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WorksheetsAPUSH UNIT 5
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Class
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1.
The GREATEST strength of the North was
a)
its military leadership
b)
its navy
c)
its moral high ground
d)
its economy
2.
Which battle was fought in the North?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Petersburg
d)
Shiloh
3.
After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Shiloh
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
4.
What officially abolished slavery in the US?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Surrender of Robert E. Lee
c)
13th Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
5.
Who was Lincoln's running mate in 1864?
a)
Samuel Chase
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
William Sherman
6.
What strategy did Sherman use to destroy the South?
a)
Attrition
b)
Guerrilla War
c)
Siege War
d)
Total War
7.
Which battle is considered the turning point and doomed the Southern Cause?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Shiloh
d)
Fredericksburg
8.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves
a)
in the Border States
b)
in the South
c)
in the entire US
d)
in the West
9.
During Reconstruction, the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to
a)
distribute 40-acre plots to all ex slaves who wanted land.
b)
greatly increase the number of former slaves who could read (literate).
c)
convince many Southern whites to join the Republican Party.
d)
repress much of the violence committed against ex-slaves.
10.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:
a)
the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.
b)
Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States.
c)
Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union.
d)
Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state.
11.
All of the following statements about the Fourteenth Amendment are true EXCEPT:
a)
It was vehemently opposed by President Johnson.
b)
It guaranteed all citizens the equal protection of the law.
c)
It permitted former high-ranking Confederates to hold office.
d)
It declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens.
12.
The slogan “Manifest Destiny” referred to the conviction of Americans in the 1840s that the United States had a(n)
a)
God-Given right to exist as a nation.
b)
opportunity to replace greed with benevolence
c)
obligation to spread across the continent.
d)
mission to free slaves.
13.
The Free Soil Party, like many northerners:
a)
feared the expansion of slavery in the west would be competition for white labor.
b)
cost Henry Clay the presidency by siphoning off votes from him in New York.
c)
was powerful enough to convince James Polk not to seek reelection.
d)
strongly opposed the Wilmot Proviso but agreed to let it pass as part of a compromise.
14.
An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?
a)
Transportation in the South
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Representation in Congress
15.
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California would enter the Union as a free state.
b)
The slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
c)
The territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada would be created.
d)
A tougher fugitive slave law would be enacted.
16.
The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:
a)
showed the extreme violence of which northern abolitionists were capable.
b)
actually helped the new Republican Party.
c)
was denounced by most southerners as barbaric.
d)
was unusual because both men were proslavery Democrats.
17.
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because
a)
the Court included no Republican Justices
b)
the decision allowed slavery in the territories
c)
several justices were slave owners
d)
blacks and whites were not treated equally
18.
Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:
a)
did not believe slaves could be productive American citizens.
b)
promised during his 1860 campaign that he was against abolition.
c)
feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.
d)
did not want to support the policies of the Radical Republicans.
19.
Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?
a)
Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
b)
Members of the abolitionist Republican Party, formed in 1844, insisted on debating slavery.
c)
President John Tyler’s antislavery policies cause a major proslavery backlash led by John C. Calhoun.
d)
As the 1848 Constitutional deadline for ending the African slave trade drew near, Americans became obsessed with s
20.
The South relied on which cash crop for almost all of its economic production?
a)
wheat
b)
corn
c)
cotton
d)
marijuana
21.
One impact of the Mexican-American War was...
a)
The United States got a large area of land in the Southwest
b)
Native Americans were given more land for reservations
c)
France no longer had colonies in North America
d)
Great Britain gave Alaska to the US
22.
Gave 160 acres of land for free if you would live on it and farm it for 5 years
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morrill Land Grant
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
23.
I use to own land in the West. However, after the U.S. won a war against my country in the 1840s people began discriminating against me. As a result, I lost my land.
a)
Mexican American
b)
African American
c)
European Immigrants
d)
Asian American
24.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny to conquer and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain Christ's second coming
d)
A belief that if someone prayed for a certain destiny that they would have it
25.
Why did miners, cowhands, and ranchers want to move west.
a)
They wanted an adventure
b)
They wanted to escape the busy lifestyle in the East
c)
They were interested in economic opportunity
d)
They enjoyed big city life
26.
The South had an advantage over the North in
a)
a larger population
b)
better military commanders
c)
more industry
d)
more transportation
27.
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
29.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
30.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
31.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
32.
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
a)
impeaching him
b)
killing him
c)
bribing him to leave
d)
trying to get him out in the next election
33.
Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
34.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
35.
Made African Americans citizens.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
36.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
37.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
38.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
39.
Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?
a)
To remove an official from office
b)
To charge an official with a crime.
c)
To arrest an official for crimes.
d)
To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”
40.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
41.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
42.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
43.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
44.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
guarantees African Americans free speech
b)
Outlawed slavery in the United States
c)
gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
rejoined the South and the North
45.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
46.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
47.
What does white supremacy mean?
a)
The movement for equal rights for all races
b)
The idea that whites are superior
c)
Whites are less important than blacks
48.
How were carpetbaggers viewed by the South?
a)
Unwanted
b)
Welcomed
c)
Heroes
d)
God figures
49.
African Americans gained political representation under which plan?
a)
Johnson's
b)
Lincoln's
c)
Radical Republicans
50.
Carpetbaggers moved south to
a)
Control politics
b)
Stop violence against African Americans
c)
Take advantage of southern economic conditions
d)
All of the above
51.
Scalawags were
a)
Southern Republicans
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Northerners who moved south
d)
Johnson supporters
52.
True or False: A Conscription was A draft required male members of the population to fight in the army.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
Who won the war?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Union
c)
England
d)
France
54.
Emancipation Proclamation declared all slaves to be free except the ones that lived in the _________.
a)
North
b)
South
55.
Commander of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
56.
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Abraham Baldwin
b)
Stephen A. Douglas
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
57.
Commander of the Confederate Army
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
William T. Sherman
58.
What was the single bloodiest day in the Civil War, where over 23,000 soldiers were killed?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Antietam
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
59.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
60.
What was the major goal of the Confederacy at the onset of the Civil War?
a)
To overthrow the government and set up a monarchy
b)
To become independent
c)
To spread slavery to the North
d)
To eliminate slavery in the border states
61.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
62.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
63.
Commonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Grey
c)
Brown
d)
Blue
64.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
65.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
66.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
67.
Why did the South secede after the election of 1860?
a)
They feared Abraham Lincoln would outlaw slavery in all states
b)
After winning the election, Abraham Lincoln forced all Southern states to leave the United States
c)
There was a tie in the election and the North and South fought over the winner
d)
Abraham Lincoln wanted to force Southern states to pay higher taxes than Northern states
68.
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
69.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of the
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Decision
70.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Black Moses
71.
An abolitionist is
a)
Someone who believes in slavery
b)
Someone who does not like slavery, but minds their own business.
c)
Someone who was an activist worked to end slavery
d)
Someone who believes wage slavery in the north was wrong
72.
Enforced a strict law saying runaway slaves in the North must be captured and returned to their masters.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Slave Codes
d)
Black Codes
73.
This forbid slavery above the 38030' except for Missouri
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
The Underground Railroad
74.
Which statement best explains what was accomplished by the “Missouri Compromise”?
a)
required captured slaves to be returned
b)
allowed slavery in Maine but not in Missouri.
c)
maintained balance between slave states and free states
d)
It made Missouri the U.S. Capital.
75.
Which of the following was not a battle in the Civil War?
a)
Normandy
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
76.
Who was the first state to secede?
a)
Virginia
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina
d)
Georgia
77.
Where did the Civil War begin?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Antietam
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Gettysburg
78.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Davis Crenshaw
c)
David Clark
d)
Stephen Douglas
79.
What is the capital city of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Charleston, South Carolina
d)
Richmond, Virginia
80.
"To set free" is the definition of which word?
a)
Enumerate
b)
Emancipate
c)
Enunciate
d)
Encriminate
81.
Which of the following is NOT a border state
a)
Missouri
b)
Maryland
c)
New York
d)
kentucky
82.
True or False: Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
83.
What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?
a)
Red States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Blue States
84.
Which best describes Manifest Destiny?
a)
Caused everyone to get along better
b)
expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
c)
Idea started in the 1600s
d)
The king said that we had to the right to move west
85.
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as
a)
The Great Expansion
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Oregon Fever
d)
The Monroe Doctrine
86.
This amendment outlawed slavery.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
87.
Which naval officer helped open ties with Japan?
a)
Commodore Matthew Perry
b)
General Millard Fillmore
c)
Captain Perry Ellis
d)
Commander Matthew Forbes
88.
Which party is also known as the "Know-Nothing" Party?
a)
Whigs
b)
Democrats
c)
Republican
d)
American
89.
African American men fought during the Civil War.
a)
True
b)
False
90.
Women were instrumental in serving in various aspects during the Civil War.
a)
True
b)
False
91.
Which Amendment guaranteed federal protection of citizenship and equal rights under the law?
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
92.
Which Amendment prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous conditions of servitude?
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
93.
Who became president upon Lincoln's assassination?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
George McClellan
94.
Who won the election of 1868?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
George McClellan
95.
