Civil War
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- Q1
What is the territory called that Thomas Jefferson bought from Napoleon Bonaparte (France)?
Missouri Compromise
Texas Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
California Purchase Agreement
30s - Q2
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
Maine is admitted as a free state
Missouri is admitted as a slave state
States below Missouri Southern Border can become slave state
All of the Above
30s - Q3
What was the #1 cash crop in the United States before the Civil War?
Sugar
Indigo
Rice
Cotton
30s - Q4
What president supported the "Spoils System" and is responsible for the Trail of Tears?
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
30s - Q5
What is the purpose of the Seneca Falls Declaration?
Slaves were freed throughout the South
Women will fight for the right to work.
Women will fight for suffrage and equal rights
Slaves are totally emancipated
30s - Q6
The idea that God had given the entire continent to Americans; therefore, providing for western expansion and the settlement of western lands was called
Tyler Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
Geographical Destiny
Polk Doctrine
30s - Q7
The Compromise of 1850 provided all of the following except...
Federal laws preventing slave owners from pursuing and catching runaway slaves
the organization of newly acquired land from Mexico without restrictions on slavery.
California being admitted to the Union as a free state.
the Fugitive Slave Act.
30s - Q8
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
decreed freedom for all enslaved people living in the loyal border states.
decreed freedom for all enslaved people living in states still in rebellion against the Union.
ended the Civil War and reunited the Northern and Southern states.
amended the Constitution to provide freedom for all enslaved people.
30s - Q9
Why was capturing Vicksburg important to capture for the Union during the Civil War?
It gave Union Control of the Mississippi
All of the above
The Confederates would be desperate to break free
The Confederacy was cut in half
30s - Q10
What is the Battle called where General Lee moved his forces to the North into Pennsylvania? The Confederates lose so bad that they are forced to surrender months later.
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of the Iron Clads
30s