Vocab Quiz 4 (US)

__________________ is when a state or province breaks away from a country.

• revolt

• secession

• revolution

• none of the above

The ____________________________ went across the entire continent connecting the east coast to the west coast.

• road

• message

• intercontinental railroad

• none of the above

In the _____________________ the North got California to enter as a free state and the South got the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• all of the above

The __________________ made it illegal to help a runaway slave.

• 1) Kansas Nebraska Act

• 2) The Compromise of 1850

• 3)The Fugitive Slave Act

• Both 2 and 3

Harriet Tubman was a famous "conductor" for this.

• Trans-Pacific Railroad

• Underground Railroad

• Reading Railroad

• none of the above

A famous abolitionist known for leading the Underground Railroad.

• Rosa Parks

• Michelle Obama

• Harriet Tubman

• none of the above

The book ___________________ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe was instrumental in building public support for abolition.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• 1984

• The Handmaid's Tale

• The Great Gatsby

The ___________________ stated that the slavery issue would be decided by popular sovereignty in the new territories. This would lead to conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas," a preview of the Civil War/

• Nebraska-Idaho Act

• Kansas-Missouri Act

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• none of the above

The ____________________ is how the United States acquired the land we currently live in today (Tucson, AZ).

• Louisianan Purchase

• The Alaska Purchase

• The Gadsden Purchase

• none of the above

A general vote by the people on a single issue is known as a ________________.

• election

• referendum

• recall vote

• all of the above