US Review WIN 1

Which answer best describes the Supreme Court’s Decision in West Virginia State Board vs Barnett?

• The Supreme Court ruled that the state could not compel students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school.
• The Supreme Court ruled that the state could compel students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school.
• The Supreme Court ruled that the state could not compel students to participate in religious activities in school.
• The Supreme Court ruled that the state could compel students to participate in religious activities in school.

The first word(s) of the Declaration of Independence is/are:

• “We the people...”

• “Whereas...”

• “Be it hereby resolved...”

• “When in the Course of human events...

Why did so many colonists die at Jamestown? 

• Lack of food and clean water
• Attacks from native tribes
• Disease and harsh conditions
• All of the above

The settlement of the western territories:

• 1. United the North and South with a common feeling of nationalism.

• 1. Divided the north and south over the issue of slavery in the territories.

• 1. Eliminated the need for debate over the issue of slavery.

• 1. Facilitated peaceful compromises over the increasingly divisive issue of slavery.

The idea that God and history had selected America to expand its boundaries over the continent of North America was known as

• 1. Manifest Destiny

• 1. Nativism

• 1. White Supremacy

• 1. Divine Right

Reasons for Americans to move West included all of the following EXCEPT:

• 1. Americans wanted to spread Christianity to Western territory

• 1. California gold rush in 1849

• 1. Northerners wanted to expand slavery to California 

• 1. Land was valuable and the more a person had the more wealth they could achieve

The following are true about the Missouri Compromise of 1820 EXCEPT:

• 1. Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

• 1. Maine entered the Union as a free state

• 1. The balance of power in Congress remained even between slave and free states

• 1. All territory in the Louisiana Purchase would be slave states

What is the meaning of popular sovereignty?

• 1. The idea that God allowed Americans to expand across the continent

• 1. The policy where the President makes all the laws 

• 1. The idea where God selects a King to rule over the country

• 1. The idea of allowing people to vote on whether or not there should be slavery in their state

The following are true about the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:

• 1. The slave trade is prohibited in Washington DC

• 1. A stricter Fugitive Slave law was written to arrest runaway slaves in northern states

• 1. Arkansas entered the Union as a free state

• 1. Utah and New Mexico entered the Union with popular sovereignty

The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case:

• 1. Ruled that slaves were property and could be taken anywhere.

• 1. Freed enslaved men.

• 1. Settled  the slavery issue forever.

• 1. Outlawed slavery in the territories.