Which of the following slave states never seceded from the Union?
a)
Missouri
b)
Illinois
c)
Virginia
d)
South Carolina
96.
What were those slave states that did not secede during the fighting called?
a)
Traitor States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Ideal States
97.
This court decision ruled that the slaves were not citizens, and therefore had no rights to sue in court.
a)
Marbury v. Madison
b)
Plessey v. Ferguson
c)
Brown v. Board
d)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
98.
This was the system set in place after the Civil War to employ freed slaves.
a)
Tenet Farming
b)
Manufacturing
c)
Head-right System
d)
Sharecropping
99.
Which compromise brought California into the Union?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
3/5ths Compromise
c)
Compromise of 1840
d)
Compromise of 1850
100.
Which compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, DC?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
3/5ths Compromise
c)
Compromise of 1840
d)
Compromise of 1850
101.
Which law was passed in 1793, making it harder for slaves to successfully escape the bondage of slavery?
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Act
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Personal Liberty Laws
102.
The Mexican-American war was fought primarily over which current US state?
a)
Arizona
b)
New Mexico
c)
Texas
d)
California
103.
The belief that the United States had a special mission to expand over the entire North American continent was known as
a)
divine providence
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
nullification.
d)
American exceptionalism.
104.
With regard to the Oregon Territory, in 1846, the United States
a)
provoked a shooting war to acquire the lands it sought.
b)
concluded a peace treaty with Britain which established the United States’ northern border at 54°40’ north latitude.
c)
hammered out a compromise agreement with the British Empire.
d)
denied any further Asian immigration into the region.
105.
The Wilmot Proviso
a)
encouraged slavery’s expansion westward.
b)
called for American annexation of lands conquered from Mexico as free territory.
c)
successfully postponed the outbreak of the Civil War for 10 years.
d)
proclaimed that western territories would be open to slavery if their citizens voted to allow it.
106.
In terms of politics, the 1850s were noteworthy because they witnessed the
a)
decline in the power of the free-soil movement.
b)
dissolution of national political parties over sectional concerns.
c)
South gradually extend its control over both the Presidency and Congress.
d)
Supreme Court distance itself from the slavery issue.
107.
In terms of politics, the 1850s were noteworthy because they witnessed the
a)
decline in the power of the free-soil movement.
b)
dissolution of national political parties over sectional concerns.
c)
South gradually extend its control over both the Presidency and Congress.
d)
Supreme Court distance itself from the slavery issue.
108.
As a result of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852,
a)
calls for political compromise over the issue of slavery increased.
b)
the American Colonization Society began transporting ex-slaves back to Africa.
c)
the Underground Railroad was formed.
d)
abolitionism gained ground in the North.
109.
The theory that individual states do not necessarily have to carry out any federal laws with which they disagree is known as
a)
popular sovereignty.
b)
federalism.
c)
nullification.
d)
the reserved powers clause of the Constitution.
110.
What became the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
The admission of California as a free state
b)
The Fugitive Slave Act
c)
The banning of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
d)
The potential opening up of Utah and New Mexico territories to slavery
111.
Which of the following was NOT a result or consequence of the Dred Scott decision of 1857?
a)
Free states in the North saw the need to speak politically with one voice.
b)
Congress had no right to restrict slavery in the territories.
c)
The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed.
d)
The Democratic Party became divided along sectional lines.
112.
The Free Soil Party, like many northerners:
a)
feared the expansion of slavery in the west would be competition for white labor.
b)
cost Henry Clay the presidency by siphoning off votes from him in New York.
c)
was powerful enough to convince James Polk not to seek reelection.
d)
strongly opposed the Wilmot Proviso but agreed to let it pass as part of a compromise.
113.
An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?
a)
Transportation in the South
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Representation in Congress
114.
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California would enter the Union as a free state.
b)
The slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
c)
The territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada would be created.
d)
A tougher fugitive slave law would be enacted.
115.
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because
a)
the Court included no Republican Justices
b)
the decision allowed slavery in the territories
c)
several justices were slave owners
d)
blacks and whites were not treated equally
116.
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because
a)
the Court included no Republican Justices
b)
the decision allowed slavery in the territories
c)
several justices were slave owners
d)
blacks and whites were not treated equally
117.
Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?
a)
Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
b)
Members of the abolitionist Republican Party, formed in 1844, insisted on debating slavery.
c)
President John Tyler’s antislavery policies cause a major proslavery backlash led by John C. Calhoun.
d)
As the 1848 Constitutional deadline for ending the African slave trade drew near, Americans became obsessed with s
118.
One impact of the Mexican-American War was...
a)
The United States got a large area of land in the Southwest
b)
Native Americans were given more land for reservations
c)
France no longer had colonies in North America
d)
Great Britain gave Alaska to the US
119.
