Northern states objected to admitting Missouri as a slave state because...

it increased the power of Southern states in Congress.

As a result of the California Gold Rush in 1849, people hoping to find gold...

...didn't find treasure but made settlements in California.

What did the Fugitive Slave Act specify?

It ordered the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

According to John L. O’Sullivan it was the country’s manifest destiny to...

...spread liberty across the continent.

In 1860 and 1861, seven southern states seceded from the Union in protest of the...

...election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

... California would be admitted as a free state.

During the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln became president after...

...by winning a majority of the electoral college votes.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect slavery in the new territories?

..citizens had right to decide if slavery should be allowed.

The Wilmot Proviso stated that in any territory acquired from Mexico...

...slavery would not be permitted.

As a result of an increase in manufacturing in the 1800’s...

...more people began working outside the home for pay.

The Monroe Doctrine stated that...

European colonies in the West Hemisphere weren't welcome.

According to the Missouri Compromise, slavery would be allowed...

.. in Missouri, but Maine would be admitted as a free state.

At the Seneca Falls convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented a...

.. statement of demands called a Declaration of Sentiments.

What issue became a major problem for the US government after the Mexican War?

.. Whether slavery should be allowed in the new territories.

Which of the following did the Supreme Court uphold in the Dred Scott case?

Slaves were property & could be taken anywhere in the US.

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US History Unit 2

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The War of 1812 to the Civil War

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1
Radical Republican abolitionists demanded immediate...
...imprisonment of slave-holders.
...jobs for free blacks.
...emancipation of slaves.
...colonization of Liberia.
2
Northern states objected to admitting Missouri as a slave state because...
...they were afraid slavery would spread North.
...the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 forbade it.
...it would almost certainly lead to the Civil War.
it increased the power of Southern states in Congress.
3
As a result of the California Gold Rush in 1849, people hoping to find gold...
...decided to make California its own separate country.
...were successful in becoming rich.
...didn't find treasure, so they came home.
...didn't find treasure but made settlements in California.
4
What did the Fugitive Slave Act specify?
It offered freed slaves western lands to live in freedom.
It ordered the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
It provided safe havens for escaped slaves.
It banned slavery in the North.
5
According to John L. O’Sullivan it was the country’s manifest destiny to...
...stop the migration of Americans to Mexico.
...find a solution to the “Indian problem.”
...keep slavery out of the Mexican territories.
...spread liberty across the continent.
6
In 1860 and 1861, seven southern states seceded from the Union in protest of the...
...election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
...federal government’s refusal to punish John Brown.
. beating of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks in the Senate
...Dred Scott decision.
7
Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
... California would be admitted as a free state.
... Missouri would be a free state.
... no new states would be allowed to have slaves.
... slavery would be permitted in New Mexico and Utah.
8
Jackson gave jobs for bribes and to supporters in what was known as...
...labor union.
...kitchen cabinet.
...winner-take-all.
...spoils system.
9
During the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln became president after...
...winning over 50% of the popular vote.
...receiving overwhelming support in the South.
...by winning a majority of the electoral college votes.
...the House of Representatives declared him the winner.
10
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect slavery in the new territories?
..citizens had right to decide if slavery should be allowed.
... Congress decided on the slavery question in territories.
... It banned slavery from all new territories after 1858.
.. 36’30 line as the boundary for free & slave territories.
11
Which reform movement caused the greatest tension between North and South?
Women’s rights
Abolitionism
Drive for temperance
Discrimination against immigrants
12
By attacking the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, John Brown hoped to...
...capture runaway slaves.
...promote the southern cause.
...start a slave uprising.
...start the Civil War.
13
The Wilmot Proviso stated that in any territory acquired from Mexico...
...slavery would not be permitted.
...slavery would be permitted.
...Mormons could not settle.
...Indians could not settle.
14
As a result of an increase in manufacturing in the 1800’s...
...more Americans began trading goods.
...more people began working outside the home for pay.
...agricultural production declined.
...the United States Government began printing paper money.
15
Andrew Jackson found his greatest support among...
...Native Americans.
...Northern factory owners.
...supporters of high tariffs.
...common people.
16
The Monroe Doctrine stated that...
European colonies in the West Hemisphere weren't welcome.
Europe must control nations in the West Hemisphere.
the US was free to take sides in European wars.
countries must give up their colonies in the America.
17
According to the Missouri Compromise, slavery would be allowed...
...everywhere in the United States.
.. in Missouri, but Maine would be admitted as a free state.
...in no new states admitted to the union.
...in states north of the 36’30.
18
At the Seneca Falls convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented a...
.. statement of demands called a Declaration of Sentiments.
...poem about the role of women as mothers and wives.
.. reading from Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
...passionate antislavery speech.
19
What issue became a major problem for the US government after the Mexican War?
.. Whether slavery should be allowed in the new territories.
..Whether Mormons should be allowed to settle in Utah.
... Whether the United States should annex Texas
...Whether Americans should migrate to Mexico.
20
Which of the following did the Supreme Court uphold in the Dred Scott case?
Slaveholders could not take slaves into free states.
The slave trade should be abolished in Washington D.C.
Slaves were property & could be taken anywhere in the US.
Slavery was unconstitutional.

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