Chapter 10 And 11 Quiz

Question 1

Union

Answer 1

Unified nation

Question 2

Prejudice

Answer 2

An unreasonable usually unfavorable opinion of another group that is not based on fact

Question 3

Obsolete

Answer 3

Outdated

Question 4

Manifest destiny

Answer 4

Obvious or undeniable fate

Question 5

Annex

Answer 5

To join or attach

Question 6

Mexican War

Answer 6

Conflict between the United States and Mexico

Question 7

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 7

Treaty signed by the United States and Mexico, ending the Mexican War

Question 8

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 8

1853 purchase by the United States of southwestern lands from Mexico

Question 9

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 9

Amendment to a bill stating that slavery will not be permitted in any of the territory acquired from Mexico

Question 10

Compromise of 1850

Answer 10

Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery win to western territories

Question 11

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 11

A law ordering all citizens of the United States to assist in the return of slaves

Question 12

nativism

Answer 12

A policy of favoring native-born American immigrants

Question 13

Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 13

A law that called for the creation of these two new countries and stated that the citizens in each territory should decide whether slavery would be allowed there

Question 14

Popular sovereignty

Answer 14

Policy of letting the people Ina territory decide whether slavery would be allowed there

Question 15

Free soilers

Answer 15

Person dedicated to preventing the expansion of slavery into the western territories

Question 16

Dred Scott v Sandford

Answer 16

Declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

Question 17

arsenal

Answer 17

Place where weapons are made or stored

Question 18

Border States

Answer 18

Delaware,Maryland,Kentucky,Missouri

Question 19

Lower South

Answer 19

Texas,Louisiana,Mississipi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina

Question 20

Secessionists

Answer 20

Those who wanted the South to secede

Question 21

Confederate State of America

Answer 21

Confederacy

Question 22

Fort Sumter

Answer 22

Federal fort on an island in Charleston’s harbor

Question 23

Upper South

Answer 23

Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas

Question 24

Civil War

Answer 24

The war between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South

Question 25

First Battle of Bull Run

Answer 25

The first major battle of the Civil War was over

Question 26

Casualities

Answer 26

Military term for person being killed or wounded