IT's Time To Learn About Mexico And Arizona Quiz
- 1."54' 40' or Fight!" referred to what territory:
- A.
New Mexico Territory
- B.
Oregon Territory
- C.
Compromise of 1850
- D.
Wilmot Proviso
- 2.This was the name of the proposed legislation that would have banned slavery in any territories that were acquired from Mexico because of war:
- A.
Wilmot Proviso
- B.
Compromise of 1850
- C.
Popular Territory
- D.
Roger Taney
- 3.This is the name given to the concept that the people who live in a territory should decide for themselves whether they want slavery or not, rather than have Congress make the decision for them:
- A.
Wilmot Proviso
- B.
Oregon Territory
- C.
Compromise of 1850
- D.
Popular Sovereignty
- 4.This was the name of the abolitionist who led the massacre of pro-slavery men at Pottawatomie Creek, KS:
- A.
John Brown
- B.
WIlmot Proviso
- C.
Compromise of 1850
- D.
Zachary Taylor
- 5.This man was a Senator from Illinois;he was instrumental behind getting the Compromise of 1850 passed, and was the force behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act:
- A.
Stephen Douglas
- B.
Daniel Webster
- C.
Martin Van Buren
- D.
John Brown
- 6.This was the name given to the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs:
- A.
Protective Tariffs
- B.
Spoils System
- C.
Merit System
- D.
Specie Circular
- 7.The Nullification Crisis concerned the issue of:
- A.
Protective Tariffs
- B.
Merit System
- C.
Compromise of 1850
- D.
Civil Service System
- 8.The author of the South Carolina Exposition and Protest was:
- A.
John C. Calhoun
- B.
Henry Clay
- C.
Martin Van Buren
- D.
Daniel Webster
- 9.The court case in which the Supreme Court delivered a ruling stating that President Jackson did not have the power to force the removal of the Cherokee Indian Tribe:
- A.
Worcester v. Georgia
- B.
Sale of Western Land
- C.
Cherokee Nation v. the U.S.
- D.
Georgia v. Jackson
- 10.The name of the political party which formed in opposition to "King Andrew" Jackson:
- A.
National Republican
- B.
Civil Service system
- C.
Whig
- D.
Democratic
- 11.Measure introduced by Stephen Douglas and passed in 1854 which organized the lands west of Iowa and Missouri on the basis of popular sovereignty, thus negating the Missouri Compromise
- A.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- B.
American Temperance Society
- C.
Tariff of Abominations
- D.
Iowa-Missouri Act
- 12.An area of southern New Mexico and Arizona which was bought by the United States from Mexico in 1853 in order to build a transcontinental railroad linking the Deep South with the Pacific coast.
- A.
Oregon Territory Treaty
- B.
Nullification Controversy
- C.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- D.
Gadsen Purchase
- 13.Organization founded in 1826 which was dedicated to abstinence, that is, the total elimination of the consumption of alcohol. Its efforts significantly reduced the volume of alcoholic consumption in the United States.
- A.
American Temperance Society
- B.
Benevolent Empire
- C.
Compromise of 1850
- D.
Freeport Doctrine
- 14.Decisive battle of the Texas Revolution in which the Texans under the command of Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican army and gained their independence.
- A.
Trail of Tears
- B.
Worcester v. Georgia
- C.
Battle of San Jacinto
- D.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- 15.The civil war in Kansas that occurred in 1856 following the sack of Lawrence and the massacre of Pottawatomie Creek
- A.
Battle of San Jacinto
- B.
“Bleeding/Bloody Kansas”
- C.
Trail of Tears
- 16.Federal measure designed to assure that runaway slaves were returned to their masters. Its enforcement outraged northerners who viewed it as a threat to individual liberties.
- A.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- B.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- C.
Freeport Doctrine
- D.
Gadsden Purchase
- 17.The concept, first popular in the 1840s, that the United States had the God-given right and duty to expand across the North American continent.
- A.
Manifest Destiny
- B.
Nullification Controversy
- C.
Seneca Falls Convention
- D.
Popular sovereignty
- 18.Jacksons announcement that the government would accept only gold and silver in payment for public lands. Its deflationary consequences helped cause the Panic of 1837.
- A.
Specie Circular
- B.
Spoils system
- C.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- D.
“Tariff of Abominations”
- 19.Meeting convened in 1848 in New York by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott to discuss problems confronting women, which issued the Declaration of Sentiments concerning the treatment of women and inaugurated the women’s right movement.
- A.
Freeport Doctrine
- B.
Specie Circular
- C.
Seneca Falls Convention
- D.
Spoils system
- 20.Diplomatic document issued in 1854 by U.S. ministers in Europe that proposed the acquisition of Cuba by whatever means necessary
- A.
Ostend Manifesto
- B.
Nullification Controversy
- C.
Freeport Doctrine
- D.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 21.The third party organized in 1854 which replaced the Whigs and was opposed to the expansion of slavery, anit-Catholic, reform oriented, and in favor of federal efforts to promote commerce and industry.
- A.
Republican Party
- B.
Whigs
- C.
Democrat
- D.
SC Exposition and Protest
- 22.The forced removal of the Cherokee west of the Mississippi River. The U.S. army escorted the tribes from their ancestral lands. Many died on the way.
- A.
Benevolent Empire
- B.
Trail of Tears
- C.
Fugitive Salve Act
- D.
Harper's Ferry
- 23.Supreme Court decision of 1857 which declared that slaves were not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
- A.
Dred Scott Case
- B.
Henry Clay Case
- C.
Abraham Lincoln Case
- D.
Andrew Jackson Act
- 24.The most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention was women's right to vote.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.In the second party system, Whigs usually represented the wealthier people, Democrats the poorer.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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