US History Unit 4 Review

Which of these BEST describes the belief of "Manifest Destiny"?

• the belief that the U.S. should send astronauts to the moon

• the belief that the U.S. should occupy all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

• the belief that slavery in the U.S. was a state issue

• the belief that the U.S. should prevent European military activity in the hemisphere

Which of the following was a belief held by John Brown (1800–1859)?

• Individual states should decide whether to allow slavery.

• Abolitionists should work for gradual change.

• The South should work to diversify its economic base.

• Slavery should be abolished by violent means.

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was primarily meant to

• grant citizenship to all people born in the United States.

• end the institution of slavery in the United States.

• allow former slaves the right to vote.

• allow women the right to vote.

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

• John C. Calhoun

• Andrew Jackson

• William H. Harrison

The Wilmot Proviso (1846) attempted to forever ban slavery in territories that were won as a result of

• the Civil War.

• the Louisiana Purchase.

• the Mexican War.

• the Spanish-American War.

California was initially admitted as a "free state," while citizens of the Utah and New Mexico territories were left to decide the issue for themselves. Which of these set this up?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which Civil War battle was significant in that the Union army was able to halt Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north?

• Fredericksburg

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Trenton

General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because

• it placed the Mississippi River under Union control.

• important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.

• it convinced Great Britain to stop supporting the Confederacy.

• Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender his forces as a direct result of Sherman's victory.

Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

• preserve the Union.

• enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.

• encourage sectionalism.

• end slavery throughout the entire country.

Which Civil War battle resulted in the Union gaining strategic control of the Mississippi River?

• Antietam

• Murfreesboro

• Appomattox

• Vicksburg