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Pop Quiz - 7th Period

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
2.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
3.
The Missouri Compromise is also known as?
a)
The Compromise of 1820
b)
The Equality Compromise
c)
The Henry Clay Compromise
d)
The Great Compromise
4.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
5.
Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?
a)
It was only a temporary solution
b)
The Unorganized Territory permitted slavery
c)
The Arkansas Territory prohibited (banned) slavery
d)
It solved all issues concerning slavery in the west
6.

The Missouri Compromise (36'30) Line determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

a)

permitted, prohibited

b)

prohibited, permitted or allowed

c)

sometimes prohibited, never allowed

d)

cheap, expensive

7.
Where was the Missouri Compromise line?
a)
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
b)
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
c)
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
d)
66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
8.
Native American tribe in NW Georgia; were forcefully removed during the Trail of Tears
a)
Seminole
b)
Creek
c)
Cherokee
d)
Choctaw
9.
The Supreme Court ruled that ___ was not able to take the Cherokee land because the Cherokee were a sovereign nation.
a)
Tennessee
b)
Florida
c)
Georgia
d)
Ohio
10.
The Trail of Tears refers to
a)
Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
b)
the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
c)
government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
d)
the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.
11.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move
a)
to Oklahoma
b)
to Florida
c)
to the Louisiana Purchase
d)
to Canada
12.
This man was president from 1829-1837.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
George Washington
d)
Henry Clay
13.

To nullify a law means …

a)

to agree to the law

b)

to secede.

c)

to void or cancel the law.

d)

to vote on the law.

14.
Which state said they wouldn‘t pay the new tariff and passed the Nullification act?
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
15.
Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.
a)
foreign goods
b)
american made goods
c)
ice cream
d)
slaves
16.
What did Jackson do that ended the nullification crisis?
a)
passed a higher tariff
b)
fired his Vice President
c)
burned down every home in South Carolina
d)
threatened to use Army to enforce the law
17.
Which person is known as the "Father of State's Rights" and supported nullification and secession if necessary to protest the "Tariff of Abomination"?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
James Monroe
c)
John C. Calhoun
18.

Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the —

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Nullification Crisis

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

Alien & Sedition Acts

19.

Name the 6 states in the NW Ordinance.

a)

Illinois and Indiana

b)

California and Nevada

c)

Texas and Florida

d)

Ohio and Michigan

e)

Wisconsin and Part of Minnesota

20.

What are the 3 components of the NW ordinance?

a)

They can be divided into states.

b)

They have a 3-stage method.

c)

They formed the Ohio Company.

d)

They created The Bill of Rights

21.
How many people were required to live in a territory before it could elect a legislature?
a)
5,000
b)
60,000
c)
10,000
d)
500
22.
The Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply for
a)
statehood
b)
federal funding
c)
infrastructure grants
23.
In order to become a state, territories had to have which of the following?
a)
$1,000,000
b)
5000 people
c)
60,000 free men
d)
slaves
24.
Westward migration was fueled by the belief in
a)
abolition of slavery
b)
manifest destiny
c)
religious freedom
d)
sectionalism
25.

-The potential for new markets

-An abundance of inexpensive farmland

-The discovery of gold


Which title best completes this list?

a)

Economic Motives for Passing the Northwest Ordinance

b)

Reasons for Issuing the Monroe Doctrine

c)

Economic Motives for Manifest Destiny Policies

d)

Reasons for the Gadsden Purchase

26.

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 do?

a)

It forbid everyone from traveling west of the Mississippi River

b)

It set up a way to establish territories or create states

c)

It expelled the British off the land

d)

It relocated the Native Americans

27.
The purchase of Louisiana
a)
was a costly mistake
b)
was opposed by western farmers
c)
doubled the size of the United States
d)
led to war with Great Britain 
28.

Mormons moved from Nauvoo, Il in the early 1830s in order to

a)

obey the Book of Mormon

b)

prosper in the fur trade

c)

seek out religious freedom

d)

gold

29.

Andrew Jackson's rejection of John Marshall's ruling to return land to the Cherokee in Worcester v Georgia led to:

a)

Adams Onis Treaty

b)

Treaty of Ghent

c)

Nullification Crisis

d)

Trail of Tears

30.

The person who came up with the term "Manifest Destiny" was:

a)

James K Polk

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John O'Sullivan

d)

Winfield Scott

31.

The event that launched the settlement of California was:

a)

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

The Gadsden Purchase

c)

California Gold Rush

d)

Mexican Cession

32.
The North was dependent on __________ while the South was dependent on __________.
a)
Industry, Slavery
b)
Slavery, Agriculture
c)
Industry, Mills
33.
Who was the Vice President during Andrew Jackson's Presidency, who supported South Carolina's attempt to nullify the Tariff of Abominations?
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Marshall
34.
What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis? 
a)
Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce? 
b)
Can a state regulate a federal agency? 
c)
Can a state overturn a federal law? 
d)
Can the federal government levy taxes on states? 
35.

What caused the Nullification Crisis?

a)

AJ's practice of rewarding jobs to political supporters

b)

AJ's hatred of the National Bank

c)

A high tariff

d)

the lack of public schools the lack of public schools