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Midterm Study Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many Africans were forced into slavery?
a)
Around 5 million
b)
Around 8 million
c)
Around 12 million
2.

What are abolitionists?

a)

People who fought for the end of slavery

b)

People who supported slavery

c)

People who fought to stop slavery from spreading

3.

Lewis and Clark

a)

Mapped out the Western North America, which led to the eventual removal of Native Americans, as Anglo Americans settled west

b)

Two dudes

4.

Indian Removal Act

a)

When Andrew Jackson used federal troops to forcibly move Native Americans to reservations, letting Anglo-Americans take their land

b)

A law

5.

Andrew Jackson

a)

American President, known for his spoils system, and the Indian Removal Act

b)

A man

6.

Mexican-American War

a)

The result of Texas independence, the war was won by the USA, with the States gaining vast amounts of land, which brough renewed fire to the slavery question

b)

A War

7.

Manifest Destiny

a)

The American belief that they were destined to settle and develop all of United States. Used to justify racist actions against the Native Americans, slavery, and the war with Mexico

b)

A prophecy

8.

John Brown

a)

A polarizing figure, who attempted to raid an armory to free slaves. His failed raid brought tension between the North and South, and was a triggering event for the Civil War

b)

A man

9.

The Second Middle Passage

a)

A name for the vast trading of enslaved people within the United States, which was larger than the Atlantic trade.

b)

A journey

10.

Slavery in the United States

a)

An extreme form of hereditary slavery, that enslaved African Americans based on race, this system was extremely profitable for the USA

b)

An event