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WorksheetsUnit 16 Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
This map and the election of 1860 illustrate the concept of...
Nullification
Federalism
Sectionalism
Republicanism
Why did many Irish immigrants settled in Northeastern cities?
they settled in the south
they were not farmers
they lacked the money to move west
there was no farmland in the west
Which is not true about the northern economy?
Mostly manufacturig
railroads, canals and roads
rocky soil, forests, short growing season
economy based on agriculture
What was the consequence of the California Gold Rush
California declared independence from Mexico
Population increased and California became a state
the U.S. declared war Mexico over California
California became the only gold producing state in the nation
Why did Mormons move west?
religious persecution
to buy cheap land
to find gold
to gain statehood for California
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and Kansas Nebraska all dealt with what issue?
slavery in the territories
territories becoming states
fighting abolitionist
territories becoming states
Issues like Slavery and tariffs addressed which constitutional issue?
Representation in Congress
Popular Sovereignty
States Rights
Republicanism
This Compromise in 1820 settled the issue of slavery for a while.
Great Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Lincoln in a message to Congress in 1861 proposed if this issue was constitutional.
Slavery
sucession
rights of citizens
states rights
Andrew Jackson invasion showed that this territory was weak. Instead of war the U.S. paid $5 million
Texas Annexation
Mesican Cession
Oregon Territory
Adams- Onis Treaty
John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry, abolitionist movement, Fredrick Douglass all had what goal?
ending slavery
civil disobediance
fair voting
ending unfair taxation
What was the importance of the Dred Scott ruling?
it outlawed slavery
gave citizenship to former slaves
denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories
allowed slavery for 10 years
What is the significance of Ft. Sumter, South Carolina
1st shots of the Civil War
Capitol of the Confederacy
Capitol of the Union
1st shots of the American Revolution
Who would have looked a John Brown as a hero?
Southern plantation owner
a Northerner
someone who believes in States Rights
an abolitionist
