EOC Review SSUSH8-SSUSH10

What was the main idea behind Manifest Destiny in the 19th century?

• The United States should limit its territory to the east coast

• The United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

• The United States should establish a new government in Mexico

• The United States was to spread democracy only within its existing borders

What was the primary issue that the Missouri Compromise aimed to resolve?

• The balance of power between pro-slavery and anti-slavery senators

• The annexation of Texas into the Union

• The trade agreements between the U.S. and Mexico

• The establishment of the U.S. boundaries with Canada

Which event led to the annexation of Texas into the United States?

• The signing of the Missouri Compromise

• The end of the Civil War

• The Mexican War

• The establishment of the Compromise of 1850

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repeal?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What doctrine did the Kansas-Nebraska Act introduce that allowed settlers to decide on the issue of slavery?

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular Sovereignty

• Judicial Review

• Nullification

What was the outcome of the pro- and anti-slavery conflict in Kansas?

• The establishment of Kansas as a free state

• The peaceful resolution of the conflict

• The outbreak of violence known as "Bleeding Kansas"

• The immediate admission of Kansas as a slave state

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Scott v. Sanford?

• Slaves were not citizens and had no rights to sue in federal courts

• Slaves could be citizens if they lived in free states

• Slavery was unconstitutional in all U.S. territories

• Congress had the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories

What was John Brown's objective in his raid on Harpers Ferry?

• To start a slave rebellion

• To negotiate for the release of slaves

• To create a new state constitution

• To capture and hold the town as a symbol of freedom

Who was elected president in 1860, leading to several Southern states seceding from the Union?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

What was the primary goal President Lincoln believed in regarding the Union?

• To spread slavery to the Northern states

• To preserve the Union at all costs

• To immediately end slavery in all states

• To allow Southern states to secede peacefully