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Westward Expansion
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Leading to the Civil War
Mix it Up
Be Careful
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3. Who led the Texans to victory at San Jacinto??
Sam Houston
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10. What free state was added as a result of the Compromise to 1850?
California
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12. Who was Dred Scott?
A slave that sued his owner for his freedom
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21. Popular Sovereignty meant that each state could
Vote to be a free or slave state
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16. Who said a "house divided against itself cannot stand"?
Abraham Lincoln
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7. What did the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalogo do?
Gave New Mexico, Arizona, and California to the U.S.
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8. What happened in 1849 in California?
Gold discovery led to population explosion
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25. "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away with blood." What does Brown mean by the term "crimes"?
Slavery in America
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17. What was a result of Lincoln's election as President?
States in the South seceded from the Union
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5. Which of the following was NOT killed at the Alamo?
Daniel Boone
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20. Manifest Destiny was the belief that?
God supported America's destiny to expand West to the Pacific
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13. What was the ruling in the Dred Scott case?
He was a slave and could not sue
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26. What part of the Compromise of 1850 does this poster reflect?
The Fugitive Slave Act
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11. Who was the "Little Giant" that believed in Popular Sovereignty?
Steven Douglas
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31. According to Uncle Tom's Cabin passage - How is the Union to be saved?
Repentance, Justice, and Mercy
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4. What famous battle was fought in San Antonio and became the battle cry for the rest of the war?
Battle of the Alamo
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9. What was the purpose of Wilmot Proviso?
It would allow no slavery in the new territories
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15. What candidates for Senate from Illinois is held a series of debates on slavery in 1856?
Lincoln and Douglas
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14. What did Nat Turner and John Brown have in common??
They both planned to lead slave revolts in the South
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32. This former slave referred to himself as a "thief" for stealing himself from his master. He later began his own abolitionist newspaper, met with Abraham Lincoln and became the Americans ambassador to Haiti. Who is he?
Frederick Douglass
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22. The Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1851 was signed by?
The US and Native Americans
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1. Which of the following was NOT part of the Missouri Compromise? a. made Maine a free state b. made Missouri a slave State c. Made the Mississippi River the dividing line for free & slave states d. made the southern border of Missouri the dividing line for free & slave states
c. Made the Mississippi River the dividing line for free & slave states
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23. Sarah and Angelina Grimke' were??
abolitionist sisters from South Carolina
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33. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
C. The slavery issue in the territories was finally settled
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18. What was the result of Charles Sumner's speech on Bleeding Kansas?
He was attacked by fellow Senator Preston Brooks