SSUSH8: Sectionalism & Westward Expansion

Multiple Choice

What restriction was placed on the extension of slavery by the Missouri Compromise?

• It restricted slavery to the Northwest Territory

• With the exception of Georgia, it allowed slavery throughout the South

• With the exception of Missouri, it restricted slavery to below the 36°30’ latitude line

• It restricted slavery to the Louisiana Territory

Multiple Choice

What did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and "Bleeding Kansas" have in common?

• They were all vetoed by President Abraham Lincoln.

• They helped Abraham Lincoln win the Election of 1860.

• They all dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territories.

• They were permanent solutions to the conflict between the North and South.

Multiple Choice

When the admission of new states threatened the balance of free and slave states in the Union, which Kentucky Senator drew up the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820?

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• John C. Calhoun

• William H. Harrison

Multiple Choice

Sectionalism can be defined as

• Differences that arise between different regions of a country economically, culturally, or politically, for example

• Migration patterns that occur as people leave one part of a country for another part

• One part of a country choosing to break ties with the rest of the nation in order to be independent

• A regions decision to be economically self-sufficient

Multiple Choice

Whose Presidency was MOST concerned with fulfilling the country's Manifest Destiny?

• John Adams

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

The concept of Manifest Destiny meant God wanted American settlers to:

• Build railroads to encourage trade between regions

• Settle the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

• Establish river towns to encourage the use of steam power

• Ban slavery in all new states entering the Union

Multiple Choice

Which of these was the largest and most constant issue facing the United States during the era of "Manifest Destiny?"

• whether labor unions would be allowed to form

• whether states would allow women the right to vote

• whether Indians would be relocated to North Carolina

• whether slavery would spread across the United States

Multiple Choice

Manifest Destiny advanced the belief that

• new territory would lead to more slavery.

• God was on the side of American expansion.

• slavery should be abolished in the United States.

• the Democratic Party would elect the next President.

Multiple Choice

"54-40 or fight!" was a campaign slogan of James K Polk and meant that

• The US would go to war with Mexico for California if necessary.

• The US would go to war with Britain over Oregon if necessary.

• The US would go to war with Russia over Alaska if necessary.

• The US would take Hawaii by force.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is TRUE regarding the consequences of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• It ended the Mexican War of Independence.

• It created a transcontinental railroad through Texas.

• It established US control over New Mexico, Nevada, and California. (Mexican Cession)

• It solidified Mexican authority over Texas and the surrounding region.

Multiple Choice

Which treaty ended the United States' war with Mexico in 1848?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Vera Cruz

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Multiple Choice

Sectionalism was a major part of the events that led to the Civil War. What does sectionalism refer to?

• women and men worked in different areas

• people wanted to live further apart from each other

• life in the North was very different than life in the South

• the United States hoped to expand into new areas of the world

Multiple Choice

Which war propelled General Zachary Taylor into the national spotlight and helped him win the Presidential election in 1848?

• American Civil War

• Mexican-American War

• Spanish-American War

• American Revolutionary War

​What do you see?

Multiple Choice

Abolitionists often opposed annexation of western territories because they

• feared the addition of antislavery states.

• thought the land was too far away.

• feared the extension of slavery

• wanted to protect the Indians.

Multiple Choice

What was a result of passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• several years of peace on the issue of slavery

• the end of the political career of Stephen Douglas

• popular sovereignty for Kansas and Nebraska

• a reaffirmation of the Missouri Compromise

Multiple Choice

Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• A slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.

• A slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.

• A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.

• A slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.

Multiple Choice

Why was Harper's Ferry, Virginia, significant in the Antebellum Era?

• It was the first capital of the Confederacy.

• It was the first city to withdraw from the Union.

• It was the location of the first shots of the Civil War.

• It was the site of a failed slave rebellion in October of 1859.

Multiple Choice

What was the main issue involving John Brown's 1859 raid in Harper's Ferry, Virginia?

• Suffrage

• Slavery

• Money

• Secession

Multiple Choice

According to the idea of popular sovereignty, which of the following would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?

• the Senate

• the President

• the residents of the territory

• the House of Representative