US History Unit 4 Review (Standards 8-10)

By allowing states to use popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, the kansas nebraska act overturned what?

• Missouri compromise

• Compromise of 1815

• Dred Scott decision

• The 13th amendment

This person's election caused the southern states to decide to secede from the union and begin the Civil War, believing he was going to abolish slavery.

• Andrew Jackson

• James K Polk

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

These amendments, while containing some loopholes, achieved long lasting civil rights victories including the abolishment of slavery

• 1, 2

• 2, 4

• 6, 8

• 13, 14, 15

Which statement about the differences between the North and the South at the beginning of the Civil War is NOT correct?

• Cotton was the resource most important to the Southern economy.

• The Northern economy relied on industrial manufacturing more than agriculture.

• Due its dependence on trade, the South had better railways and roads than the North.

  
  

• The South had many great military leaders as most of the country's military colleges were in the South.

  
  

What was one motivation of the Radical Republicans that called for Andrew Johnson's impeachment?

• Johnson insisted on installing military governments in the South while the Radical Republicans favored open elections.

• Congressional leaders felt that Johnson did not adequately punish Southern states for their role in the Civil War.

• Johnson refused to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution in spite of favorable public opinion.

• Congressional leaders were opposed to Johnson's plan to establish a national bank.

  
  

Which government agency was formed to help former slaves acquire land after the Civil War?

• The Freedmans Bureau

• Presidential Cabinet

• Congress

• The KKK

Deadliest battle of the Civil War

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Atlanta

Which of the following was part of the agreement known as the Compromise of 1850?

• Missouri would be allowed to join the United States as a slave state.

• Slavery would be illegal in any state north of the Mississippi River.

• Settlers in the New Mexico and Utah would be allowed to vote on whether slavery would be legal in the territories.

• New states would be admitted to the United States until there was a equal number of slave and free states.

What would slave owners in the American South have considered a victory?

• the Massacre at Pottawatomie, which saw the capture and trial of proslavery opponents

• Dred Scott decision, which recognized slaves as property and not as citizens

• the raid on Harper's Ferry, which struck a blow against the US government

• Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state

Which region was acquired as a result of the Mexican Cession in 1848?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4