Path to the Civil War (EOC Review)

What was the primary belief behind Manifest Destiny?

• The United States was destined to expand across the continent.

• The United States should limit its expansion to the east coast.

• The United States was not suited for expansion.

• The United States should focus on developing internally rather than expanding.

What did the Missouri Compromise achieve?

• It abolished slavery in the United States.

• It maintained the balance between free states and slave states in the Senate.

• It declared all new states as free states.

• It resulted in the immediate outbreak of the Civil War.

What was the outcome of the Mexican War?

• Mexico gained territory from the United States.

• The United States annexed Texas and other territories.

• The war ended without any territorial changes.

• The United States lost California to Mexico.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California was admitted as a free state.

• The Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened.

• Slavery was abolished in the entire United States.

• Texas’s boundaries were established.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to?

• A peaceful resolution to the issue of slavery.

• The strengthening of the Missouri Compromise.

• Violence and conflict over the issue of slavery.

• The immediate end of slavery in those territories.

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

• It was immediately overturned by Congress.

• It declared that Congress could not prohibit slavery in federal territories.

• It granted citizenship to all enslaved people.

• It ended slavery in the United States.

What was John Brown's objective at Harpers Ferry?

• To negotiate peace between the North and South.

• To capture weapons for a slave uprising.

• To establish a new government.

• To surrender to Confederate forces.

What was Abraham Lincoln's primary goal at the start of the Civil War?

• To annex more territories.

• To preserve the Union.

• To punish the Southern states.

• To abolish slavery immediately.

What disadvantage did the Confederacy face during the Civil War?

• A larger railroad network.

• A smaller manufacturing economy.

• Superior military leadership.

• A larger population than the North.

What was the immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It was rejected by Union states.

• It ended the Civil War.

• It encouraged slaves in Confederate states to flee to the North.

• It freed all slaves in the United States.