Expansion and Sectionalism Quiz

Who was the president of the United States who bought Louisiana from France.

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James Madison

What was the idea that the United Stated was meant to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• Supreme Will

• Opinions of Everyone

• Manifest Destiny

• Build All

Who was the explorer who became the leader of the Republic of California during the Bear Flag Revolt.

• John C Fremont

• James Gadsden

• Pierce Mason Butler

• James Bonham

Who was the Cherokee chief who challenged the Indian Removal Act in the Supreme Court.

• John Ross

• Osceola

• George Catlin

• Major Ridge

Approximately __________ Cherokee died along the Trail of Tears.

• 1,000

• 11,000

• 700

• 4,000

The ____________ was passed by 1851 by congress that set up reservations for Native Americans to live on.

• Homestead Act

• Indian Appropriations Act

• Indian Citizenship Act

• Indian Removal Act

What became the crop that was popular to grow in the plains where there were hot summers and little water.

• indigo

• tobacco

• rice

• wheat

The __________ was created by Samuel Morse

• steamboats

• barbed wire

• iron horse

• telegraph

__________ was in slavery while accused of planning a revolt in South Carolina.

• Omar ibn Sald

• Denmark Vesey

• Gordon

• Henry Brown

The Missouri Compromise was____________ .

• an agreement to only allow slavery in states below the Missouri boarder with Missouri being the only exception

• an agreement to only allow new territories to become states if they did not allow slavery

• an agreement to allow new states into the nation if there was an equal number of slave states and non-slave states

• an agreement to only allow new territories to become stats if they did allow slavery