President Jackson refused to accept nullification b/c:

threatened federal government's power & authority

The Missouri Compromise:

kept the balance of free and slave states

Which one is NOT true of The New Soil Party?

believed in popular sovereignty when it came to slavery

The Wilmot Proviso proposed a ban on slavery:

in all territories acquired from Mexico

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1
Which of the following drew a diverse group of people to California?
The war with Mexico
The Oregon Trail
The Gold Rush
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
2
President Jackson refused to accept nullification b/c:
gave Congress too much power
threatened federal government's power & authority
Congress would have power over states
gave the federal government too much power
3
Belief that Providence (God) wanted Americans to expand the whole of the continent
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Trail
Gadsden Purchase
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
4
Henry Clay's purpose of the Compromise of 1850 was to:
prevent a civil war
make strict penalties for slavery in the west
eliminate popular sovereignty
5
The Missouri Compromise:
made Missouri a free state
divided states, East of Mississippi River-free, West- slave
kept the balance of free and slave states
6
White male, who called for immediate end to slavery
Andrew Grimcke
William Lloyd Garrison
Fredrick Douglass
7
Supreme Court decision which denied African Americans citizenship
Brown vs. Board of Education
Scott vs. Sanford
Smith vs. Crocket
Crockett vs Sanford
8
Grimke sisters, William Lloyd Garrison & Fredrick Douglass
Helped write Uncle Tom's Cabin
fought in the Civil War
believed slavery was a "way of life" in the South
all abolitionists
9
The Compromise of 1850 did all EXCEPT
made the mid-west free states
Admit California as a free state
made the fugitive slave act stricter
ended the slave trade in Washington DC
10
Which one is NOT true of The New Soil Party?
chose Martin Van Buren as candidate for pres in 1848
were absorbed into the New Republican party in 1854
opposed slavery in the territories won from Mexico
believed in popular sovereignty when it came to slavery
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This state adopted the "Ordinance of Nullification" & was the first to secede from the Union:
Georgia
South Carolina
New York
North Carolina
12
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
The Grimke Sisters
13
Why did Anglo's (whites) move to Mexican Texas?
slavery was legal in Mexico
fewer laws
cheap land
freedom of religion
14
President Jackson did not support the annexation of Texas, causing Texas to:
become an independent nation
rejoin Mexico
refuse new migrants
15
The Wilmot Proviso proposed a ban on slavery:
in Washington DC
in the South
in all territories acquired from Mexico
in the entire nation
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He was hanged for trying to steal weapons from Harper's Ferry arsenal
John Brown
James Brown
Dred Scott
Davy Crockett
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Fredrick Douglass:
worked as an "urban" slave
published the North Star Newpaper
lectured on the evils or slavery
all of these

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