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2.3 Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The combination of resources, improved transportation, and technological breakthroughs all led to the

a)

Era of Good Feelings

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Adoption of gold standard

2.

Differences between the regions in the 1800's were mainly regarding ___

a)

economics

b)

politics

c)

religion

d)

transcendentalism

3.

What is the economy of the South?

a)

trading and fishing

b)

mining & small farming

c)

industry & manufacturing

d)

plantations & slavery

4.

How did the North view tariffs?

a)

neutral

b)

benefit

c)

burden

5.

How did the South view tariffs?

a)

neutral

b)

benefit

c)

burden

6.

Freedmen could own property, but enslaved African Americans had ...

a)

no rights at all

b)

the right to own property as well

c)

the right to vote

d)

citizenship

7.

Who was "The Great Compromiser"?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Andrew Jackson

8.

What was the outcome of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

it outlawed slavery in all states

b)

slavery allowed in every state

c)

some states free, some states slave

d)

popular sovereignty in all states

9.

Henry Clay's compromises managed to ...

a)

earn him the presidency

b)

gain foreign allies

c)

start war

d)

balance power between states

10.

The expansion of slavery did not contribute to the increase of sectionalism in the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The tariff of 1816 did not cause sectionalism.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The Missouri Compromise was a major cause of sectionalism in the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In 1819, Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

If Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, the slave states would have more power in government.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Henry Clay proposed to let Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which state was admitted as a free state in the Missouri Compromise

a)

Missouri

b)

California

c)

Florida

d)

Maine

17.

What territory did the Missouri Compromise divide for future slave/free states?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Texas Annexation

d)

Oregon Territory

18.

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

a)

It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast

b)

It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills

c)

It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories

d)

It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue

19.

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

Which constitutional issue contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War?

a)

Disagreement over the boundaries of the Oregon Territoru

b)

Growing support from limiting female suffrage and immigration

c)

The limits on free speech and press included in the Alien and Sedition Acts

d)

Debate over the expansion of slavery into the West

21.

What was one result of industrialization in the United States during the mid-1800s?

a)

Sectional differences increased

b)

The federal government prohibited immigration

c)

Job opportunities decreased

d)

Fewer public lands were devoted to transportation

22.

The economies of the new western states were very different from those of the northeastern states in the mid-1800s. One major difference was that western states -

a)

relied on subsistence farmin

b)

used natural harbors for shipping

c)

focused on mining and agriculture

d)

traded freely with other nations

23.

Why did the economies of western territories develop so differently from the economies of the Northeast and South?

a)

Western territories had limited land and a large immigrant population

b)

Western territories had natural harbors and many navigable rivers

c)

Western territories had rocky soil and a large supply of slave labor

d)

Western territories had inexpensive land and abundant natural resources