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Unit 4: Ch. 13,14,15 Exam

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  • Q1
    1. The Compromise of 1850 allowed for the admission of California
    as a free state, along with Utah and New Mexico as slave states.
    as a slave state.
    along with a strengthened Fugitive Slave Act.
    along with an agreement to construct a transcontinental railroad.
    30s
  • Q2
    2. The Wilmot Proviso
    passed in the House and was signed into law.
    banned all slavery west of the Mississippi River.
    prohibited slavery in any land acquired from Mexico.
    overturned the Missouri Compromise.
    30s
  • Q3
    3. As a result of the gold rush, by 1850,
    Californian Indians saw their social conditions improve.
    California became virulently antislavery.
    California had a very diverse population.
    California had a large surplus of labor.
    30s
  • Q4
    4. In the mid-1850s, the struggle over Kansas saw
    John Brown murder several pro-slavery settlers.
    President Franklin Pierce oppose pro-slavery settlers in the territory.
    federal troops take military control of the region.
    the Missouri legislature ban its own citizens from entering Kansas.
    30s
  • Q5
    5. In the 1850s, in an effort to undercut the Fugitive Slave Act, some northern states
    began actively funding the underground railroad.
    called for secession from the South.
    passed laws preventing the deportation of fugitive slaves.
    proposed a national referendum on the slave issue.
    30s
  • Q6
    6. The ideology of Free-Soil included
    opposition to the expansion of slavery.
    an argument for black male suffrage.
    a call to end slavery in the United States as soon as possible.
    the use of military force to suppress slavery.
    30s
  • Q7
    7. The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) held that
    Scott must be freed under federal law.
    slaves were property unless they moved to a free state.
    states were not allowed to abolish slavery within their borders.
    As someone's property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court.
    30s
  • Q8
    8. In 1845, the immediate cause of war with Mexico was
    a dispute over territory.
    tariffs.
    the issue of slavery.
    Mexico's debt to the United States.
    30s
  • Q9
    9. The 1853 Gadsden Purchase
    temporarily calmed the rivalry between North and South.
    cost the United States government $25 million.
    advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad.
    was made with England.
    30s
  • Q10
    10. At the start of the Civil War, the
    North had a much more substantial economy.
    North was unified by a commitment to end slavery.
    South had more combat-age males.
    South had a massive reserve of cash.
    30s
  • Q11
    11. On April 14, 1861, Fort Sumter surrendered after
    President Lincoln chose to not resupply the fort.
    Southern soldiers occupied the fort.
    the Union commanding officer, Robert Anderson, was killed.
    Confederate forces bombarded it.
    30s
  • Q12
    12. The state admitted to the Union during the Civil War was
    Minnesota.
    Wisconsin.
    Iowa
    West Virginia.
    30s
  • Q13
    13. During the Civil War, as a result of new technology in weapons,
    the Gatling gun became the primary combat weapon.
    organized infantry did not fight in formation.
    infantry troops began to fight standing in line formations.
    battlefields became more organized.
    30s
  • Q14
    14. In the South in 1865, as a result of the Civil War,
    the traditional roles of women were reinforced and maintained.
    there were more women than men in some states.
    few women could find employment.
    large numbers of widowed Southern women married Union soldiers.
    30s
  • Q15
    15. The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was headed by Thomas Scott and what future tycoon?
    J. Pierpont Morgan
    John D. Rockefeller
    Jay Gould
    Andrew Carnegie
    30s

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