U.S. History Parents

What is your name and your student's name?

What prohibited trade with all foreign countries, wiping out American trade and the economy?

• Embargo Act of 1807

• 8th Amendment

• Monroe Doctrine

• Nullification Crisis

What document declared the Americas weren't able to be colonized anymore by European countries?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Embargo Act of 1807

• Declaration of Independence

• Trail of Tears

Which state had enough population with the Gold Rush that they could apply for statehood?

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah

• Texas

Who was the reformer that lengthened the school year and improved teacher salaries and training?

• Horace Mann

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

• James K. Polk

What was the major impact of immigration on America?

• cultural diffusion

• acculturation

• population growth

• less jobs for Americans

What created sectionalism because it divided the country into slave & free states with a line?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Nullification Act

• Kansas-Nebaska Act

What gave people in the territories, like Kansas, the option to decide if they wanted slavery or not?

• popular sovereignty

• sectionalism

• states' rights

• secession rights

Which amendment was passed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 1st

In what speech did Lincoln emphasize the shared ideals of Americans to encourage America to continue with the war?

• his Inaugural address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Fourth of July Remembrance