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Expansion and Division Review

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  • Q1
    (8.51) Which of these statements BEST describes what happened to Texas after they won independence from Mexico in 1836?
    Texas was still considered a part of Mexico until the 1850s, but they were free to govern themselves until they were annexed by the United States.
    Texas created its own government and remained an independent state until it joined the U.S. through annexation in 1846.
    Within a year of gaining independence Texas became a part of the United States as a slave state.
    Texas made an alliance with Spain that would last over 20 years because both Spain and Texas had fought against Mexico.
    30s
  • Q2
    (8.49) What conclusion can be drawn from these statements about America's westward expansion?
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    America's westward expansion would not have been possible without the supervision of the federal government.
    As the American nation expanded westward, many groups faced challenges and had to deal with conflict.
    America's westward expansion was a peaceful and smooth process.
    As the American nation expanded westward, many groups worked together and cooperated in order to achieve common goals.
    30s
  • Q3
    Which would make the BEST title for a research paper that focuses on these historical figures?
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    "Important Leaders in the Texas War for Independence."
    "Important Figures in the Abolitionist Movement."
    "Important Leaders of the Confederacy."
    "Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act."
    30s
  • Q4
    Which event is being described here?
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    Louisiana Purchase
    Texas War for Independence
    California Gold Rush
    Mexican-American War
    30s
  • Q5
    Which provision was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
    California became a free state.
    It abolished the Fugitive Slave Law.
    Slavery was discontinued in Washington D.C.
    Popular sovereignty would decide if New Mexico and Utah would become a free or slave state.
    30s
  • Q6
    In the Illinois Senate race of 1858, a supporter of slavery would have been MOST likely to vote for
    Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas.
    Abolition Party candidate Frederick Douglass.
    Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.
    Whig candidate John Crittendon.
    30s
  • Q7
    Which is the correct source for this famous statement regarding the question of slavery in the United States?
    Roger B. Taney, Dred Scott Decision, 1857
    Stephen Douglas, Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
    Christopher Memminger, Ordinance of South Carolina's Secession, 1860
    Abraham Lincoln, Illinois Republican Convention, 1858
    30s
  • Q8
    In the race for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858, what was a main source of conflict and disagreement between candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?
    the issue of secession
    the issue of slavery
    the issue of nullification
    the War with Mexico
    30s
  • Q9
    Which is the BEST description of Stephen Douglas's stance regarding slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858?
    He believed that the Constitution should be amended to specifically allow slavery in ALL states and territories.
    He believed that slavery should be prohibited in new territories entering the Union, but should remain in place in the Southern states.
    He supported the idea of "popular sovereignty" and felt that it was the right of the citizens of a territory to permit or prohibit slavery.
    He supported the immediate abolition of slavery and the emancipation of all slaves within the United States.
    30s
  • Q10
    The Dred Scott decision
    reduced the tension between the north and the south.
    supported the Missouri Compromise.
    supported emancipation of slaves.
    encouraged slaveholder's resistance to abolitionist activists.
    30s
  • Q11
    Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
    A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.
    A slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.
    A slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.
    A slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.
    30s
  • Q12
    These statements are describing the effects of the Supreme Court's decision in
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    Richardson v. Boston
    Dred Scott v. Sandford
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Worcester v. Georgia
    30s
  • Q13
    From which landmark Supreme Court case is this excerpt taken?
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    Nat Turner v. Virginia
    Worcester v. Georgia
    Dred Scott v. Sandford
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    30s
  • Q14
    The Dred Scott Decision by the Supreme Court decided that slaves were property in the eyes of the Federal Government. As a result what would it take to abolish slavery in the United States?
    Executive Action
    Block Grant
    Amendment
    State Mandate
    30s
  • Q15
    This image shows the attack of Senator Charles Sumner (from Massachusetts) by Representative Preston Brooks (from South Carolina) on the floor of the U.S. Senate in 1856, Which of these would have been the MOST likely cause of this attack?
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    expansion of suffrage
    the outcome of a Civil War battle
    rights for women
    a criticism of slavery
    30s

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