Causes of the Civil War

The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to raise money to finance the federal government to

• raise money to finance the federal government

• encourage settlement of the West

• limit the influence of monopolies and trusts

• support the development of state universities

In the 1840's, westward expansion was justified by a belief in

• Laissez-Faire economics

• Popular Sovereignty

• Cultural pluralism

• Manifest Destiny

Which reform movement is most closely associated with William Lloyd Garrison,

Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe?

• Abolition

• Labor

• Populist

• Progressive

The information provided by the map best supports the conclusion that

• the South’s transportation system was more efficient than the North.

• most railroads were owned and operated by the United States government.

• the transcontinental railroad linked the West and the South.

• the North had transportation advantages by the start of the Civil War.

Which action is most closely associated with the term Manifest Destiny?

• declaring independence from Great Britain.

• deciding to end the War of 1812

• acquiring territory from Mexico in 1848.

• annexing Hawaii and the Philippines.

What was one result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?

• Sectional tension increased.

• The slave trade was abolished.

• Northern states were more willing to compromise.

• Southern states immediately seceded from the Union.

What was the primary cause of the trends shown on the graph?

• closing of the western frontier

• industrialization in the North and the Midwest

• passage of the Homestead Act

• completion of the transcontinental railroad

These photographs of 19th-century life on the Great Plains indicate that

• both Native American Indians and white settlers depended on the buffalo for survival

• Native American Indians and white settlers used the same building materials for protection

• Native American Indians and white settlers adapted differently to the same environment

• white settlers learned farming practices from Native American Indians

Which heading best completes the partial outline?

• Rise of Sectionalism

• Impact of Industrialization

• Examples of Religious Revivalism

• Events Leading to the Mexican War

Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law

• fugitive 
• slave state
• free state
• state's rights