VUS 6 Review

Which territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States in 1803?

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alamo Victory

• Texas Annexation

Which early 19th century invention spurred the expansion on slavery westward from the Deep South?

• Canals

• Cotton gin

• steam engine

• flat-bottom boats

Which state was obtained in the early 1800s through a treaty with Spain?

• Texas

• Oregon

• Florida

• California

Events in Texas History:

1. Migration of American settlers
2. Battle of the Alamo
3. ?
4. Entry into the union

Which event best completes this sequence?

• Confederate attacs on Fort Sumter

• Independence gained from Mexico

• Purchase of the Louisiana Territory

• Completion of the Transcontinental railroad

Which political party disappeared after the War of 1812?

• Federalists

• Whigs

• Know-Nothings

• Democrats

Which president came to power during "the age of the common man"?

• James Monroe

• Andrew Jackson

• James Madison

• John Quincy Adams

Which of the following movements gained momentum at the same time as the anti-slavery movement?

• Progressives

• Abolitionists

• Women's Suffragists

• Labor unions

Which compromise established the 36 30 line of latitude as the boundary to determine the slave status of states entering the United States?

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

• It repealed the Missouri Compromise

• It drew the east-west line

• It allowed southwestern states popular sovereignty

• Since California came into the union as a slave state, it allowed Oregon to come in as a free state

The Kansas-Nebraska Act eventually led to the birth of what political party?

• Whig

• Democratic

• Bull Moose

• Republican