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EAH Unit 9 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is the belief Americans held in the early 1800s that America has a divine right to settle the entire country to the west.
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Manifest Fate
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
Westward Destiny
2.
Who was the dictator who led Mexico and suspended its Consitution?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Moses Austin
c)
Davey Crockett
d)
Santa Anna
3.
Why is The Alamo significant? 
a)
It was the last battle of the Revolution
b)
It inspired Texans to fight
c)
It was the first battle of the Revolution
d)
Texas won its independence
4.
Name the battle in which Santa Anna surrendered to Sam Houston Texan Army?
a)
Battle of Gonzales
b)
Grass Fight
c)
Battle of San Jacinto
d)
Battle of Coleto
5.
Which of the following presidents can rightly be considered as the "manifest destiny" president?  President . . . 
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James K. Polk
d)
John Quincy Adams
6.
How did the U.S. acquire Oregon? 
a)
treaty with the British
b)
war with England
c)
purchased from the British
d)
war with Mexico
7.

The war with Mexico started as a result of . . .

a)

California's rebellion

b)

a border dispute in Texas

c)

the Battle of Buena Vista

d)

a US invasion of Mexico City

8.
Which one of the following treaties officially ended the Mexican American War?  It was the treaty of . . . 
a)
Ghent
b)
Versailles
c)
Guadeloupe Hidalgo
d)
San Jacinto
9.
What name was given to the new territory gained by the US as a result of the Mexican American War?  It was called the . . . 
a)
Utah Territory
b)
New Mexico Territory
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Gadsden Purchase
10.
How did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to deal with the issue of slavery in the new territories?  It said that . . . 
a)
half the territories should be free states and half should be slave states.
b)
popular sovereignty would resolve the issue.
c)
slavery should be allowed in the new territories.
d)
slavery should be illegal in the new territories.
11.
The discovery of gold led to
a)
California statehood
b)
Polk becoming president
c)
a war with Mexico
d)
Texas statehood
12.

What were the miners called who rushed to be a part of the California Gold Rush?

a)

Fools Gold Rushers

b)

San Franciscans

c)

Forty-Miners

d)

Forty-Niners

13.
What compromise brought temporary peace between the North and South regarding the issue of slavery in the new territories?  It was the . . . 
a)
Compromise of 1850.
b)
Wilmot Proviso.
c)
Missouri Compromise.
d)
Northwest Ordinance.
14.
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
a)
It created new taxes for railroad construction.
b)
It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
c)
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
d)
It added California as a slave state
15.
As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?
a)
The Senate would vote
b)
The House of Representatives would vote
c)
The President would vote
d)
Popular sovereignty
16.

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beacher Stow

c)

Robert E Lee

d)

Fredrick Douglas

17.

What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin convince the North of?

a)

That it was ok to own a slave

b)

That you shouldn’t have more than two slaves

c)

That Uncle Tom had a nice cabin

d)

That slavery was wrong

18.

What overturned the Missouri Compromise's use of the latitude boundary line?

a)

The Fugitive Slave Act.

b)

The Kansas Nebraska Act.

c)

The Supreme Court's ruling in Scott v. Sanford.

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation.

19.
What senator wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
John Calhoun
20.
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in _______.
a)
Douglas's defeat in his re-election bid
b)
The collapse of the already weakened Whig party
c)
The disappearance of the Democratic party
d)
The secession of several southern states
21.
Which of the following territories had two governments in 1856?
a)
Kansas
b)
Nebraska
c)
Missouri
d)
Naine
22.
The new Republican Party ______.
a)
Drew support from many southerners
b)
Was dedicated to a ban on the extension of slavery into western territories.
c)
Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Enjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856
23.
The man who beat a Senator unconscious with a cane
a)
Charles Sumner
b)
Preston Brooks
c)
John Brown
d)
Stephen Douglas
24.

1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens and it overturned the Missouri Compromise.

a)

Scott v Sanford

b)

McCulloch v Maryland

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Worcester v Georgia

25.
The purpose of John Brown's raid was to....
a)
steal supplies and sell them for money
b)
get his name in the local newspapers
c)
start a slave revolt
d)
get the 13th amendment passed
26.

Using the map pictured here, answer the following question.

In which area did Lincoln receive the most votes?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Border States

d)

Territories

27.

Using the map pictured here, answer the following question.

Which candidate carried the South in the Election of 1860?

a)

Bell

b)

Lincoln

c)

Douglas

d)

Breckenridge

28.
Why do you think that Northern states had more votes in the Electoral College?
a)
The number of electoral votes depends on a states population and the north was more heavily populated.
b)
The North had more Electoral votes than the south because Congress gave proslavery states more votes. 
c)
The South had more Electoral votes because they had a higher population. 
d)
The territories had the highest number of Electoral Votes. 
29.

Using the map pictured here, answer the following question.

What percentage of the popular vote did Lincoln receive in the Election of 1860?

a)

13

b)

29

c)

40

d)

18

30.

Choose the best definition of the term "secede".

a)

to file a formal complaint against the government.

b)

rivalry based on the special interests of different areas

c)

to withdraw or break away from a nation

d)

a friendly take-over of a nation or territory.

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