Pre Civil War America Quiz

Before joining the American union which state was first an independent country

• Texas

• California

• Missouri

• Kansas

Why did Mexico want American citizens to settle in Texas region?

• The government wanted America to buy the land

• The government wanted American citizens to become Mexican citizens

• The government wanted to grow and develop the territory

• American citizens began settling without permission

What happened after Texas joined the American Union

• Alaska was purchased from Mexico

• The Mexican American War

• America and Mexico established a trade route

• California was given to the Mexican government

Which term is used for when a territory joins a new nation

• Annex

• Cede

• Embargo

• Manifest Destiny

Which President tried to buy Texas from Mexico and then declared war over the region?

• President Taylor

• President Lincoln

• President Polk

• President Monroe

What term is used to describe a feeling of loyalty to ones region more so than loyalty to the nation that the region is part of?

• Sectionalism

• Patriotism

• Nationalism

• Altruism

Which massive state became part of the American Union other than Texas?

• Alaska

• California

• Nevada

• Utah

This piece of legislation established a line that forbid states above it from becoming slave states.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Monroe Doctrine

• Fifty Four Forty Line

This term is used to describe someone who is opposed to the system of slavery

• Quaker

• An Armistice

• An Abolitionist

• A Loyalist

This compromise revised the Missouri Compromise and was seen as more favorable to Southern Slave States.

• Compromise of Kansas

• Compromise of Whitney

• Compromise of 1850

• Slave Trade Compromise