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Westward Expansion And Manifest Destiny
Test Description: What motivated people to take the huge risk and move west?
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What purchase doubled the land territory of the United States?
A
Florida Purchase
B
Oregon Purchase
C
Texas Purchase
D
Louisiana Purchase
2) What was the political belief that America was going to span from ocean to ocean no matter what it took?
A
Manifest Destiny
B
Revolution
C
The Land of the Golden Sun
D
The American Dream
3) What large state was annexed in 1845, after it had previously won its independence from Mexico?
A
New Mexico
B
Texas
C
California
D
Arizona
4) What country did the United States go to war with, in which territory was gained in Southwest North America?
A
Mexico
B
Spain
C
England
D
France
5) What major cause of the Civil War led to people feeling an extreme loyalty to where they lived in the United States, rather than the country as a whole?
A
Taxes
B
Slavery
C
Sectionalism
D
State's Rights
6) What were the major sections of the United States just prior to the Civil War?
A
North, South, East
B
North, South, West
C
West, South, Central
D
Northwest, Southwest, Deep South
7) Which section of the United States emerged as the Bread Basket of the nation?
A
East
B
Noth
C
South
D
West
8) Why was the South known as King Cotton?
A
Because the were dependant on the import of cotton from other countries
B
Because they were ruled by a British King named Cotton
C
Because they loved to use cotton as money
D
Because they relied on the production of cotton
9) What were the people involved in the anti-slavery movement known as?
A
Socialist
B
Temperance Workers
C
Abolitionist
D
Religious Zelots
10) Which abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin about the daily life of a slave?
A
Harriet Beecher Stowe
B
Harriet Tubman
C
William Lloyd Garrison
D
Fredrick Douglas
11) What was the secret route that helped runaway slaves escape to freedom?
A
Harriet Tubman's Great Escape Route
B
The Freedom Trail
C
The Highway to Freedom
D
Underground Railroad
12) Which compromise let California into the United States?
A
Missouri Compromise
B
The Compromise of 1850
C
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
D
The Great Compromise
13) Why was the Republican party formed in 1854?
A
To oppose the increase in states
B
To oppose the power of the government
C
To oppose the spread of slavery
D
To oppose the rise in taxes
14) What Supreme Court case upheld the institution of slavery and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?
A
Worchester v Georgia
B
Brown v Board of Education
C
Marbury v Madison
D
Dread Scott
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