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WorksheetsUnit 10
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who won the 1860 Presidential Election?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Jackson
Stephen Douglas
Which new political party of the 1840s and 1850s was a solidly northern political party?
Liberty Party
Whig Party
Republican Party
Free Soil Party
Which of the following is one of the reasons people migrated West between 1820-1850?
A flood of immigrants into the U.S.
Government programs provided transportation to Western regions
A lower birth rate meant more land per person
There were more factory jobs available
What was one outcome of the Mexican-American War?
It put Manifest Destiny on hold.
It solved once and for all the question of slavery.
It created better relations with Mexico and Latin America.
It elevated the United States to the top stage among world powers.
Which religious group was continually forced West due to persecution?
Anglicans
Mormons
Puritans
Catholics
Which state became the first testing ground for Popular Sovereignty?
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Between 1820-1850, which of the following is one of the primary causes that contributed to the difficulty in evening out the number of slave and free states?
The decision to outlaw all slave trading
The massive migration of people to new frontiers in the West
The decision to make all Western states slave owning
The movement of people to the Northern states
From an economic stand point, what eventually replaced the wealth from the Gold Rush in the American West?
Agriculture
Large corporations of Forty Niners
Nothing, it kept going
Banking
When Mexico became independent from Spain, what vast territory began to be populated by Americans and their slaves?
Texas
Colorado
California
Arizona
Which statement best describes the term Popular Sovereignty?
Each territory would be assigned to be either free or slave.
Each territory would elect officials who would then determine which side the state would be on.
Every citizen in each territory could decide for themselves whether or not they would own slaves.
Each territory applying for statehood would vote on the issue of slavery to determine which side it was on.
How did the Western settlers treat immigrants, especially those individuals from Mexico and China, during the Gold Rush?
With large scale religions revivals
With discrimination and violent attacks
With open arms and kindness
With disdain but they did no harmed
How did the election of 1860 convey to the South that it had lost its political power?
The winner of the election neither campaigned in nor won a Southern state.
The winner outlawed slavery immediately upon election.
The Southern states were immediately forced out of the Union.
The Northern states voted in Congress to strip the South of its electoral votes.
Which fort helped facilitate movement West, but would be abandoned during the Gold Rush?
Fort Meade
Alamo
Sutter’s Fort
Fort Sumner
What was the reasoning behind the Gadsden Purchase?
To obtain land for a railroad system
To satisfy Manifest Destiny
To protect settlers in the West
To further humiliate Mexico
What was the main mode of transportation for settlers crossing the Oregon Trail?
Steel bridges
Railroads
Large ships
Oxen and covered wagons
Which of the following is NOT one of the results of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted as a free state.
Popular sovereignty was determined to be illegal.
Slave trade was banned in Washington DC.
Under the Fugitive Slave Act section, special government officials were allowed to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave.
What was the ultimate goal of the Wilmot Proviso?
To solidify Manifest Destiny
To encourage slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican-American War
To ban slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican-American War
To balance out slave and free states
Which of the following is TRUE of the Fugitive Slave Act?
It quickly became the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850.
It allowed the North and South to come back together over the issue of slavery.
It was eliminated from the Compromise of 1850 within a year.
It finally allowed the North to come to peace with slavery.
Who did the U.S need to make treaties with in order to secure the Oregon region?
Britain and France
Russia and Spain
Spain and Britian
Spain and France
Which of the following BEST explains the concept of “Manifest Destiny”?
The United States was destined to become a superpower.
In order to complete their destiny, Americans needed to free any slaves.
Americans needed to be sure to manifest their kindness to others.
It was okay for Americans to take lands held by others because it was their right.
Which group acquired most of the wealth from the Gold Rush?
Business owners set up to profit by the miners
The guides who helped find gold for the Forty Niners
The Forty Niners
Women who set up kitchens to feed the Forty Niners
Which of the new political parties of the 1840s and 1850s had the goal of opposing the extension of slavery?
Liberty Party
Free Soil Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
As part of the Missouri Compromise (1820), Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state. What state was admitted as a free state?
Louisiana
Mississippi
Maine
Kansas
Which animal’s population had been so depleted in the East that trappers moved West to catch them?
Mink
Muskrat
Otter
Beaver
