Westward Expansion and the Civil War

Manifest Destiny refers to the idea that the United States should stretch across the entire continent. 

• True
• False

The goal of the new Federalist Party was to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories. 

• True
• False

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

• imposing a rating system in order to prevent young people from seeing certain movies
• denying a job to a person who lacks specific skills or experience for the job
• sending illegal immigrants back to their native country
• denying some students access to public schools because of race

By the 1850s, which of the following linked many towns with cities and factories and opened new markets for the northern economy?

• wagon routes
• telegraphs
• clipper ships 
• railroads

The Industrial Revolution began in the 

• shipping industry
• textile industry 
• mining industry 
• farming industry 

Which of the following was part of the Missouri Compromise?

• Slave owners would not be allowed to pursue slaves who escaped to "free" territory 
• The Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri would be free of slavery 
• All children born to enslaved people in Missouri would be free of slavery
• No additional slaves could be brought into Missouri after its admission to the Union and slave state

Which of the following was NOT a result of the invention of the cotton gin?

• Cotton growers used profits to build more textile mills 
• Cotton profits increased enormously
• Cotton production increases required more slaves
• Cotton plantations extended as far west as Texas

On what document is the Declaration of Sentiments modeled?

• the Declaration of the Rights of Man
• the Bill of Rights
• the Declaration of Independence 
• the U.S. Constitution 

Which of the following might have been said by someone in the women's rights movement?

• "Women should have the same educational opportunities as men."
• "Women don't need to be educated because they don't vote."
• "Having an education won't help a woman be a good mother."
• "A woman who wants an education isn't a good wife."

How was Texas admitted to the Union?

• The President issued an executuve order accepting the annexation treaty.
• Congress passed a joint resloution accepting the annexation treaty. 
• Mexico sold Texas to the United States.
• Sam Houston forced Mexico to give Texas to the United States.