WorksheetsChapter 11 Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
This painting is about the idea of (a) .
What was the significance of the Oregon Trail?
The Oregon Trail was used to travel eastward to open land that was less populated by settlers.
The Oregon Trail was created to help Native Americans move to reservations.
The Oregon Trail was used by settlers/pioneers who wanted to travel west for land/gold/religion.
The Oregon Trail was used during the Revolutionary War to help the Americans defeat the British.
T/F: The Texians won the Battle of the Alamo in February 1836 against the Mexican Army
True
False
T/F: The Americans won the Mexican-American war
True
False
The only person from Louisiana elected president of the United States
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Amanda Quintero
Which battle did the Texians win against Mexico after which they declared themselves a new country, the Republic of Texas
Houston's War
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Mexican-American War
What was one cause of the Mexican War?
Mexico wanted to buy California
The U.S. wanted to sell Texas back to Mexico
Mexico had invaded California
The United States had annexed Texas
What was the outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The U.S. paid Mexico $50 million
Mexico gained new territories
The U.S. ceded Texas back to Mexico
Mexico ceded large territories to the U.S.
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
A cultural exchange program with Mexico
A purchase of weapons and supplies from Mexico
A treaty to end the Mexican War
A land purchase that facilitated a southern U.S. railroad
April 21, 1836-Lasted 18 minutes surprise attack on the Mexican army, men shouted "Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad," Santa Anna was captured; thus the independence of Texas.
The runaway scrape
The Alamo
The Battle of Gonzalzes
The Battle of San Jacinto
issues arising over the borders within Texas
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
Maine
Missouri
Texas
The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.
Popular Sovereignty
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Which part of the nation would be most in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
The Northern free states
The Southern slave states
California
The states in New England
Sectionalism occurs when people favor the interests of one section of the country over the interests of the entire country. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act that followed ____________________________________.
increased sectional tensions in the United States
decreased sectional tensions in the United States
kept sectional tensions between the north and the south about the same
The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...
Washington, DC
Richmond
New Orleans
Charleston
30 years after the Missouri Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...
Revolutionary War.
War of 1812.
Mexican-American War.
Civil War.
What did the Compromise of 1850 say about slavery in other territories (besides California) that were acquired by the U.S. in the Mexican Cession?
Popular sovereignty would determine whether or not the territories would allow slavery.
They would automatically become slave states.
Slavery was banned.
All of the above.
The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...
Freedom Act.
Emancipation Act.
Slaveowners Act.
Fugitive Slave Act.
Which was NOT true of the new Fugitive Slave Act?
It required policemen to arrest suspected runaways.
It punished those aiding runaway slaves with prison and a large fine.
It was popular and well-received in northern states.
It prevented suspected slaves from testifying in court and from being able to legally defend themselves.
The Fugitive Slave Act...
increased Underground Railroad Activity.
led to resistance in the North.
angered abolitionists.
All of the above
Which part of the nation would be most in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
The Northern free states
The Southern slave states
California
The states in New England
A well-known abolitionist who was willing to use violence to end slavery and was hanged for treason.
James Lane
Samuel Jones
Andrew Reeder
John Brown
The Underground Railroad was:
a network of safe houses that helped slaves escape.
the first railroad to be built across the continental United States.
a company run by slave owners wanting to move to Kansas Territory.
Destroyed during the Wakarusa War.
Attempts to organize a government in Kansas Territory were difficult because:
there was too much violence in Kansas Territory.
both antislavery and proslavery forces wanted control of the government.
those who invested in the towns only did so to make a profit.
the new settler did not have experience setting up a government.
What did the concept of popular sovereignty under the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
Allowed Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state.
Allowed the people who lived in Kansas Territory to decide the fate of slavery in the state.
Brought about the Dred Scott decision.
Made the Underground Railroad legal.
Kansas Territory got the name "Bleeding Kansas" because:
there were no doctors in the territory.
"Beecher Bibles" were shipped into the territory.
a national attention focused on the violence over slavery.
the rivers were dry with red dirt.
What was John Brown's main goal with his raid on Harper's Ferry?
To rob the federal arsenal for personal gain
To negotiate peace between the North and South
To start a major slave rebellion in the South
To become the governor of Virginia
Who was Dred Scott?
A Slave Owner
A Widow
A Doctor
A Slave
What were the "key facts" on which Dred Scott based his claim for freedom?
He had a young daughter and wife to support.
He was owned by Eliza Emerson.
He had lived in free states before.
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?
that slavery diminished the national character
that African American rights were protected by the Constitution
that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court
that slavery should be abolished by executive order
When he sued, Dred Scott's legal argument was that...
Slavery Is Illegal
Since he had once lived in a free state he would always be free.
His owner was not of sound mind and should not be allowed to own slaves.
He had earned enough money and should be allowed to buy his freedom.
