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1. Why did so many immigrants come to America in the mid 1840s?
A
French Revolution
B
potato famine
C
English Civil War
2. How did the Donner Party have to survive?
A
killing the local Indian party and taking their food
B
telegraphing for help to the nearest town
C
eat anything possible, including skin/bones of animals & dead humans
3. Why did the USA keep trying to go to the Pacific Ocean?
A
they believed it was God's plan, called "Manifest Destiny"
B
it was in the memory of President William Henry Harrison
C
Gold was discovered in Texas
4. How was the Mexican War started?
A
President Polk sent troops near the border to spark a dispute
B
Mexico was kidnapping or impressing American sailors
C
the Mexicans crossed over into Arkansas and invaded
5. How did the Congress intimidate Northerners from passing laws against slavery?
A
by putting the Whigs in charge
B
Gag Rule & canings
C
by funding the Underground Railroad
6. Why was the Compromise of 1850 so different than the rules before?
A
it now allowed for the possibility of some slavery West
B
it banned slavery anywhere North
C
it banned slavery anywhere South
7. Why did the women's push to get the right to vote take so long?
A
there weren't enough newspapers or speeches about it
B
the women's movement was too disorganized
C
men were in charge of the government, and didn't want to give up power
8. Why was the transition from President # 9 William Henry Harrison to #10 John Tyler so important?
A
it was the first time the President had died in office
B
it was changing political parties
C
it almost started the Civil War
9. Why was Frederick Douglass's book so powerful?
A
it was an autobiography about his actual time as a slave
B
it was a fiction story
C
it provided the history and stats about slavery
10. How did the Fugitive Slave Act change things in the North?
A
it forced Northern states to have slavery too
B
now they'd be legally responsible for reporting runaway slaves
C
it made it illegal to be an abolitionist
11. Why were Harriet Tubman's actions so brave?
A
she refused to ever bring weapons with her
B
she had already got her freedom, and on all her crossings back, she could have been caught
C
she had never traveled the paths herself
12. How did the Underground Railroad actually work?
A
It was a tunnel that connected slave Maryland to free Pennsylvania
B
It was a special train with a series of stops in major cities
C
It was a series of secret pathways and safe houses