Westward Expansion and Sectionalism

Westward Expansion and Sectionalism

11th Grade

34 Qs

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Westward Expansion and Sectionalism

Westward Expansion and Sectionalism

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Easy

Created by

Megan OBrien

Used 14+ times

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34 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which region was most opposed to high protective tariffs?

South

North

West

East

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800s?

Federal government regulations favored Southern exports.

New inventions led to an increase in cotton production.

Most early textile mills were built in the South.

The federal government encouraged the importation of enslaved persons.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The cotton gin advanced the growth of the textile industry because it

reduced the time needed to plant cotton seeds.

improved the process of weaving cotton cloth.

made it possible for unskilled slaves to cultivate cotton.

provided a faster method of separating seeds from cotton fiber.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the 1840s, the term Manifest Destiny was used by many Americans to justify

the extension of slavery into the territories.

war with Russia over the Oregon territory.

the acquisition of colonies in Latin America.

westward expansion into lands claimed by other nations.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the mid-1800s, growth of the populations of California and the western territories was mainly a result of the

discovery of gold.

opening of the Panama Canal.

migration of freedmen after the Civil War.

secession of the Southern states.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the 1840s, abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they

feared the admission of new slave states.

wanted to limit the power of the national government.

were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians.

supported an isolationist foreign policy.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Missouri Compromise (1820), Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

end fighting between Midwestern farmers and Native American Indians.

encourage manufacturing in the West.

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections.

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories.

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