
YSHLTS_ U.S. History Final
Quiz by Scott Philipp
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Using cardinal directions, where is the state of South Carolina located in relation to the state of Pennsylvania?
Which branch of the United States government creates laws?
Why is it important to have a system of checks and balances in a government?
This 1830 law passed by Congress permitted the relocation of Native Americans, often against their wishes.
What is the term for a tax placed on imports in order to encourage people to buy American made goods?
The Indian Territory was located in land west of the _____ River.
In 1838, a forced march in which thousands of Cherokee died of disease and exposure to harsh weather was initiated by the U.S. government. Historically, it is known as ______.
Which of these is the name of the first national women’s rights conference?
Who was the U.S. President after John Quincy Adams?
The increasing belief during the 1820s and 1830s in the political wisdom of common people is called ____.
This person became president as a result of what some called the “corrupt bargain.”
Identify the two states that were admitted to the United States as part of the Missouri Compromise.
The meetings in which delegates choose their party’s presidential candidates are called ___.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that ___.
Kansas was called “Bleeding Kansas” because ____.
Which one of the following upheld slaveholders’ rights to their property anywhere in the United States?
Under the terms of the Wilmot Proviso, if it would have passed the Senate, slavery would have been banned in ___.
Most southerners argued that secession of states from the Union was legal because of ___.
As part of the Compromise of 1850 which of these was no longer permitted in the District of Columbia?
Which of the following explains the purpose of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry?
Henry David Thoreau displayed “civil disobedience” by not paying his taxes.
Which of these was a novel that portrayed the cruelties of slavery and led many Americans to support the anti-slavery cause?Â
Choose the Unit 4 term that correctly relates to "determining whether a state would become slave or free through the vote of the people".
Which of these men became the first President of the United States from the Republican Party?
Name the state senator from Massachusetts who was nearly “caned” to death after giving a speech called the “Crime Against Kansas”, that also verbally attacked South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler.
During the Civil War, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri ____.
Which of the following historical events happened first?
Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
The first shot of the Civil War actually took place at _____.
Who was the Union general that led the siege of Vicksburg?
Mexico won its independence from which country in 1821?
This battle occurred when a group of 187 Texan rebels retreated to an old Spanish mission "fort", battled for almost two weeks, and refused to surrender to the Mexican Army even when the odds were stacked against them.
Following Texas winning its independence from Mexico, who was elected as the president for the Republic of Texas?
the popular notion in the 1800s that U.S. society was fated to spread freedom across the North American continent
Choose the list that is considered Reconstruction amendments to the US Constitution.