An abolitionists is
a)
Someone who believes in slavery
b)
Someone who does not like slavery, but minds their own business.
c)
Someone who was an activist worked to end slavery
d)
Someone who believes wage slavery in the north was wrong
120.
Nat Turner's rebels
a)
took their owners prisoner and treated them well
b)
ran away in the dead of night
c)
killed almost every white person they saw
d)
fed their owners a special feast
121.
Nat Turner said that murdering women and children was justified because
a)
it was necessary to obtain freedom for slaves
b)
they were guilty of hurting slaves
c)
white people were inferior
d)
they didn't murder women and children
122.
Who Was John Brown?
a)
An avid abolitionist
b)
President of the United States of America
c)
A rich slave owner
d)
A southern democrat
123.
This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Radical Republican's Plan
d)
Grant's Plan
124.
Which plan required a 50% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South
a)
Johnson
b)
Lincoln
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Democrats
125.
What is one word that best describes Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction?
a)
Harsh
b)
Punitive
c)
Lenient
d)
Unfair
126.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
127.
Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
128.
How many military zones was the South divided into?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
129.
Black Codes are
a)
Laws that restricted farmer's rights
b)
laws that told people what they could wear
c)
Laws that restricted African American rights
d)
Curfew laws for African Americans
130.
Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison
a)
The Liberator
b)
The Freedman
c)
The Abolitionist
d)
The Antislavery Courier
131.
Early abolition movement that centered on taking slaves back to Africa.
a)
American Colonization Society
b)
Back to Africa Movement
c)
American System
d)
Liberation Movement
132.
Agreement in the House of Representatives that there would be no discussion over the slavery issue.
a)
Gag Resolution
b)
fillibuster
c)
Wilmot Proviso
d)
Slavery Prohibition
133.
Resolutions introduced by Abraham Lincoln to determine where American troops were attacked at the start of the Mexican American War
a)
Spot Resolutions
b)
Rio Grande Resolutions
c)
Nueces Resolution
d)
Texas Resolution
134.
Series of safe houses that helped slaves escape North to freedom
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Freedom Movement
c)
Abolition Trail
d)
Freedom Highway
135.
Political movement that wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territory acquired by the US.
a)
Free Soil Movement
b)
Abolition Movement
c)
Republican Party Platform
d)
Liberation Movement
136.
Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about the heinous acts of slavery.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Frederick Douglas
137.
In the 19th century, Southerners used all of the following arguments to justify slavery EXCEPT
a)
slavery was in the Bible.
b)
slavery provided a civilizing influence for the slave.
c)
the international slave trade was highly profitable for all regions of the country.
d)
keeping slaves was fully constitutional and thus perfectly legal.
138.
Land bought from Mexico to make a path for the southern Transcontinental Railroad.
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Jackson Purchase
d)
New Mexico Purchase
139.
Attempt by pro-slavery forces to spread slavery to Cuba either through diplomacy or military force.
a)
Ostend Manifesto
b)
Cuban Manifesto
c)
Wilmot Proviso
d)
Expansion Proviso
140.
Passed in 1854, it created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, overriding the original terms of the Missouri Compromise.
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Crittenden Compromise
141.
Pro slavery constitution passed in Kansas that led to the conflict known as Bleeding Kansas
a)
Lecompton Constituion`
b)
Freeport Doctine
c)
Lawrence Constitution
d)
Missouri Constitution
142.
These made Lincoln a household name and helped to cement him to the Free Soil platform of the new Republican platform.
a)
Lincoln Douglas Debates
b)
Free Soil Debates
c)
Lincoln's Presidential Election Speeches
d)
The Liberator Articles
143.
Name given to the formal break between the United States and the Confederate States of America.
a)
Secession
b)
Nullification
c)
Revolution
d)
Reconstruction
144.
Name adopted by the 11 states the left the Union and began the American Civil War
a)
Confederate States of America
b)
Southern States of America
c)
Johnny Rebs
d)
Southern Pro Slavery Alliance
145.
What senator wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
John Calhoun
146.
People from Missouri that crossed over to Kansas were called
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Scaliwags
c)
Border Rufians
d)
State Ditchers
147.
By 1820 how many states allowed slavery?
a)
5
b)
10
c)
11
d)
15
148.
By 1820, how many states prohibited slavery?
a)
5
b)
9
c)
15
d)
11
149.
The Missouri Compromise allowed for Maine to be a
a)
slave state.
b)
free state.
c)
union state.
d)
democracy.
150.
The Missouri Compromise allowed for Missouri to be a
a)
free state.
b)
choice state.
c)
slave state.
d)
Republic.
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