USH Midterm 5.3

Tensions among the population of northern and southern states increased was an effect of the--

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Whiskey Rebellion

• XYZ Affair

• Purchase of the Louisiana Territory

The South had an economy that relied on cotton. This resulted in--

• an increase of the slave population

• an increase of European immigration

• an increase of factories being built in the South

• a decrease in European trade

Which of the following allowed slavery to expand into the territories?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Who worked to reform prisons and hospitals?

• Dorthea Dix

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Horace Mann

U.S. and Mexican soldiers fighting over the border at the Rio Grande was a--

• cause of the U.S.--Mexican War

• effect of the U.S.--Mexican War

• cause of the Texas Revolution

• effect of the Texas Revolution

The Missouri Compromise--

• maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate

• allowed slaves to be counted toward a state’s population for representation in Congress

• enabled Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves into the North

•  ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C

Gibbons v. Ogden resulted in--

• regulation of interstate commerce by federal or state laws

• constitutionality of tariffs

• separation of powers among the branches of government

• status of slaves living in free territories

Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton all--

• Showed commitment to rights and freedoms

• Showed dedication to sectionalism and states’ rights

• Promoted support for west

• Promoted interest in agricultural innovation

Transcendentalism--

• focuses on relationship between humans and the natural world

• studies the relationship between nature and historical events

•  focuses on the role of science in changing the natural world

•  used reason to explain natural events the happened in the world

Manifest Destiny--

• is the belief that the U.S. should extend its influence across the entire continent

• is the belief that the U.S. should not go to war with foreign nations

• is the belief that the U.S. should go to war with foreign nations

• is the belief that the U.S. should stay out of foreign affairs