Unit 5: Test Quiz 1

Tensions between anti-slavery and pro-slavery movements grew during the 1950s. Which event is NOT one of those events?

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

• The Dred Scott Decision

• Seneca Falls Conference New York City

• Bleeding Kansas

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What Idea during James K. Polk's Presidency represented America's desire to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

• Sectionalism

• Patriotism

• Prohibition

• Manifest Destiny

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What two territories did James K. Polk first add to the United States?

• Georgia and Florida

• Colorado and Nevada

• Texas and Oregon

• New Yorkistan and New Englandistan

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What line did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 designate as the separation slave (south of line) and free (north of the line) state?

• 36 30

• 54 40

• 20 24

• 52 30

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Why did people move to California in 1849?

• Hoping to escape religious persecution

• Hoping to escape slavery as it was a free state

• Hoping to get rich due to the discovery of gold

• Hoping to create trade routes from the Pacific Ocean to Asia

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The Scott v. Sanford decision also known as the Dred Scott Case ruled the slaves were not citizens and therefore had no right to sue.

• True

• False

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What two groups were involved in the controversy known as "Bleeding Kansas"?

• Patriots and Red Coats

• Anti-Slavery and Proslavery members

• Federal Troops and Native American Warriors

• Temperance Movement members and Prohibitionists

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Who led the Raid at the federal armory in Harper's Ferry Virginia?

• Robert E. Lee

• John B. Gordon

• George McClellan

• John Brown

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What was the key issue that American Politicians were trying to solve leading up to the Civil War?

• The use of funds from tariffs collected

  through the American System plan

• The expansion of Slavery into newly acquired territories

• How to handle the Natives living the newly acquired territories

• Need for internal improvements in transportation

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Under the Missouri Compromise, Maine entered as a slave state and Missouri entered as a free state.

• True

• False

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