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VA-US History Ch. 7-10 Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California becomes a free state

b)

Territories choose through popular sovereignty to be free/slave states

c)

Slave trade is ended in Washington, D.C.

d)

Texas becomes a slave state

2.

Which did NOT happen as a result of the Election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debated slavery in the territories

b)

Abraham Lincoln was elected President

c)

There were no Southern votes for a Republican candidate

d)

South Carolina seceded from the Union

3.

Which "nativist" political party was against immigrants moving to America and taking industrial jobs?

a)

Republican Party

b)

"Know-Nothing" Party

c)

Free Soil Party

d)

Democratic Party

4.

California's statehood was an issue because it was big enough to be in both the North and the South.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

John Brown's attack in Kansas led to which event in Washington, D.C.?

a)

Slaver trade was outlawed

b)

Attack on Senator Charles Sumner

c)

Abraham Lincoln won the election

d)

Dred Scott loses his case in the Supreme Court

6.

Which territory did President James K. Polk promise to take complete control of to win his election?

a)

Texas Territory

b)

Kansas Territory

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

Nebraska Territory

7.

Which man was not an officer who fought during the Mexican-American War?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William Henry Harrison

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

8.

The Monroe Doctrine called for a ban of slavery in the newly acquired territories from Mexico.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What major issue was Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" speech focused on?

a)

Tariffs on imported goods

b)

Industrial vs. Agricultural economy

c)

Strength of the National Government's powers

d)

Slavery in the territories

10.

Which plan ultimately nullified the Missouri Compromise by calling for popular sovereignty in the territories?

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Wilmot Proviso

11.

Which man considered himself the "Napoleon of the West?"

a)

Winfield Scott

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

d)

Davy Crockett

12.

What term describes America's desire to move west to the Pacific Ocean and clam new territories?

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Lewis and Clark Expedition

c)

Adams-Onis Treaty

d)

Manifest Destiny

13.

In his first Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to...

a)

Defeat the Confederacy

b)

Preserve the Union

c)

Take more land from Mexico

d)

Abolish slavery

14.

Which political party was formed with the focus of abolishing slavery and became very popular in Northern states?

a)

Republican Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Whig Party

d)

"Know-Nothing" Party

15.

Which literary work by Harriet Beecher Stowe gave readers a first-hand account of the cruelty of slavery?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The Liberator

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

Twelve Years a Slave

16.

Which former slave was told by the Supreme Court that property did not have the legal right to sue?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Gabriel Prosser

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Frederick Douglass

17.

Which man became President during the "Age of the Common Man" and who heavily opposed standard practices in the government and vetoed the National Bank's charter?

a)

Martin van Buren

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson