Westward Movement and Rising Tensions

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History
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8th Grade
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Neal Norman
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This "deal" in 1820 added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, allowing no slavery north of the latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes North.
3/5 Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Connecticut Compromise
Slave Compromise
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This is the idea that states can determine the constitutionality of a law and reject it if found to be unconstitutional.
Nullification
Rejection
Great Compromise
Ex post facto law
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This trade practice of taxing imports was the root of the Nullification Crisis and the first threat of Southern Secession.
Income Tax
Trade Quota
Tariffs
Isolationism
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This famous battle took place during the Texas Revolution, famous men like Davey Crockett fought to the death against the Mexicans in a small mission. The battle cry for independence became, "Remember the _______!"
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of Trenton
Battle of the Alamo
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This man won the Presidency in 1836, and took the blame for the Panic of 1837 - making him a very unpopular president?
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Winning the presidency in 1840, this man became the shortest serving president of all time, dying of pneumonia after only 31 days in office?
Martin Van Buren
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This particular type of boat was used on the rivers during the westward expansion of the United States, primarily because they could navigate shallow waters?
Flat Boat
John Boat
Bass Boat
Yacht
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