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The Antebellum Period

Test Description: Practice Test for Unit #2 in US History

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) The belief that the interests of the nation as a whole are more important than interests of a region or of other countries is called

Anationalism Bsectionalism Cindustrialism Ddemocratization

2) When the Cherokee were forced to march west, the conditions were so terrible that the march became known as the

ACherokee Removal Act BIndian Removal Act CPath of Sorrows DTrail of Tears

3) Which of the following were key differences between the North and the South prior to the Civil War?

AThe South was more urban, industrial, and nationalist than the North. BThe South was primarily agricultural and had developed a stronger transportation network to transport goods to markets CWhile slavery was legal in both North and South, the Southern economy depended on slave labor and the Northern economy didn't DThe North was more urban, industrial, and nationalist than the South.

4) The idea that western expansion was America’s God-given right is called

Athe Pony Express BManifest destiny CMormonism DManifest annexation

5) Why was the Indian Removal Act passed?

Ato acquire lands in the Northeast for white settlement Bto North American Native Americans to South America Cto inflict pain and suffering on Native American groups Dto acquire lands in the Southeast for white settlement

6) John Brown was a _________________ abolitionist who believed slavery should be ended by force rather than through the federal court system.

AImmediate emancipationist BChristian CGradual emancipationist DMilitant

7) What led to the Missouri Compromise?

Athe desire to maintain a balance in the Senate Bthe fact that slavery was illegal in Missouri Cthe need to add Maine as a slave state Dthe effort to abolish slavery in the South

8) The addition of this territory nearly doubled the size of the United States and cost the United States as little as 42 cents/acre.

AFlorida BGadsden Purchase CTexas DLouisiana Purchase

9) Which of the following is an example of nationalism?

Athe Missouri Compromise BIndian Removal Act Cthe Compromise of 1850 Dthe Dred Scott decision

10) The first Industrial Revolution began in...

Athe automobile industry Bthe oil industry Cthe British textile industry Dthe steel industry

11) The belief that regional interests are more important that nationalism interests.

Aindustrialism Bnationalism Cdemocratization Dsectionalism

12) This document warned Europe not to colonize the Americas

Athe Monroe Doctrine BMissouri Compromise Cthe Adams-Onis Treaty DCompromise of 1850

13) This person invented the cotton gin...

AThomas Edison BJohn Adams CEli Whitney DAbraham Lincoln

14) A fort were the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution took place

AGalveston BAlamo CHouston DDallas

15) A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production

AIndustrialization BCommunism CThe Gilded Age DDemocratization

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