1Pop Quizzes!
11/11/09
1. The key organizer of the Compromise over California was
a. John C. Calhoun
- b. Henry Clay
c. Lewis Cass
d. Zachary Taylor
e. Daniel Webster
2. Perhaps the most important example of literary abolitionism during the
1850s was
a. Moby Dick
b. Walden
c. The Raven
- d. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
e. Hard Times
3. The Wilmot Proviso sought to
a. limit territorial expansion
b. prevent the Mexican War
c. guarantee the right of slavery in the territories
- d. ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico
e. give up navigation of the Mississippi River
4. The Compromise of 1850
a. abolished the slave trade in the South
b. served as the basis for lasting sectional peace
- c. admitted California as a free state
d. prohibited slavery in the New Mexico Territory
e. forced the south to abolish slavery
5. During the 1850s, American expansionists tried to acquire all of the
following areas of Latin America except
- a. Haiti
b. Nicaragua
c. Northern Mex
d. Cuba
e. Baha, California
