(CLEP) US History I

This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

In the pre–Civil War era, the railroads’ most important impact on the economy was that they

• created a huge new market for railway equipment

• created the basis for greater cooperation between southern planters and northern textile manufacturers

• generated new employment opportunities for unskilled urban workers

• involved the federal government in the financing of a nationwide transportation network

• provided midwestern farmers accessibility to eastern urban markets

Which of the following was NOT an element of the Compromise of 1850?

• Stronger fugitive slave law

• Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• Admittance of California as a free state

• Organization of the Kansas Territory without slavery

• Adjustment of the Texas–New Mexico boundary

California was admitted as a state to the Union

• as part of the Compromise of 1850

• during the Mexican-American War

• with the passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• when the Kansas-Nebraska Act settled the issue of western slavery

The United States completed the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 in order to

• obtain Oregon

• build a transcontinental railroad

• relieve population pressures

• obtain additional grazing lands

• balance slave and free states

Which of the following did NOT occur during the transportation revolution in the nineteenth century?

• State and federal governments subsidized the construction of roads and canals.

• The cost of shipping goods declined precipitously.

• The postal service grew rapidly.

• The Supreme Court enforced monopolies on steamboat travel and bridge construction.

• Railroads became a major carrier of freight by the start of the Civil War.

Why did the railroad system become more famous than others during the transportation revolution?

• Because of its speed, capacity, and reliability

• Because it was a cheaper infrastructure to build

• Because it provided nautical services

• None of these

The Compromise of 1850 outraged abolitionists because one of the following was included at the time

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• Free-Soil Coalition Act

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Navigation Act

• Stamp Act

This party supported and demanded the exclusion of immigrants and Catholics from public office:

• The Republic Party

• The Know Nothing Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Federalist Party

• The People Party

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the United States in the first quarter of the nineteenth century?

• Demands of southern textile manufacturers for cotton

• Introduction of crop rotation and fertilizers

• Abolition of indentured servitude

• Expanded use of the cotton gin

• The Three-Fifths Compromise