US History

U.S. History Study Guide

12.21 Chapter Twelve Practice Exam 1. California was admitted as a state to the Union: a. As part of the Compromise of 1850. b. With the passage of the Wilmot Proviso. c. During the Mexican-American War. d. With the passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. e. When the Kansas-Nebraska Act settled the issue of western slavery. 2. The United States completed the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 in order to: a. Obtain Oregon. b. Build a transcontinental railroad. c. Relieve population pressures. d. Obtain additional grazing lands. e. Balance slave and Free states. 3. In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court decided that: a. Slaves could not be freed by virtue of their residence in a free state. b. The Compromise of 1850 was supported by the Constitution. c. Dred and Harriet Scott deserved their freedom. d. The principle of popular sovereignty could be applied in new territories. e. Free African Americans could not be enslaved. 4. Which of the following was directly involved in helping slaves escape via the Underground Railroad? a. William Lloyd Garrison b. Harriet Tubman c. Harriet Beecher Stowe d. John Quincy Adams e. Roger Taney 5. Who, in the following list, wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? a.

Louisa May Alcott b. Herman Melville c. Harriet Beecher Stowe d. Richard Henry Dana e. Kate Chopin

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