Semester Exam Review 5/18

Manifest Destiny was the belief that

• the US should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• states should have more power

• only the church folk should vote

Who said, "American blood has been shed on American soil" after Mexico attacked US troops along the Rio Grande?

• Sam Houston

• James K Polk

• Andrew Jackson

What state was annexed in 1845? It led to war with _______?

• Maine; Great Britain

• Texas/Mexico

• California/Spain

What territory was acquired through negotiation with Great Britain in 1846?

• Oregon

• Oklahoma

• Arkansas

• California

The Mexican War resulted in the US

• being debt big time

• closing the Rio Grande to trade

• acquiring the Mexican Cession

• discovering gold in 1859 in California

The 49ers wanted

• to win the Super Bowl

• to find gold in California

• to trade with Mexico

• to work on the railroads

The Fugitive Slave Act

• allowed slaves to gain freedom if they made it to the North

• led many Northerners to oppose slavery

• the election of Andrew Jackson

• The Compromise of 1850

According to the Dred Scott decision,

• states could ignore federal laws

• slaves could sue their owners

• the federal government could not prohibit slavery

• the 13th Amendment was overturned

Which territory was allowed to vote for itself on the slavery issue?

• Alabama

• Massachusetts

• Kansas

• Florida

In Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address he stated, that he would

• abolish slavery as soon as possible

• let the South secede

• not move against slavery where it was currently legal

• attack the Southerners soon