The Road to War Quiz #1

During the 19th century, many Americans believed in the concept of Manifest Destiny. Which of the following gives the best description for this idea?

• The American people should travel to other continents and try to spread their “American values” across the world.

• The American people have disturbed the natural order of things by moving West and should try to settle only on lands east of the Mississippi River.

• The American people can live side by side with the Native Americans without either group having to move from its homeland or change its way of life.

• The American people have the right to occupy the entire American continents from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

The belief in Manifest Destiny led settlers to all of the following states EXCEPT

• Oregon

• Texas

• New York

• California

As the United States acquired more land between 1803 and 1850, controversy over these territories focused on the

• need for schools and colleges

• failure to conserve natural resources

• expansion of slavery

• construction of transcontinental railroads

How did the land gained after the Mexican-American War impact United States politics?

• Concerns over the political control of gold in California increased sectionalism.

• The Native American population in the new lands demanded political representation.

• The cost to build infrastructure in these new lands weakened the economy.

• Debate over the expansion of slavery increased political tensions.

When California applied for statehood, the majority of its residents wanted California to enter the Union

• as a slave state.

• as a free state.

• according to the requirements of the Missouri Compromise.

• as a slave state only if New Mexico was admitted as a free state.

What action is depicted in this diagram?

• Compromise of 1850

• Gag Rule

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which aspect of the Compromise of 1850 ignited the most controversy between the North and the South?

• Admission of California as a free state

• Popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah

• The stricter fugitive slave act

• Outlawing the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

What statement would most likely be said by a typical South Carolinian after reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• This book is an accurate depiction of slavery and will convince Northerners that the practice of slavery should continue.

• This book inspires me to fight for abolition, to end the cruelty that is portrays!

• This book was written to inflame [anger] Northerners and is too critical of our lifestyle!

• This book will do more than any other to unite the various regions of our nation.

How did the idea in this quote impact the general attitude toward slavery?

• It helped increase anti-slavery feelings throughout the North.

• It helped increase pro-slavery feelings throughout the North.

• It helped solidify a distinctly pro-slavery culture in the South.

• It helped divide Southerners over the issue of slavery and its legality.

Alarmed by the number of accused fugitive slaves who were returned to the South after 1850,

• abolitionists stormed northern jails and freed dozens of accused fugitives.

• thousands of African Americans in the North fled to Canada to avoid capture.

• commissioners in the North refused to decide any case not tried by jury.

• Martin R. Delany organized an emigrant aid company to help free African Americans.