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Unit 9 and 10-US-Mexican War, Reform Movements, Sectionalism

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ River the boundary between

a)

Nueces River

b)

Sabine River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Rio Grande River

2.

What was the spark that started the fighting during the Mexican War?

a)

President Polk sent U.S. troops across the Nueces River to disputed territory.

b)

Santa Anna attacked Taylor at Buena Vista

c)

California declared independence as the Bear Flag Republic

d)

Windfield Scott invaded Mexico at Vera Cruz

3.

The most important result of the US-Mexican War was the

a)

end of slavery in western territories

b)

the annexation of Texas

c)

removal of American Indians from New Mexico and Arizona

d)

acquisition of land by the U.S. to fulfill manifest destiny

4.
The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Gadsen Purchase
5.

Mexico argued that the Texas border was the Nueces River, while the U.S. believed it was the ________ River.

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Mississippi

c)

Colorado

d)

Ohio

6.

What was the outcome of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

US paid $15 million to Mexico for Mexican Cession

b)

Mexicans living in the US were granted US citizenship

c)

Texas recognized as a state and border was Rio Grande

d)

All of the above

7.
What does this image represent?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Gadsden Purchase
c)
Oregon Territory
d)
Texas Annexation
8.
Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?
a)
All of these answers are correct
b)
The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
c)
America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
d)
The U.S. recently annexed Texas
9.

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ River the boundary between

a)

Nueces

b)

Sabine

c)

Colorado

d)

Rio Grande

10.

After the US-Mexican War, the only remaining piece of land needed to complete the US was?

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Oregon Country

11.

What social movement helped create a desire in individuals to reform society?

a)

the Second Great Awakening

b)

the Romantic Movement

c)

the Philosophical Movement

d)

the Enlightenment

12.

_______ was a schoolteacher who became an advocate for people who were mentally ill.

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

Lyman Beecher

c)

Dorothea Dix

d)

Margaret Fuller

13.

The right to vote is known as

a)

matrilineal

b)

nullification

c)

suffrage

d)

temperance

14.

The Declaration of Sentiments written at the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights is based on

a)

the Declaration of Independence.

b)

the writings of Angelina Grimké

c)

traditions in matrilineal societies.

d)

the writings of Frederick Douglass.

15.

Women were compared to slaves because both groups

a)

were responsible for raising children.

b)

gave their pay to their spouses.

c)

wrote pamphlets supporting abolition.

d)

lacked economic and social rights.

16.

First women’s rights convention in the United States

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Constitution

d)

Bill of Rights

17.
What was the abolition movement?
a)
Movement to abolish sales and consumption (drinking) of alcoholic beverages.
b)
Reform movement to end slavery.
c)
Reform Movement to improve education.
d)
Immigrants who came to America to build the railroad.
18.

Who was Horace Mann?

a)

Leader of the Abolition Movement

b)

Leader of the Temperance Movement

c)

Leader of the Republican Party

d)

Leader of the Education Reform Movement

19.

The Quakers were____

a)

the religious group that started the Second Great Awakening.

b)

a religious group that believed in equality and worked to end slavery.

c)

a religious group that headed west to Utah because of religious persecution.

d)

the first religious group to settle in Massachusetts.

20.

What was the Temperance Movement?

a)

Reform movement that wanted to ban the sale and consumption (drinking) of alcohol.

b)

Reform movement that fought for women's equal rights.

c)

Reform movement that improved care for the disabled.

d)

Reform movement that improved care of prisoners.

21.

Who was Frederick Douglas?

a)

first black congressman elected before the Civil War

b)

abolitionist, writer and speaker working to end slavery

c)

leader of the prison reform movement

d)

partnered with Horace Mann to improve education

22.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was_____

a)

leader of the Abolition Movement

b)

leader of the Women's Rights Movement

c)

leader of the Prison Reform Movement

23.

William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were part of the

a)

abolitionists' movement

b)

women's suffrage movement

c)

prison and healthcare reform

d)

education movement

24.

Grievances about unequal treatment in divorce cases, criticism of how women dressed, and the lack of property rights and suffrage would all be found written in the

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of Sentiments

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Worcester V Georgia

25.

What best-selling book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write that brought attention to the cruel conditions of slavery?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Gone With the Wind

c)

Up From Slavery

d)

North and South

26.

What religious movement inspired and motivated Americans to begin working to make life better in America?

a)

The Reformation

b)

The Second Great Awakening

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The First Great Awakening

27.
A philosophical and literal movement emphasizing a simple life and truth found in yourself and nature.
a)
Socialism
b)
Libertarianism
c)
Communism
d)
Transcendentalism
28.

Which Transcendentalist ended up in jail using civil disobedience as a reason to protest taxes that were being raised for the U.S.-Mexican War?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

John Locke

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

29.
What was the economy of the South based on?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Mining
c)
Industry
d)
Warfare
30.

