USH Unit 4: Westward Expansion and Sectionalism
Quiz by Bethany Copeland
Grade 9-12
Social Studies
Georgia Standards of Excellence
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- Q1belief that the US should own everything from the Atlantic to the PacifictariffimperialismManifest destinysectionalism60s
- Q2Northwest Ordinance of 1787created plan for surveying new territorycreated plan for new territories to become stateslast time the US purchased territorypassed right after the Constitution was ratified60s
- Q3Let in Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and split the Louisiana Purchase along the 30'36 lineCompromise of 1877Land Ordinance of 1785Compromise of 1850Missouri Compromise of 182060s
- Q4Called the "Great Compromiser"Henry ClayAndrew JacksonJohn C. CalhounAbraham Lincoln60s
- Q5Deal where John Quincy Adams became president and Henry Clay became Secretary of State"Corrupt Bargain"Spoils systemImpeachment of A. JohnsonCompromise of 187760s
- Q6President Polk provoked this conflict because of his belief in manifest destinyannexation of TexasSpanish-American WarMexican-American WarWilmot Proviso60s
- Q7Originally caused by Americans who wanted to keep slaves in Mexicosecession of South Carolinathe Civil WarTexas independenceMexican Independence movement60s
- Q8After 11 years of independence...Texas begged to be a state and the US reluctantly agreedTexans voted to allow the US to annex and make Texas a stateThe US won Texas in the Mexican American WarThe US purchase Texas60s
- Q9James Polkassociated with Spoils system and universal white male suffrageprovoked Mexican American War; believed in manifest destinyFather of the Constitutioncompleted the Louisiana Purchase60s
- Q10When one regions focuses on its needs instead of focusing on the needs of the whole nationregionalismsectionalismsecessionmanifest destiny60s
- Q11Created to protect American industry but made sectionalism worseThe Tariff of Abominationsthe cotton ginthe Erie canalThe Intolerable Tariff60s
- Q12States' rights advocate who caused the Nullification Crisis of 1832James PolkHenry ClayJohn C. CalhounJames Monroe60s
- Q13To declare something voidimpeachnullifyratifysecede60s
- Q14to withdraw from the Union (Union here means the Union of states that makes up the United States)secedesucceedannexsurvey60s
- Q15Sold the US territory in the southwest for $15millionTreaty of Paris 1763Treaty of Ghent 1814Treaty of Paris 1783Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo60s