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Westward Expansion
Test Description: Inventions, gold rush, compromises, fugitive slave act
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The purchase of Louisiana Territory was important for the future of Westward Expansion because?
A
doubled the size of the U.S. and opened Westward Expansion
B
Opened up westward expansion and got the U.S. out of debt
C
Allowed us to become friends with the French
D
gave the U.S. more power and land
2) Which inventions had the least impact on production and trade of the U.S.?
A
Stage Coach
B
Transcontinental Railroad
C
Cotton Gin
D
Steam Boat
3) What is the BIGGEST Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?
A
opened jobs
B
Allowed cheaper travel rates
C
allowed people to visit one another
D
Connected the West and East coast of the U.S. so people could travel west
4) All the following were part of the gold rush EXCEPT?
A
Irish
B
Mexicans
C
British
D
Chinese
5) Why did the North (free states) worry about Missouri becoming a state?
A
they wanted the same amount of free and slave states
B
slave states would secede from the North
C
the south would have more slave states, making them have more power in the Senate
D
More land was granted to the slave states
6) What is the name of the (MASON-DIXON LINE) that was supposed to separate the free states and slave states?
A
30-30
B
36-36
C
30-36
D
36-30
7) All of the Following were part of the Compromise of 1850 except?
A
Selling and trading of slaves would stop
B
Slave trade would stop in Washington D.C.
C
California would enter the Union as a Free State
D
Fugitive Slave Law was passed to help return runaway slaves to their rightful owners
8) All were part of the Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) EXCEPT?
A
Remainder of the Louisiana Purchase, Slave states below the Mason-Dixon line and Free states above
B
Missouri Entered the state as a Slave State
C
the Senate became unbalanced
D
Maine entered as a Free State
9) Fugitive
A
A person who is searching for a runaway slave or prisoner
B
A slave
C
A person that is searching for freedom
D
A person who has escaped a place and or in hiding so they do not have to face consequences
10) Fugitive Slave Act required people to do what?
A
the South had to return slaves
B
All people had to help return slaves that had run away
C
the North had to return Slaves
D
help assist slaves to freedom
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