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Unit 4 and 5 review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The belief that the United States should spread its power across the North American continent

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Annexation

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Proclamation 95

2.

This U.S. state was its own republic for 9 years before being annexed into the United States. It's independence helped lead to the Mexican American War

a)

California

b)

Kansas

c)

Texas

d)

Missouri

3.

These were the two largest groups of immigrants to the United States.

a)

Italian and Irish

b)

German and Italian

c)

Chinese and Italian

d)

German and Irish

4.

This was the reason for Irish immigration to the United States

a)

starvation due to the potato famine

b)

economic opportunity

c)

civil war

d)

political oppression

5.

Select two reasons for German immigration to the United States.

a)

political freedom

b)

potato famine

c)

greater economic opportunity

d)

to work on the railroad

6.

President James K Polk believed that the United States had a "_____________ ______________" to spread across the continent?

a)

good chance

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

manifest destiny

d)

revolution

7.

Abolitionists supported...

a)

ending slavery in the United States

b)

stopping the spread of slavery in the United States

c)

promoting slavery

d)

expanding westward

8.

The 36"30' line a parallel sectioned off the southern portion of the Western United States as slave territory in the ____________________

a)

Kansas Nebrask Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

Missouri Compromise

9.

This piece of legislation allowed California to enter the United States as a free state, and allowed popular sovereignty in the New Mexico territory.

a)

Kansas Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Proclamation 95

10.

Pro Slavery and Anti Slavery supporters murdered each other due to popular sovereignty being allowed in the midwest. After this piece of legislation was passed

a)

Kansas Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

11.

The argument over the issue of slavery ultimately led to what major event in the United States

a)

The Revolutionary War

b)

The Civil War

c)

The Mexican American War

d)

The War of 1812

12.

After the bloodiest single day in American History at the Battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issued this, which declared all slaves in currently rebelling territory free.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

The Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

The Wade-Davis Bill

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

13.

The two sides of Civil War are referred to .... (select two)

a)

Union

b)

West

c)

Bad bois and Good liars

d)

Confederacy

14.

The military commander for the South was

a)

US Grant

b)

Mclellan

c)

Winfield Scott

d)

Robert E Lee

15.

The military commander of the Union at the time of surrender was

a)

US Grant

b)

Mclellan

c)

Winfield Scott

d)

Robert E Lee

16.

This battle was a major failure for the Confederacy because Robert E Lee failed to break Union lines with Pickett's Charge.

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Sharpsburg

d)

Battle of Vicksburg

17.

This battle was a major loss for the Confederacy because they lose control of the Mississippi River. Completing the Union's Anaconda Plan

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Sharpsburg

d)

Battle of Vicksburg

18.

What three events happen between April 3 and April 15 1865

a)

The Confederate Capitol of Richmond is taken by the Union

b)

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

c)

Vicksburg falls to US Grant after 5 attempts and 7 months of siege

d)

Robert E Lee surrenders to US Grant at Appomattox Courthouse

19.

This new machine made it possible for cotton agriculture to be profitable

a)

steam engine

b)

water wheel

c)

cotton gin

d)

prairie schooner

20.

The South's economy...

a)

was boosted during the Civil War because of quick industrialization

b)

was ruined during the Civil War because the North focused attacks on Southern factories

c)

was about the same after the Civil War as before

d)

was based on small farms that grew just enough to feed the family

21.

A compromise is a...

a)

disagreement

b)

an agreement to settle a dispute

c)

a southern ironclad warship

d)

a great way to spend a southern afternoon

22.

The Missouri compromise was decided to be unconstitutional after this Supreme Court decision

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Wade v. Davis

c)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

d)

Douglass v. City of Boston

23.

The way the Constitution was originally written slaves were

a)

illegal

b)

legal property

c)

a necessity

d)

a requirement for voting

24.

Allowing citizens of a region or state to decide for themselves if they will allow slavery is based on the principle of...

a)

popular soverignty

b)

slavery

c)

balance of power

d)

compromise

25.

The United States population grew from 5 million people in 1800 to ______ million by 1850

a)

23

b)

9

c)

17

d)

20