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1The Hartford convention was held in 1804.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Who founded the Democratic-Republican Party?
- AJohn Adams and George Washington
- BThomas Jefferson and James Madison
- CAbraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant
3The Federalist Party supported a strong national government and a friendly relationship with Great Britain.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Mark which of the following things Andrew Jackson did.
- ABeat his attempted assassin with a wooden cane
- BHung John C. Calhoun
- CBecame President of the United States
- DHated the US bank
- EBelonged to the Union
5Who was John Brown?
- AA freed slave who helped Abraham Lincoln end slavery.
- BA military leader for the Confederacy.
- CAbolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry.
6The slogan of the Republican Party was "Free land, Free slaves, Free Republic"
- ATrue
- BFalse
7The Cotton Boom improved the economy and cotton was being produced faster than ever.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Who was Eli Whitney?
- AAn abolitionist who wrote the journal, "North Star"
- BThe inventor of the Cotton Gin
- CTecumseh's life long enemy
9What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments do for the United States?
- AThey officially put an end to slavery.
- BThey declared the western territories free land.
- CThey banned freed slaves from leaving their home state.
- DThey declared Texas American territory.
10Tecumseh was the Native American leader of the Cherokee who tried desperately to keep his people in Georgia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11Check the territories the US bought in the Mexican-American War
- AUtah
- BArizona
- CColorado
- DWashington
- ETexas
- FIdaho
- GCalifornia
- HNevada
- INew Mexico
- JOklahoma
12The Dred Scott Decision is considered the one unconstitutional decision the Supreme Court has ever made.
- ATrue
- BFalse
13Abraham Lincoln was America's second republican president.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
- AThe declaration of Kansas and Nebraska to be free states
- BThe official statement that Kansas had slaves and Nebraska was free.
- CThe order which said popular sovereignty would decide about slavery.
- DThe law which said slave owners must buy new slaves in Kansas or Nebraska and not bring their own when moving there
15William Lloyd Garrison was a radical Yankee abolitionist who founded the leading anti-slavery journal.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16The Emancipation Proclamation was Abe Lincoln's order and not another president's.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Check what was important to Northern Democrats.
- AAnti-Slavery
- BPro-Slavery
- CThe Bill of Rights
- DProtection for all Citizens
18Who won the election of 1860?
- AJohn C. Breckenridge (Southern Democrat)
- BJohn Bell (Constitutional Union)
- CStephen Douglas (Democrat)
- DAbraham Lincoln (Republican)
19Thomas Jefferson purchased the west coast territory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Why did the Constitutional Union fight in the Civil War?
- ATo get MORE LAND
- BTo free other slaves
- CTo keep the Union United
- DTo ally with Britain against the Confederacy.
21How were steamboats used at this time?
- AFor tourists staying by the river
- BTrade on the River
- CReaching the West Coast
- DA different form of living, alternative to houses
- ECivil war fighting
22The 3/5 clause was made to make southerners happy.
- ATrue
- BFalse
23Nat Turner had prophecies which told him to kill white people.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24Why did Bleeding Kansas happen?
- ASlave owners were upset by the Missouri compromise and wanted more states on the Louisiana Territory to have slaves.
- BSlave owners wanted to get more land in Kansas, so they violently forced the citizens to vote for slavery.
- CThere was a law that any fleeing slaves found in Kansas should be killed.
25The Missouri Compromise let Missouri be free among slave-owning Louisiana territory.
- ATrue
- BFalse
26Who was Frederick Douglas?
- AThe vice president of the United States from 1860-1868
- BA freed slave from Maryland
- CA white abolitionist from Massachusetts
- DThe leader of the Tennessee militia
27The Trail of Tears, despite its name, was fairly peaceful and the Native Americans enjoyed their new homes.
- ATrue
- BFalse
28What was decided for California in the Compromise of 1850?
- AIt would be slave-owning.
- BSlavery would be determined by popular sovereignty.
- CIt would be free.
29Was the Raid on Harper's Ferry successful?
- AYes
- BNo
30Who was the war of 1812 between?
- ATexas and the US
- BShawnee and the US
- CUK and the US
- DUK and Canada
31Which political party favored states' rights and a weak federal government?
- AThe Democratic Party
- BThe Republican Party
- CThe Constitutional Union Party
32Manifest Destiny stated that it was wrong to take over the west
- ATrue
- BFalse
33Southern Democrats supported the notion of westward expansion.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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