A) Public political assembly B) All forms of agriculture C) Slave ownership D) The slave trade
A) North and South Carolina B) Pennsylvania and New York C) Ohio and Indiana D) Virginia and Maryland
A) Indifferent B) Divided evenly C) Unanimously opposed D) Highly supportive
A) The war is over! B) The Union is saved! C) Freedom for all! D) States' rights preserved!
A) A final settlement B) A temporary truce C) A legislative failure D) A mistake of history
A) Fugitive Slave Act B) Kansas–Nebraska Act C) Dred Scott decision D) Missouri Compromise
A) Mark Stegmaier B) Henry Clay C) David M. Potter D) Daniel Webster
A) Accelerated it immediately B) Postponed it for a decade C) Prevented it entirely D) Caused it to end early
A) Republican Party B) Federalist Party C) Democratic Party D) Whig Party
A) Common Sense B) The Impending Crisis C) The Liberator D) Uncle Tom's Cabin
A) James Polk and Zachary Taylor B) Henry Clay and Daniel Webster C) Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas D) John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson
A) Admission of California as a free state B) Texas relinquishing claims to New Mexico for debt assumption C) The Fugitive Slave Act D) Abolition of the slave trade in D.C.
A) Expanded slave plantations B) Abolished slavery completely C) Continued to industrialize D) Drafted a new Constitution
A) Industrial manufacturing B) Technological innovation C) Slave labor and cash crop production D) International banking
A) Florida B) Delaware C) Georgia D) California
A) The Missouri Compromise B) The Mexican War C) The establishment of a territorial government D) The California Gold Rush
A) He was a foreign diplomat B) He was a Western rancher C) He was a Southern slaveowner D) He was a Northern abolitionist
A) Executive orders B) The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 C) Statehood recognition acts D) Personal liberty laws
A) Puritans B) Catholics C) Quakers D) Latter-day Saints
A) Return them to Mexican control B) Split them into multiple smaller territories C) Establish them as federal territories D) Admit them as states
A) Tax evasion B) Polygamy C) Public assembly D) Expansionism
A) Elected state representatives B) American military governors C) British colonial governors D) Mexican officials
A) Five B) Three C) Two D) Four
A) Benito Juarez B) Miguel Hidalgo C) Porfirio Diaz D) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
A) Mississippi River B) Colorado River C) Nueces River D) Rio Grande
A) Arkansas River B) Rio Grande C) Red River D) Nueces River
A) 1850 B) 1836 C) 1848 D) 1845
A) 28th B) 32nd C) 30th D) 25th
A) James K. Polk B) John Tyler C) Sam Houston D) Abel Upshur
A) Zachary Taylor B) Martin Van Buren C) John Tyler D) Andrew Jackson
A) War of 1812 B) Mexican-American War C) Texas Revolution D) Civil War
A) Louisiana Purchase B) Gadsden Purchase C) Mexican Cession D) Texas Annexation
A) Mexican-American War B) 1841 Santa Fe Expedition C) The Alamo D) Battle of San Jacinto
A) $5 million B) $1 million C) $50 million D) $10 million
A) Eight B) Ten C) Five D) Three
A) Millard Fillmore B) Abraham Lincoln C) James K. Polk D) Andrew Jackson
A) Popular sovereignty B) Constitutional amendment C) Executive order D) Federal mandate
A) Utah B) Louisiana C) Florida D) Oregon
A) Andrew Jackson B) Zachary Taylor C) James K. Polk D) Millard Fillmore
A) Pneumonia B) Influenza C) Tuberculosis D) Heart failure
A) Salmon P. Chase B) Jefferson Davis C) Henry S. Foote D) William H. Seward
A) January 29, 1850 B) December 5, 1849 C) March 15, 1850 D) June 10, 1850
A) Zachary Taylor B) Millard Fillmore C) James K. Polk D) Abraham Lincoln
A) Higher Law B) The Nationalist View C) The Union Divided D) Southern Sectionalist
A) Ten B) Eight C) Three D) Five
A) Committee of Thirteen B) Federalist Society C) Constitutional Convention D) Nashville Convention
A) Howell Cobb B) Stephen A. Douglas C) Daniel Webster D) Linn Boyd
A) Texas's debts B) New Mexico's land taxes C) Mexico's reparations D) Texas's militia expenses
A) Henry Clay B) Stephen A. Douglas C) Daniel Webster D) Attorney General Crittenden
A) A resolution package B) The Great Compromise C) An omnibus bill D) The Thirteen-Point Plan
A) Henry S. Foote B) Howell Cobb C) Stephen A. Douglas D) Linn Boyd
A) 105th meridian B) 100th meridian C) 110th meridian D) 103rd meridian
A) By a nationwide vote B) By the federal government C) By local option D) By the Supreme Court
A) A voluntary policy B) A temporary suggestion C) A minor amendment D) A severe measure
A) Salt Lake City B) Denver C) El Paso D) Santa Fe
A) $1,000 B) $100 C) $500 D) $5,000
A) Missouri Compromise B) Kansas-Nebraska Act C) Alabama Platform D) Wilmot Proviso
A) Presidential Cabinet B) Nashville Convention C) Senate D) Supreme Court
A) 36°30' parallel north B) 102nd meridian west C) 34th parallel north D) 100th meridian west
A) Thomas Hart Benton B) Lewis Cass C) Stephen Douglas D) John Bell
A) The southern tip of the Rio Grande B) The northern border of New Mexico C) The southwestern corner of today's Oklahoma D) The center of California
A) Only after statehood B) Only by territorial vote C) Only by federal legislation D) Never, even before statehood |