social studies quiz

The Gadsden Purchase was in what two American states?

• Colorado and Wyoming
• New Mexico and Texas
• Texas and Arizona
• New Mexico and Arizona

Which event happened after the Mexican-American War ended?

• U.S. general Winfield Scott invaded Mexico.

• The Wilmot Proviso was passed in the Senate.

• The United States bought the Oregon Territory from Britain.

• The United States stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Name the piece of land.

• Mexican Cession

• Northwest Territory 

• Trans-Appalachian West 

• Oregon Country 

Members of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830; moved to Utah in search of freedom from religious persecution. 

• Mammoths
• Minions
• Mormons
• Morphins

The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.

• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• James K. Polk

Fredrick Douglass was

(choose ALL that apply)

• leading abolitionist

• published the newspaper the North Star

• organized the Underground Railroad

• becoming a member of Lincoln's cabinet

Which of the following people advocated for civil disobedience?

• Horace Mann

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

• Henry David Thoreau

This painting was completed in 1864, just before the end of the Civil War. At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?

• The need to establish national parks

• The threat of industrial pollution

• The abundance of wildlife

• The promise of a new beginning for the nation

Which of these was an impact of the religious movement shown above known as the Second Great Awakening?

• Reformers challenged slavery, drunkenness and other social problems.

• More Americans felt able to resist the tyrannical acts of the British Parliament.

• Several states established their own state religions.

• Rural areas in the South introduced better forms of lighting.

Who most likely painted this?

• John James Audubon

• Alfred Jacob Miller

• George Caleb Bingham

• Charles G. Finney