Westward Expansion Quiz

What was the Missouri Compromise Line?

• 37° 30'

• 36° 30'

• 38° 30'

• 35° 30'

What event led to the region of Kansas being known as 'Bleeding Kansas'?

• Violence between abolitionists and slave owners

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Gold Rush

• Mexican-American War

What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To expand the Missouri Compromise Line

• To outlaw the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• To annex California as a slave state

• To allow slavery in all new territories

Which territory applied for statehood first in the region west of the Mississippi River?

• Missouri

• California

• Nebraska

• Kansas

What was the main cause of the disagreements over slavery in the new territories?

• Economic differences

• Cultural differences

• Political differences

• Geographical differences

What was the outcome of the U.S. and Mexico war from 1846-1848?

• U.S. outlawed the slave trade

• U.S. acquired California Territory

• California became a slave state

• Mexico claimed Texas

What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• To repeal the Missouri Compromise Line

• To create two new states

• To expand the U.S. territory

• To decide the fate of slavery through voting

What was the significance of the California Gold Rush?

• It influenced the decision to make California a free state

• It caused a conflict between the U.S. and Mexico

• It resulted in the annexation of California as a slave state

• It led to the expansion of the U.S. territory

What was the main reason for the violence in the Kansas territory?

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To annex Missouri as a free state

• To outlaw the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• To expand the U.S. territory

• To create a balance of free and slave states