wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Unit 16 Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This map and the election of 1860 illustrate the concept of...

a)

Nullification

b)

Federalism

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Republicanism

2.

Why did many Irish immigrants settled in Northeastern cities?

a)

they settled in the south

b)

they were not farmers

c)

they lacked the money to move west

d)

there was no farmland in the west

3.

Which is not true about the northern economy?

a)

Mostly manufacturig

b)

railroads, canals and roads

c)

rocky soil, forests, short growing season

d)

economy based on agriculture

4.

What was the consequence of the California Gold Rush

a)

California declared independence from Mexico

b)

Population increased and California became a state

c)

the U.S. declared war Mexico over California

d)

California became the only gold producing state in the nation

5.

Why did Mormons move west?

a)

religious persecution

b)

to buy cheap land

c)

to find gold

d)

to gain statehood for California

6.

Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and Kansas Nebraska all dealt with what issue?

a)

slavery in the territories

b)

territories becoming states

c)

fighting abolitionist

d)

territories becoming states

7.

Issues like Slavery and tariffs addressed which constitutional issue?

a)

Representation in Congress

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

States Rights

d)

Republicanism

8.

This Compromise in 1820 settled the issue of slavery for a while.

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

9.

Lincoln in a message to Congress in 1861 proposed if this issue was constitutional.

a)

Slavery

b)

sucession

c)

rights of citizens

d)

states rights

10.

Andrew Jackson invasion showed that this territory was weak. Instead of war the U.S. paid $5 million

a)

Texas Annexation

b)

Mesican Cession

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

Adams- Onis Treaty

11.

John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry, abolitionist movement, Fredrick Douglass all had what goal?

a)

ending slavery

b)

civil disobediance

c)

fair voting

d)

ending unfair taxation

12.

What was the importance of the Dred Scott ruling?

a)

it outlawed slavery

b)

gave citizenship to former slaves

c)

denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories

d)

allowed slavery for 10 years

13.

What is the significance of Ft. Sumter, South Carolina

a)

1st shots of the Civil War

b)

Capitol of the Confederacy

c)

Capitol of the Union

d)

1st shots of the American Revolution

14.

Who would have looked a John Brown as a hero?

a)

Southern plantation owner

b)

a Northerner

c)

someone who believes in States Rights

d)

an abolitionist