What was the focus of the Hudson River School of Art?

a)

American landscapes and nature

b)

Human conditions

c)

Telling the story of runaway slaves

d)

Education reform

31.

What invention backfired leading to an increased demand for slaves because so much more cotton could be planted?

a)

The telegraph

b)

The railroad

c)

The cotton gin

d)

The mechanical reaper

32.

The Dred Scott decision had a major impact on life in the US because it -

a)

limited the power of the Supreme Court to rule on cases of race

b)

supported Congress' right to forbid slavery in the territories

c)

ruled that slavery in all territories was legal because slaves were property

d)

reaffirmed the President's right to serve more than two terms in office

33.

Who made this statement?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Phillis Wheatley

34.

Which movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson lead?

a)

Temperance

b)

Abolitionism

c)

The Second Great Awakening

d)

Transcendentalism

35.

Which of the following statements best explains the importance of the city identified on the map?

a)

Upstate farmers met to protest unfair trading practices with Great Britain

b)

The first women's rights convention occurred where women demanded equality

c)

A rebellion occurred in which freed slaves took over a factory and federal arsenal

d)

Abolitionists met to discuss a new US Constitution which outlawed slavery

36.

Influenced by Romanticism in Europe, paintings like the one above of American nature and landscapes were produced by -

a)

Ashcan School

b)

The National Audubon Society

c)

Hudson River School artists

d)

Enlightenment artists

37.

All of the individuals listed above were active members of -

a)

Reform Movements

b)

the American Revolution

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

the First Great Awakening

38.
How did the Federal Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?
a)
In favor of Dred Scott
b)
Against Dred Scott
39.

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

a)

avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

b)

ruled that Congress could not outlaw slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

c)

ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.

d)

ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.

40.

Which region(s) of the country had a lot of manufacturing (factories)?

a)

the north

b)

the south

c)

the west

d)

the north and south

41.

In Congress, who was nicknamed the "Great Compromiser" because he created the Missouri Compromise and other compromises during the 1800s trying to keep the US from splitting apart.

a)

James Monroe

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Henry Clay

42.

Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in U.S. politics?

a)

Debate over tariffs

b)

Expansion of slavery

c)

U.S. policy of neutrality

d)

Growth of cities

43.

In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Compromise of 1820

c)

Fugitive Slave Law

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

44.

Kansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out.

a)

The show me State

b)

The Ghost Town

c)

Pottowatomie massacre

d)

Bleeding Kansas

45.

What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas

b)

Kansas became a slave state

c)

Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska

d)

Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

46.

After the War of 1812, the U.S. developed a sense of pride or patriotism in what we had accomplished so far as a country. Pride in one's country is considered

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Socialism

47.

Loyalty to one's state or section of the country is

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Socialism

48.

Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the North and the South over -

a)

the admission of new states into the United States

b)

presidential election results

c)

immigration to the United States

d)

the role of the Supreme Court in declaring acts unconstitutional

49.

One effect of the rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery was -

a)

the formation of the Whig Party

b)

increasing tensions between the North and the South

c)

an end to the conflict over the extension of slavery in the territories

d)

a permanent compromise between the North, South, and West

50.

Which issue did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all concern?

a)

The extension of slavery in the western territories.

b)

The placement of tariffs on foreign imports.

c)

The need for internal improvements in transportation.

d)

the distribution of frontier lands to small farm owners.

51.

California being admitted as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law are both part of

a)

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

The Compromise of 1850

d)

The Nullification Act

52.

What type of transportation was common in the north but uncommon in the south?

a)

Roads for vehicles

b)

Wagon paths

c)

Railroads

d)

Steamboats for river travel

53.

Which geographic factor helped trade for the northern factories?

a)

fertile soil

b)

rocky mountains

c)

moderate climate

d)

natural harbors

54.
What crop became "King" in the South as a result of Eli Whitney's invention?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Ice Cream
c)
Cotton
d)
Corn
55.

What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?

a)

sectionalism

b)

free enterprise

c)

patriotism

d)

consumerism

56.
How did the concept of popular sovereignty decide the future of slavery in a territory?
a)
Voters in neighboring states would decide the slavery issue
b)
Congress would decide the issue of slavery for the state
c)
A territory's voters would choose to be a slave or free state
d)
The presiident would decide if a territory were to be slave or free.
57.

John Brown attacked a federal arsenal in hopes of beginning a slave revolt by passing out guns to escaped slaves. Where was this attack?

a)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

b)

Harper's Ferry, Virginia

c)

Vicksburg, Mississippi

d)

Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas

58.

The Fugitive Slave Law allowed slave catchers to

a)

sell slaves to the west

b)

sell slaves in the north

c)

capture escaped slaves in the north

d)

sell their slaves

59.
South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Frederick Douglas
c)
James Farmer
d)
Henry Clay
60.

Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

a)

slaveholding state

b)

bordered by the Pacific Ocean

c)

formerly a part of Mexico

d)

part of the Confederacy