WorksheetsExpansion and Slavery 1820 - 1850
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which state was not gained by the U.S. as a result of the Mexican American war?
California
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...
Washington, DC
Richmond
New Orleans
Charleston
The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
Which state entered the union as a free state and which entered as a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise
Texas entered as a slave state, California entered as a free state
Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state
Maine entered as a slave state, Missouri entered as a free state
California entered as a slave state, Texas entered as a free state
Which of these BEST describes the belief of "Manifest Destiny"?
the belief that the U.S. should send astronauts to the moon
the belief that the U.S. should occupy all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
the belief that slavery in the U.S. was a state issue
the belief that the U.S. should prevent European military activity in the hemisphere
When the admission of new states threatened the balance of free and slave states in the Union, which Kentucky Senator drew up the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820?
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
William H. Harrison
The Wilmot Proviso (1846) attempted to forever ban slavery in territories that were won as a result of
the Civil War.
the Louisiana Purchase.
the Mexican War.
the Spanish-American War.
California was initially admitted as a "free state," while citizens of the Utah and New Mexico territories were left to decide the issue for themselves. Which of these set this up?
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which of these was a DIRECT result of the failed slave revolt of Nat Turner in 1831?
Southern legislatures questioned the moral foundation of slavery.
Laws greatly restricting the legal rights of free blacks and slaves were passed.
Congress passed a law that would phase out the importation of African slaves.
President Buchanan was elected for a second term.
The nullification confrontation of 1832-1833 between President Andrew Jackson and South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun concerned
Jackson's attempts to abolish slavery in the South
Calhoun's claim that a state has the power to ignore federal laws
the constitutionality of the second Bank of the United States
whether slavery would be allowed in western territories
