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Road to the Civil War
Road to the Civil War
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Which invention increased harvesting & made it more efficient?
Lowell System
Cotton Gin
Iron Plow
Mechanical Reaper
2
The Supreme Court Case that Andrew Jackson ignored where the Cherokee people were supposed to be allowed to stay!
Roe vs. Wade
Marbury vs. Madison
Dred Scott Decision
Worcester vs. Georgia
3
What was the Trail of Tears?
The trail that led pioneers to the West Coast of the US.
A name for Jackson's attack on the Seminole.
The forced removal of the Cherokee and other Natives from their land.
The ship route that brought captured slaves to the US.
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Which was not part of Compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Act
Popular sovereignty for New Mexico & Utah
Maine becoming a free state
California becoming a free state
5
Peter Cooper invented...
the lightbulb
the neckbeard
cotton gin
steam powered train
6
What new fuel became in high demand during the Industrial & Transportation Revolutions?
Hydroelectricity
Gasoline (Petrol)
Wood
Coal
7
What was NOT part of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri enters as a slave state.
Slavery banned above the 36'30'' latitude line.
Maine enters as a free state.
Territories decided on slavery based on popular sovereignty.
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Why were interchangeable parts such a big deal?
They lowered costs and increased production.
They raised costs and decreased production.
They lowered costs and decreased production.
They raised costs and increased production.
9
What was NOT part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as the border of Texas
The Oregon Territory became part of the U.S.
Mexico ceded a massive amount of land including California
America paid Mexico $15 million
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What was the name of this painting?
Manifest Destiny
American Progress
Party in the USA
American Greed
11
Which was NOT an effect of railroad expansion?
The lumber & steel industries grew tremendously in the U.S.
Cities near railroad stops grew in size
Unity & nationalism increased in the country
Worker wages increased and everyone became wealthy
12
What country did Mexico gain independence from?
France
Great Britain
U.S.
Spain
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What invention caused a huge increase in the slave population
Steamboat
Cotton Gin
Reaper
Steel Plow
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What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott Decision?
Slavery should be voted on by the people
Slavery should be illegal in the United States
Dred Scott is freed for living in a "free" territory
African Americans (free or not) are not citizens and cannot sue in court
15
What is sectionalism?
Putting your state ahead of the world.
Putting the nation ahead of your state.
Putting your region ahead of the nation.
Putting the nation ahead of your region.
16
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe helped expose slavery to many northerners.
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Jungle
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Common Sense
17
Who was known as the "Great Compromiser?"
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
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Abolitionist means
Escaped slaves
Lawyers who tried to make slavery legal everywhere
Supporters of slavery
People again slavery
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What is an empresario?
Any person who settles in Texas
an person who recruited settlers to a Mexico
a person born in Texas whose parents are Mexican
person who commits rebellious activity in a another country
20
What does popular sovereignty mean?
people vote on contentious issues to deicide instead of the gov't deciding
3 branches of government
Freedoms given to the people
when citizens vote for the President
21
morse code
a system using a special code of dots & dashes to make letters and numbers
a code that is in a format sent through a telegraph wire only cats can hear
a code that used raised dots to make letters
a system that used shapes as a code for letters
22
The name of the system used by Andrew Jackson where he hired loyal supporters into high gov't roles.
Spoils System
Interview System
Loyalty System
Electoral College
23
What was the "Era of Good Feelings"
Unity and National Pride of being an American
Booming and Commercial Shipping
Diplomatic Ties and Peace with European Nations
Confusion
24
What was America's manifest destiny?
belief that the U.S. should expand across the continent from coast to coast
belief in the USA as the best, always. U-S-A! U-S-A!
belief that America should be the most powerful country in the world
belief that slavery will someday not exist in the USA
25
This is the battle where over 180 Texans fought Mexico and all of the Texans were killed.
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Alamo
Goliad
San Jacinto
26
Which inventor-invention is mismatched?
Cyrus McCormick - Steel Plow
Samuel Morse - Telegraph
Robert Fulton - Steamboat
Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
27
What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in Kansas
When the Senator from Kansas was attacked in the Senate.
The Indian Massacre in Topeka, Kansas
Fights between pro and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas
28
What is a tariff?
tax on domestic goods
it is another way to describe an income tax
tax on foreign goods
tax money that is given back to the people
29
Which state threatened to secede after wanting to nullify the tariffs?
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
30
Who led a raid on the US Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
Stonewall Jackson
John Brown
Abe Lincoln
Nat Turner
