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WorksheetsPath to Civil War
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Purchase?
$12 million
$250 million
$15 million
$32 million
Why was the Louisiana Territory sold?
The French Emperor wanted to control the Caribbean.
The French Emperor was tired of trying to expand his empire.
The French Emperor knew Spain wanted to control the Mississippi.
The French Emperor needed the money to pay for his war against Britain.
What was the name of the Emperor of France that sold the Louisiana Territory to the US?
Toussaint Louverture
Napoleon Bonaparte
Simon Bolivar
Friedrick Von Steuben
With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States could expand ___.
to the north
to the south
to the west
to the east
What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
What is the name of the
man-made waterway that connected New York City to the Great Lakes region?
Panama Canal
Buffalo River
Niagara Falls
Erie Canal
the French immigrants
the Irish immigrants
the Dutch immigrants
the Polish immigrants
The Erie Canal connected New York to...
Philadelphia.
Panama Canal.
Great Lakes Region.
New England Shipping Towns.
What was the name of the time period where people from all over flocked to California in search for gold?
The Gold Rush
The Gold Movement
Goldilocks
Gold Gathering
What is Manifest Destiny?
Texas' future to reach the Pacific ocean.
Americans' belief that it was their God given right to own the land from East to West, from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
An angel flying through the air from East to West.
The progress of the immigrants searching for gold.
Which President of the United States signed the Indian Removal Act, and supported western expansion?
John Ross
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson decided to not enforce the Supreme Court decision and used this law to force Native Americans west. What is the name of the law?
Land Transfer Act
Missouri Compromise
Indian Removal Act
Cherokee Nation Act of 1800
The Journey of the Cherokee who were forced to move from their homes in the Southeast to the Indian Territory became known as the...
Wilderness Trail
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
Louisiana Purchase
Who invented the cotton gin?
John Deere
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Samuel Morse
The Cotton Gin was designed to _______.
clean cotton by removing the small black seeds
pack cotton in 50 pound bushels
switch slave jobs from being field hands to cotton cleaners
improve industrialization in the South
The Underground Railroad was ________.
The early subway system in New York City
The railroad that connected the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States
A series of secret safe houses used to help runaway slaves
Another name for the Erie Canal which made moving west easier
What abolitionist was called a conductor and "the Moses of her people"?
Harper Ferry
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Margret Brown
What abolitionist wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that helped Northerners understand the system of slavery?
Harriet Tubman
Margret Brown
Charlotte Bigsby
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This compromise was made prior to the outbreak of the Civil War in order to ease tensions over the issue of slavery in new territories and keep the balance in Congress.
California Compromise
New York Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Clayton Act Compromise
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
That slavery diminished the national character.
That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens but property protected under the 5th Amendment.
That slavery should be abolished by executive order
What did John Brown (an abolitionist) hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry (a town that had a storage place for weapons) ?
to create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery
to bring attention to the conflict between the North and the South
to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise
to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states
The Central Pacific Company used _______ immigrants as laborers to help build the Transcontinental Railroad.
Native American
Italian
Chinese
German
What new communication system allowed people to send and receive messages almost instantaneously (Lincoln used it to help win the Civil War)?
The Pony Express
The Marsden Post
Text Messages
The Telegraph
