SS 4-8_Day 2

Which of the following was an effect of the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• The decision required the United States government to regulate interstate travel of enslaved people.

• The decision denied citizenship status to all African Americans, whether free or enslaved.

• The decision increased the number of congressional representatives to include the Wisconsin territory.

• The decision preserved the balance of representative power between free and slave states.

Which of the following best describes the primary claim of the Monroe Doctrine?

• It argued that acquiring Asian colonies was an effective means of opening new markets for American goods.

• It warned United States leaders against participating in entangling foreign alliances.

• It declared that the United States had the right to defend the Western Hemisphere from European interference.

• It encouraged the mass movement of American Indians off of their land and onto Indian reservations.

Which of the following resulted from the passage of the Law of April 6, 1830, by the government of Mexico?

• Mexican law prohibited slavery in Texas and closed the borders to United States immigration.

• Stephen F. Austin brought 300 families to Texas and established the Austin colony.

• Mexico gave up its claim to the Anahuac region and other Aztec lands near the Mexico Basin.

• The Fredonian Rebellion began in an effort to secede Texas from Mexico.

For which of the following reasons did Southern plantation owners oppose the Missouri Compromise (1820)?

• It allowed residents of new territories to vote on whether to allow slavery.

• It outlawed the practice of slavery in Missouri.

• It introduced stronger legislation for pursuing fugitive slaves.

• It prevented the expansion of slavery into Northern territories.

In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which greatly increased the amount of harvested cotton that could be produced in a day. Which of the following reflects another effect of the cotton gin?

• The prices of slaves decreased.

• The use of slave labor increased.

• The freeing of slaves increased.

• The demand for slaves decreased.

The United States Supreme Court cited the idea of separate but equal to justify the decision in which of the following cases?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Texas v. White

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• McCulloch v. Maryland

Which of the following was the most significant threat to the survival of the Republic of Texas?

• The Cordova Rebellion

• The discovery of oil

• The Santa Fe Expedition

• The expansion of slavery

Which of the following was a significant objection raised by members of the United States to joining the League of Nations after World War I?

• It took away the president's power to declare war.

• It gave veto power over major policy decisions to China and the Soviet Union.

• It could entangle the United States in future European military conflicts.

• It did not require reparations to be paid by Germany.

During World War II, Texas became instrumental in the war effort by

• becoming the center of research and development for the Manhattan Project.

• mandating the strictest gas-rationing policy in the nation.

• becoming the main base for antisubmarine warfare against the Germans.

• vastly expanding its petroleum-refining industry to produce more fuel.

Which of the following was the most significant effect on Europe of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (1453) and the eastern Mediterranean (1516-1517)?

• Ottoman missionaries spread Islam throughout the Mediterranean region.

• The threat of further Ottoman territorial expansion led to the political unification of much of central and western Europe.

• The Ottoman Empire took control of most of the major trade routes connecting Europe to India and China.

• The Ottoman Empire began conscripting young Balkan Christian boys to become Janissaries.