1) _________________ means that the US should extend from coast to coast. a) Unionists b) Popular Sovereignty c) Manifest Destiny d) Prohibits 2) The US offered to buy California from a) Texas b) Mexico c) Florida d) New Jersey 3) This is the term used to describe the time before the Civil War. a) Antebellum b) Missouri Compromise c) Secede d) Manifest Destiny 4) Who was the dictator who took over Texas? a) Sam Houston b) Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna c) Robert E. Lee d) Henry David Thoreau 5) In the Spanish colonies, everyone was expected to be a) Jewish b) Muslim c) Atheist d) Catholic 6) What was the name of the walled mission where Texas Rebels and Mexican fought? a) The Alamo b) The Missouri Compromise c) Compromise of 1850 d) The Kansas-Nebraska Act 7) Once Texas was declared an independent nation, ________________ was named its president. a) Henry Clay b) Daniel Webster c) Abraham Lincoln d) Sam Houston 8) Some southern states wanted to __________ to maintain their way of life. This means that they want to separate from the Union. a) Antebellum b) Prohibits c) Secede d) Popular Sovereignty 9) As of 1850, California's Constitution wanted to _____________________ slavery. a) Prohibit b) Secede c) Unionists d) Antebellum 10) The Mexican war was fought in ___________ a) 1826 b) 1846 c) 1856 d) 1866 11) ____________________ refused to pay taxes as a form of protest against the Mexican War. a) Daniel Webster b) Henry David Thoreau c) John C. Calhoun d) Robert E. Lee 12) Where was the Texas- Mexico border set at? a) Mississippi River b) Nile River c) Rio Grande River d) Ramapo River 13) The US got more than just a border extension as a result of the war. They got___________ a) California b) New Mexico c) Utah d) Nevado 14) Who were the future Civil War generals who fought together in the Mexican War? a) Henry Clay and Daniel Webster b) John C. Calhoun and Sam Houston c) Abraham Lincoln and Charles Sumner d) Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant 15) These people were living in the south and did not believe in seceding from the union a) Unionists b) Blue c) Yankees d) Confederates 16) _______________________ was a southerner who believed that slavery was a positive thing and would help unite the south. a) Charles Sumner b) John C. Calhoun c) John Brown d) Daniel Webster 17) Who wrote the Compromise of 1850? a) Henry Clay b) Charles Sumner c) Daniel Webster d) Abraham Lincoln 18) Who made the passionate speech against succession and in favor of the union. He wanted to avoid war at all costs. a) Daniel Webster b) Abraham Lincoln c) John Brown d) Henry Clay 19) What year was the Republican party founded? a) 1864 b) 1855 c) 1854 d) 1954 20) Who was the first Republican candidate to make it to the White House? a) Thomas Jefferson b) Abraham Lincoln c) George Washington d) John Adams 21) The ____________________ kept the peace between the north and south for 34 years a) Kansas-Nebreska Act b) Compromise of 1850 c) Missouri Compromise d) Popular Sovereignty 22) The idea that residents of the state will decide what is best for them. a) Popular Sovereighnty b) Missouri Compromise c) Kansas-Nebreska Act d) Manifest Destiny 23) The ____________________ left the decision to be a free or slave state up to the voters of the individual states. a) Missouri Compromise b) Manifest Destiny c) Kansas-Nebraska Act d) Popular Sovereignty 24) _______________________ was an abolitionist who spoke in Congress for two days and was almost killed for expressing his views. a) Henry Clay b) Charles Sumner c) John C. Calhoun d) Robert E. Lee 25) ____________________ said that abolitionists need to fight fire with fire and strike terror in the hearts of pro-slavery people. a) Henry Clay b) John C. Calhoun c) Abraham Lincoln d) John Brown

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