Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The term "manifest
destiny" describes something that is both inevitable and
a. | proper | c. | foolish | b. | common to all. | d. | meant to be |
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Americans used the term
"manifest destiny" to justify
a. | westward
expansion. | c. | both sides of the
slavery issue | b. | preserving the Union | d. | government support for industrial
expansion |
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The outbreak of the Civil War
was a started after the
a. | election of Abraham
Lincoln. | c. | Confederate attack
on Fort Sumter | b. | secession of the Southern states. | d. | issuance of the Emancipation
Proclamation |
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In the Gadsden Purchase, the
United States purchased land from
(Look up Gladsden Purchase in the glossary or
chapter)
a. | Spain | c. | Mexico | b. | France | d. | Great Britain |
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Parts of all of the following
present-day states were included in the territory ceded by Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American
War EXCEPT
a. | Texas | c. | California | b. | Arizona | d. | New Mexico |
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The Trail of Tears was the
forced westward migration of the Cherokee from Georgia to
a. | Nevada | c. | Kansas | b. | Oklahoma | d. | Arizona |
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In 1836, Texas fought for its
independence from
a. | Spain | c. | Mexico | b. | France | d. | the United States |
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Before the Civil War the _____
used free labor and has farms and lots of industry.
a. | North | c. | West | b. | South | d. | entire United States |
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Before the Civil War the _____
depended on slave labor and a few crops such as cotton.
a. | North | c. | West | b. | South | d. | entire country |
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10.
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Abraham Lincoln was the first
_____ president.
a. | Democrat | c. | Independent | b. | Republican | d. | Socialist |
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11.
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During the Civil War
360,000,000 Northern kids died in battle to
a. | fulfill Manifest
Destiny | c. | end
slavery | b. | steal land from the South | d. | save slavery |
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12.
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After the Civil War which
Constitutional Amendment ended slavery in the United States?
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By 1914 how many legal
immigrants arrived in the U.S. from Asia and Europe?
a. | 5
million | c. | 20
million | b. | 10 million | d. | less than a million |
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How did the new immigrants help
America to become the strongest industrial country in the world?
a. | they brought new technology to the
country | c. | they worked in
agriculture | b. | they had many children | d. | they went to work in the
factories |
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15.
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Mr. Schneemann’s father
was an illegal alien from which country?
a. | Mexico | c. | France | b. | England | d. | Germany |
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What was the Transcontinental
Railroad?
a. | railroads in the
North | c. | railroad from the Atlantic to the
Pacific | b. | railroads in the South | d. | a highway from east to west |
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By 1900 how many miles of
railroad track was in the United States
a. | 100,000
miles | c. | 1 million
miles | b. | 200,000 miles | d. | 3 million miles |
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How did the Transcontinental
Railroad help business and industry in the U.S.?
a. | easy transportation of raw
materials | c. | small towns and
farms had easy access to markets | b. | finished products easily shipped around the
country | d. | all of these helped business and
industry |
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The Civil
War
a. | ended segregation in the
South | c. | ended segregation and slavery in the
South | b. | ended slavery but imposed segregation in the
South | d. | had no effect on slavery or
segregation |
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At the Constitutional
Convention, Benjamin Franklin said the following; “If a person commits a sin he will be judged
and punished by God after he dies. Nation cannot be punished in the after life so they must be
punished in this life. Slavery is a sin and the United States will he punished if it does not end
this sin.”
How was the United States punished for not ending slavery?
a. | failing crops and
starvation | c. | a bad
economy | b. | bad weather | d. | the Civil War |
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