slavery groups
Mexicans and Americans
Native Americans and settlers
Lincoln and Douglas supporters
- 16. Multiple Choice
How many candidates ran for President in the election of 1860?
1
2
3
4
- 17. Multiple Choice
Lincoln, the first Republican President, won. In response, the south
accepted the results
began to leave the Union
recognized the results as long as slavery was legal
began to dissolve plantations
- 18. Multiple Choice
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the south, followed which battle?
Fort Sumter
Battle at Antietam
Gettysburg
Richmond
- 19. Multiple Choice
Inflation occurred in the North and South because
goods were limited and prices rose
there was a drought and famine
all industry stopped during the war
farms ceased operation
- 20. Multiple Choice
Women served as nurses in the war and African Americans served as
soldiers
laborers
politicians
teachers
- 21. Multiple Choice
The Battle of Gettysburg is a turning point in the war because the __________ won.
North
South
- 22. Multiple Choice
A draft was instituted in the Union and riots resulted. What group of people was most opposed to the draft?
Women
African Americans
Working-class men
Wealthy men
- 23. Multiple Choice
The blockade of the South led to a stronger
Union navy
Confederate navy
Union army
Confederate army
- 24. Multiple Choice
When Robert E. Lee surrendered for the south, what was a condition?
His men were educated
His men kept horses and got food
Robert E Lee would avoid prison
The North would pay for all the damages to the south
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