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Unit 6 Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Vocabulary:
To withdraw from something such as a nation
a)
Secession (Secede) 
b)
Cession (Cede) 
c)
Antebellum 
d)
Census 
2.
Vocabulary:
The granting of land from one country to another (usually for a price) 
a)
Secession (Secede) 
b)
Cession (Cede)
c)
Sectionalism 
d)
Abolitionist
3.
Vocabulary:
A person who wanted to end slavery 
a)
Census 
b)
Antebellum 
c)
Secession (Secede)
d)
Abolitionist
4.
Vocabulary: 
The goal of the U.S. to expand out West to the Pacific Ocean 
a)
Sovereign 
b)
Antebellum 
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
Cession (Cede) 
5.
Vocabulary:
The official count of people living in an area 
a)
Census 
b)
Cession (Cede)
c)
Secession (Secede) 
d)
Antebellum 
6.
Vocabulary:
The period of time (several decades) before the beginning of the Civil War 
a)
Sectionalism 
b)
Antebellum 
c)
Abolitionist 
d)
Secession (Secede) 
7.
Vocabulary:
A focus ONLY on the interest of one's region to the point of being prejudiced against the other "side" (ex: North manufacturing or factories/ South farming) 
a)
Sectionalism 
b)
Secession (Secede) 
c)
Cession (Cede) 
d)
Antebellum 
8.
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ultimately impact Texas? 
a)
Mexico set its' border at the Rio Grande and officially recognized TX as part of the U.S. 
b)
It had no impact on Texas at all 
c)
It helped Texas gain annexation into the United States 
d)
Texans voted on secession and ultimately left the U.S. in 1861
9.
What are the two MAIN results of the Compromise of 1850? 
a)
Texas would be a free state and slavery would officially be abolished 
b)
California would be admitted as a “free state” and the voters remaining in MX Cession territory would make the decision on slavery for themselves. 
c)
Mexico would not cede its' land and would begin another war with Texas 
10.
Mexican Cession is a result of which major event? 
a)
The Mexican-American War
b)
Secession of Texas
c)
Annexation of Texas
d)
The Civil War
11.
Texas was only a state for 15 years....WHY?
a)
They became an independent nation again 
b)
They re-joined Mexico 
c)
They seceded from the U.S. in 1861
d)
They were annexed as the 28th state