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Review Pre-Civil War Era.
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1
Which was not in the Compromise of 1850?
Missouri became a slave state
California becomes a free State
No more slave trade in DC
Fugitive Slave Law
2
What was the main concern of the Missouri Compromise in 1820?
Annexing Missouri to the USA
Outlaw slavery
Keep balance of Free and Slave states.
Border to be the Missouri River
3
Which one of the following never had a claim to the Oregon Territory?
Great Britain
Ireland
Russia
USA
4
Which area was bought in order to build a railroad connecting the South?
Guadalupe Hidalgo Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Florida Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
5
Besides the formation of the Republican Party, what was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska act?
Kansas became a free state
Pop. Sov. was outlawed
Stephen Douglas became President
Bleeding Kansas
6
Who was the President before Lincoln that did little to stop the coming Civil War?
Stowell
Buchanan
Fremont
Polk
7
Which two would be opposite in their views on slavery?
Douglass and Tubman
Garrison and Calhoun
Lincoln and the Grimke Sisters
Stowe and Truth
8
What happened to Senator Charles Sumner?
He seceded.
He wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act
He ran for President.
He was beat with a cane.
9
Who became a martyr at Harper's Ferry?
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
10
What was Lincoln's first goal in fighting the Civil War?
Restore the Union of states
Get Mexico to join in the war
Free the enslaved people
Capture General Robert E. Lee
11
Which Political Party hated immigrants and catholics?
Know-Nothing Party
Republican Party
Free-Soil Party
Whig Party
12
Can you name two advantages and two disadvantages of both sides before the war?
Not a clue!
Heck Yes!
13
Which word means the same thing as Fugitive?
Secede
Convict
Martyr
Runaway
14
How did the Mexican-American War begin?
Border dispute in Texas over which river was the border.
Mexico attacked the port of New Orleans
General Trump built a wall
Northeners wanted more land that would be closed to slavery
15
Polk declared 54'40" or Fight, but settled for a border with Canada along the.....
36'30" N line of latitude
Rio Grande River
49' N line of latitude.
Columbia River
16
Which Political Party formed after the Whigs died that wanted to stop the spread of slavery?
Federalist Party
Know-nothing Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
17
What route did settlers use to get from Independence, Missouri to the Pacific Northwest?
Transcontinental Railroad
Stagecoach Express
Sante Fe Trail
Oregon Trail
18
What case said that slaves were not citizens and Congress can't outlaw slavery in territories?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of ed. of Topeka
Mapp v. Ohio
Marbury v. Madison
19
In which way did the USA NOT gain more lands?
Purchase it.
Given as a gift.
Treaty
Conquest
20
What do you do to the title of a book when writing it out?
Underline it ___
Put it in ( )
Put quotes around it " "
Nothing is done
21
What word means to formally withdraw from the Union?
succeed
slurping
secede
sipping
22
What was forced to become its own country for 10 years due to the slave issue?
Texas
Oregon
Missouri
California
23
What happened in 1849?
The Gold Rush
Compromise of 1850
Start of Mexican-American War
Kansas-Nebraska Act
24
How is moving west connected to the Civil War?
happened at same time of Mexican-American War
General Lee was from the West
cotton growing in Arizona
question of slavery in the territories
25
Which phrase goes with "Glory"?
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too
Manifest Destiny
Govern or get out!
Mormon move to Utah
26
What idea said that the people of a territory should decide the issue of slavery?
Liberty for All
Popular Sovereignty
Knownothings
Manifest Destiny
