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APUSH Pre Civil War
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1
The political party that was created in 1840's in response to increased immigration was the
Whig Party
American Party
Republican Party
Know-Nothing Party
2
The main reason the U.S. was reluctant to annex Texas as a state in 1836 was because
Texas had no interest in joining the US
Great Britain was interested in colonizing Texas
would give too much power to the slave states
they were afraid of Mexico becoming upset
3
The Underground RR biggest impact in the South was
raising money to buy slaves freedom
disrespecting Southern culture by stealing their property
leading various slave rebellions
lowering the overall slave population
4
The 1860 Republican Party platform favored
no tariffs
free homesteads
extension of slavery
abolition of states rights
5
William Becknell was responsible for starting which western trail?
Northwest Trail
California Trail
Oregon Train
Santa Fe Trail
6
What political party came about because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Constitutionalist-Union Party
Know-Nothing Party
Republican Party
American Party
7
What decade was the term Manifest Destiny first known to be used?
1820's
1850's
1830's
1840's
8
Which was NOT reason why Stephen Douglas created the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
to become famous to help his chances to be president
to possibly make profit from land he owned in the territory
to build a transcontinental railroad
to curry favor with the South
9
Which state listed below had more blacks than whites in their population?
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
North Carolina
10
When were the first Africans brought to and English settled colony?
1492
1916
1515
1619
11
The first of the Old World Europeans to come to California were the
Spanish
Russians
Portguese
English
12
Which one of these crops was not a staple crop of the south?
soy beans
cotton
corn
rice
13
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by
Thomas Paine
Harriet Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
14
Who is known as the Father of Texas?
Stephen Austin
Zachary Taylor
Sam Houston
Moses Austin
15
The Lecompton Constitution
was ordered to be null and void by President Buchanan
caused great controversy and was considered to a fraud
had the support of John Brown
allowed Kansas to become a slave state
16
The first candidate to run for President to represent the Republican Party was
Millard Fillmore
John C. Fremont
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
17
Which statement is true about slavery?
Slaves could not be taken into free states
were generally spared the most dangerous jobs
slaves usually worked the most dangerous jobs
the majority of slaves after 1820 came via the slave trade
18
Which US president annexed Texas, started the Mex-American War and added the Oregon Territory?
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Taylor
James K Polk
John Tyler
19
The plan to acquire Cuba from Spain in the 1850's was known as the
Wilmot Proviso
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Ostend Manifesto
Gadsden Purchase
20
What resolution was introduced during the Mex-American War to limit slavery in newly won land?
Compromise of 1850
Ostend Manifesto
Free Slave Act
Wilmot Proviso
21
In 1860 roughly how many slaves lived in the South?
4 million
500,000
8 million
10 million
22
The case that reinforced the idea the South had the right get back lost slaves in the North
Prigg v. Pennsylvannia
Loving v. Virginia
Prigg v Virginia
Pawtucket v. New York
23
The main reason the slave population of the south grew during the first part of the 1800's
natural reproduction
increased slave trade from the Caribbean
reenslavement of free blacks
increased slave trade from Africa
24
The treaty the U.S. signed with Japan to open them to trade with a foreign power was the
Hirohito-Perry Treaty
Treaty of Japan
Treaty of Kanagawa
Treaty of Tokyo
25
The name of the treaty that ended the Mexican American War was the
Treaty of Guernica-Ramirez
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Mexico City
26
What percentage of white southerners owned slaves?
50 percent
35 percent
25 percent
10 percent
27
Before his nomination in 1860, Abraham Lincoln
served in the Senat
a U.S. congressman from Illinois
been nominated for President twice
served as vice president
28
Which group of people were MOST responsible for helping to encourage Western migration?
John C. Fremont
Lewis and Clark
mountain men
Indians
29
The phrase "54" 40 or fight" referred to what territory the U.S. wanted to take?
Texas territory
New Mexico Territory
Nebraska Territory
Oregon Territory
30
For their main crop, subsistence farmers in the south raised
cotton
sugar cane
tobacco
corn
