1. Midterm Exam Part 2
May 18th, 2015

2. A: Cotton Gin

3. 2. D: Slavery

4. 3. B: Maintain a balance of free and slave states

5. 4. D: Maine

6. 5. B: Democratic

7. 6. B Jackson was a self- made man who rose from poverty

8. 7. D: spoils system

9. 8. B: John C. Calhoun

10. 9. A: Calhoun supported state's’ right and nullification, and Jackson favored a strong central government and unity

11. 10. C: nullification of tariffs (taxes)

12. 11. C: A state could pass an ordinance to nullify the law

13. 12. A: The Force Act

14. 13. D: Whig

15. 14. D: Andrew Jackson

16. 15. B: remove Native Americans from east of the Miss River to west of the Miss River

17. 16. B: Trail of Teats

18. 17. D: Cherokee

19. 18. C: Spain

20. 19. A: Cotton

21. 20: B: The Mexican government feared that so many Americans may take over part of Mexico

22. 21. A: to protest the harsh Mexican Laws

23. 22. A: Gadsden Purchase

24. 23. B: Louisiana Purchase

25. 24. B: The Mexican- American War

26. 25. B: California

27. 26. A: to require the return of runaway slaves to their owners

28. 27. A: the Fugitive Slave Law

29. 28. D: Popular Sovereignty

30. 29. B: If passed, it advanced the plantation system in Kansas

31. 30. A: Abraham Lincoln had just been elected US President

32. 31. D: South Carolina

33. 32. B: Jefferson Davis

34. 33. D: Fort Sumter

35. 34. C: 11

36. 35. A: blockade the Southern States to prevent them from getting supplies

37. 36. D: 13 Million

38. 37. D: 83 Percent

39. 38. C: 31,000

40. 39. D: in the Confederate States

41. 40. A: It placed its cotton in warehouses to sell later to England or France to encourage their help

42. 41. C: The bought cotton that was grown in other parts of the world

43. 42. B: It would demoralize people and cause them to lose interest in the war

44. 43. B: because he wanted to attack the capital of the state where the war began

45. 44. B: Life in the South during the Civil War was harsh

46. 45. D: the cloth that was available was used to make clothes for the troops

47. 46. D: it was difficult to get parts or new equipment to keep the factories up

48. 47. B: to feed, clothe, and educate former slaves

49. 48. B: the took advantage of their inability to read and write

50. 49. C: The planters could not afford to pay high taxes set up by carpetbaggers