U.S. History Review #4

What keeps any one branch of the U.S. government from gaining too much power?

• Vetoeing
• Checks and Balances
• The Executive Branch
• Voting on a Bill

What organization was a network of people who arranged transportation and hiding places for fugitives and escaped slaves?

• Joint Occupation
• Underground Railroad
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Minifest Destiny

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803 (which is considered by many to be the greatest real estate deal of all time)?

• The Florida Pan Handle
• The Louisiana Territory
• The Texas Territory
• New Mexico

By 1860, the Midwest and East were united by a network of ____________________.

• roads
• canals
• steam-powered ships
• railroads

Pioneer families tended to settle in communities that were _____________.

• far from others
• near the sea
• along the rivers
• near railroads

The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates was _______________________.

• western territories
• war with Mexico
• slavery
• the economy

The revolution in the late 1700s and early 1800s that changed the way that people worked was the ___________________.

• Industrial Revolution
• Modern Revolution
• Technology Revolution
• Machine Revolution

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the __________________, which was a decree freeing all enslaved people in "rebel territory".

• Free Slave Bill
• 14th Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• Emancipation Proclamation

Some Southerners wanted to break away from the United States, or to ____________________.

• nullify
• secede
• caucus
• expand

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

• American Revolution
• Civil War
• War of 1812
• World War II