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Which TWO statements explain why Southern politicians refused to accept California's petition to enter the Union as a free state before the Compromise of 1850 was reached?

• Southern politicians would make less money if cotton farming spread west.

• The admission of a new free state would upset the balance of power in the Senate.

• California's admission as a state would violate the Missouri Compromise because of its territorial boundaries.

• California's large population would give it too many representatives in the House of Representatives.

• Too much unincorporated territory still existed between California and the rest of the United States.

The United States purchased Florida from which country?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Mexico

What treaty ended the Mexican War and forced Mexico to give up the northern half of its nation to the United States?

• the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• the Treaty of Paris

• the Treaty of Jimmy Fallon

• the Treaty of Versailles

In the Southern estates, wealth was based on land ownership and production of cash crops such as cotton.

Which of the following resulted from the Southern states’ focus on the production of cash crops?

• The development of an economy centered on large plantations with most of the wealth owned by a few.

• The development of an economy where many small farms produced the crops.

• The development of an economy based on large-scale textile production.

• The development of an economy focused on producing new and better machines to help with farming.

  Rationale

“The true course in conducting military operations is to make no movement until the preparations are complete” – George B. McClellan

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.” – Ulysses S. Grant

What conclusion can be drawn about how Ulysses S. Grant’s tactics for fighting the Civil War differed from those of George B. McClellan?

• Grant had no organized plan while McClellan had many elaborate plans.

• Grant preferred to wear his enemies down in skirmishes while McClellan preferred large, decisive battles.

• Grant had no organized plan while McClellan had many elaborate plans.

• Grant adapted his plans quickly while McClellan struggled to deviate from his.

The_______________________ allowed for Maine to come in as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

• Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which statement BEST explains the failure of popular sovereignty prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War?

• the federal government of the United States was not set up to allow the states to do whatever they wished.

• Even by 1850, the United States was still a young nation, and individual states were unaccustomed to exercising popular sovereignty.

• State populations were in many cases equally divided on issues and would not settle on the majority choices, particularly relative to slavery.

[We] here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Which of the following describes Lincoln’s sentiment in this selection from the Gettysburg Address?

• The Union will win the war because of its principles.

• The Union will fight on in spite of the loss at Gettysburg.

• The Union will care for the widows of those who died at Gettysburg.

Which politician was instrumental in forging the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

· early battle of the Civil War· deadliest one-day battle· invasion of the Union· no decisive winner

Which Civil War battle is described?

• Atlanta

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg