A) The slave trade B) Slave ownership C) All forms of agriculture D) Public political assembly
A) Pennsylvania and New York B) Virginia and Maryland C) North and South Carolina D) Ohio and Indiana
A) Unanimously opposed B) Highly supportive C) Divided evenly D) Indifferent
A) The Union is saved! B) The war is over! C) Freedom for all! D) States' rights preserved!
A) A final settlement B) A legislative failure C) A temporary truce D) A mistake of history
A) Fugitive Slave Act B) Dred Scott decision C) Kansas–Nebraska Act D) Missouri Compromise
A) Daniel Webster B) Henry Clay C) David M. Potter D) Mark Stegmaier
A) Postponed it for a decade B) Prevented it entirely C) Caused it to end early D) Accelerated it immediately
A) Whig Party B) Republican Party C) Democratic Party D) Federalist Party
A) The Impending Crisis B) Uncle Tom's Cabin C) Common Sense D) The Liberator
A) James Polk and Zachary Taylor B) Henry Clay and Daniel Webster C) Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas D) John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson
A) The Fugitive Slave Act B) Admission of California as a free state C) Abolition of the slave trade in D.C. D) Texas relinquishing claims to New Mexico for debt assumption
A) Abolished slavery completely B) Expanded slave plantations C) Continued to industrialize D) Drafted a new Constitution
A) Technological innovation B) Slave labor and cash crop production C) Industrial manufacturing D) International banking
A) Delaware B) California C) Florida D) Georgia
A) The California Gold Rush B) The establishment of a territorial government C) The Missouri Compromise D) The Mexican War
A) He was a foreign diplomat B) He was a Northern abolitionist C) He was a Western rancher D) He was a Southern slaveowner
A) Executive orders B) The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 C) Statehood recognition acts D) Personal liberty laws
A) Catholics B) Puritans C) Latter-day Saints D) Quakers
A) Establish them as federal territories B) Admit them as states C) Split them into multiple smaller territories D) Return them to Mexican control
A) Polygamy B) Public assembly C) Tax evasion D) Expansionism
A) Elected state representatives B) American military governors C) Mexican officials D) British colonial governors
A) Two B) Three C) Five D) Four
A) Benito Juarez B) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna C) Miguel Hidalgo D) Porfirio Diaz
A) Colorado River B) Mississippi River C) Rio Grande D) Nueces River
A) Red River B) Nueces River C) Rio Grande D) Arkansas River
A) 1848 B) 1836 C) 1845 D) 1850
A) 32nd B) 28th C) 30th D) 25th
A) Sam Houston B) John Tyler C) Abel Upshur D) James K. Polk
A) Zachary Taylor B) Martin Van Buren C) John Tyler D) Andrew Jackson
A) War of 1812 B) Mexican-American War C) Texas Revolution D) Civil War
A) Mexican Cession B) Texas Annexation C) Gadsden Purchase D) Louisiana Purchase
A) 1841 Santa Fe Expedition B) The Alamo C) Mexican-American War D) Battle of San Jacinto
A) $1 million B) $10 million C) $50 million D) $5 million
A) Five B) Ten C) Eight D) Three
A) Millard Fillmore B) Andrew Jackson C) James K. Polk D) Abraham Lincoln
A) Popular sovereignty B) Constitutional amendment C) Federal mandate D) Executive order
A) Utah B) Florida C) Oregon D) Louisiana
A) Zachary Taylor B) James K. Polk C) Andrew Jackson D) Millard Fillmore
A) Influenza B) Pneumonia C) Tuberculosis D) Heart failure
A) Henry S. Foote B) Salmon P. Chase C) William H. Seward D) Jefferson Davis
A) June 10, 1850 B) January 29, 1850 C) March 15, 1850 D) December 5, 1849
A) James K. Polk B) Millard Fillmore C) Abraham Lincoln D) Zachary Taylor
A) The Union Divided B) Southern Sectionalist C) Higher Law D) The Nationalist View
A) Three B) Eight C) Ten D) Five
A) Federalist Society B) Committee of Thirteen C) Constitutional Convention D) Nashville Convention
A) Howell Cobb B) Stephen A. Douglas C) Linn Boyd D) Daniel Webster
A) Texas's debts B) Mexico's reparations C) Texas's militia expenses D) New Mexico's land taxes
A) Attorney General Crittenden B) Stephen A. Douglas C) Daniel Webster D) Henry Clay
A) A resolution package B) The Thirteen-Point Plan C) The Great Compromise D) An omnibus bill
A) Linn Boyd B) Howell Cobb C) Henry S. Foote D) Stephen A. Douglas
A) 105th meridian B) 100th meridian C) 103rd meridian D) 110th meridian
A) By the federal government B) By a nationwide vote C) By local option D) By the Supreme Court
A) A temporary suggestion B) A severe measure C) A minor amendment D) A voluntary policy
A) Santa Fe B) Denver C) El Paso D) Salt Lake City
A) $1,000 B) $5,000 C) $500 D) $100
A) Wilmot Proviso B) Missouri Compromise C) Alabama Platform D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
A) Senate B) Supreme Court C) Presidential Cabinet D) Nashville Convention
A) 100th meridian west B) 34th parallel north C) 102nd meridian west D) 36°30' parallel north
A) Thomas Hart Benton B) John Bell C) Stephen Douglas D) Lewis Cass
A) The southern tip of the Rio Grande B) The northern border of New Mexico C) The southwestern corner of today's Oklahoma D) The center of California
A) Never, even before statehood B) Only by federal legislation C) Only after statehood D) Only by territorial vote |