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The staunch states' rights advocate who became president when William Henry Harrison died was A) Martin Van Buren. B) James K. Polk. C) Zachary Taylor. D) Millard Fillmore.
E) John Tyler.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): E 2. Everyone in Tyler's cabinet except Daniel Webster resigned when Tyler opposed Henry Clay's plans and A) signed the bill creating a new National Bank. B) called for the annexation of Texas. C) relied exclusively on Martin Van Buren for advice. D) vetoed the new National Bank.
E) supported a large tariff increase.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): D 3. The peace treaty of 1783 with England granted the United States all the land A) drained by the St. Lawrence river. B) of the Oregon Territory. C) on the eastern bank of the St. Lawrence river. D) drained by rivers flowing into the Atlantic.
E) west of the Mississippi river.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): D 4. In the controversy leading to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, England's main goal was to A) acquire the timber. B) control the fishing rights. C) placate the United States. D) build a military road.
E) create a secure Canadian border.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): D
The ________ Treaty settled the disputed boundary between Maine and New Brunswick and demonstrated the growing Anglo-American economic dependence. A) Transcontinental B) Clayton-Bulwer C) Webster-Ashburton D) Gadsden
E) Trans-America
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): C 6. Before Texas gained its independence in 1836, a major conflict between American settlers in Texas and the Mexican government was A) Mexico's abolition of slavery. B) Mexico's attempt to require Americans to speak Spanish. C) the effect of the Missouri Compromise on Mexico. D) the weakness of the Mexican central government.
E) Mexico's adoption of slavery.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): A 7. According to your text, in the battle over the independence of Texas, the slaughters at Goliad and at ________, a former mission, made peaceful settlement of the dispute with Mexico almost impossible. A) Encino B) the Alamo C) the Citadel D) Corpus Christi
E) Sante Fe
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): B 8. The leader of the Texas independence movement and first president of the Republic of Texas was A) Stephen F. Austin. B) William B. Travis. C) Davy Crockett. D) Lewis Cass.
E) Sam Houston.
A) economic determinism. B) transcendentalism. C) manifest destiny. D) republicanism.
E) progressivism.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): C 13. One significant aspect of life on the westward trail in the 1840s was that it A) was actually safer for children than remaining at home. B) was easier for women than for men. C) strongly reinforced the family pattern of "separate spheres." D) presented few problems and difficulties.
E) was especially taxing for women.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): E 14. In 1840, California could be most accurately described as A) unmistakably Mexican, with only a handful of white American settlers. B) still almost entirely controlled and owned by a series of Catholic missions. C) jointly occupied by the United States and England. D) one of the few areas where the Native Americans were guaranteed the same civil rights as whites.
E) dominated by white Americans, with only a handful of Mexican settlers.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): A 15. "Oregon fever" referred to A) a common malady of the 19th century. B) a deep-seated hate for the Native Americans. C) the desire to go to Oregon. D) Christian attempts to convert the Native Americans.
E) the desire to return from Oregon.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): C 16.
According to the map, "Trails West," the Oregon Trail A) crossed New Mexico Territory before heading north. B) ran along the border between the United States and Canada for much of its route. C) followed a route similar to the Mormon Trail part of the way. D) was able to avoid crossing the Rocky Mountains.
E) ran perpendicular to the Old Spanish Trail.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): C 17. When the Whigs nominated Henry Clay for the presidency in 1844, their platform A) came out strongly for the annexation of Texas. B) ignored the question of Texas. C) supported the acquisition of Oregon. D) condemned all expansion.
E) condemned the Texas independence movement.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): B 18. James K. Polk might best be described as a A) promoter of high tariffs. B) national bank supporter. C) good Jacksonian. D) foe of expansion.
E) Whig in Democrat's clothing.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): C 19. Clay lost the election of 1844, one might argue, due to the success of the Liberty Party in A) Kentucky. B) New York. C) Virginia. D) Massachusetts.
E) Pennsylvania.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): B 20.
Mexico's main grievance against the United States was based upon the A) large debts the United States owed her. B) invasion of California by Fremont. C) intrigues of John Slidell. D) annexation of Texas.
E) threatening statements from Manifest Destiny supporters.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): D 25. What happened in the Mexican War? A) The president led the nation into war without a formal declaration of war from Congress. B) American armed forces fought only inside the boundaries of the continental United States. C) Polk was careful not to let partisan politics influence military matters. D) Although the Mexican was larger, better equipped, and well-led, American forces easily conquered Mexico.
E) General Winfield Scott led a disastrous and poorly planned campaign against Mexico
City.
Points Earned: 0.0/1. Correct Answer(s): A 26. "Resolved, That such a war of conquest, so hateful in its objects, so wanton, unjust, and unconstitutional in its origin and character, must be regarded as a war against freedom, against humanity, against justice, against the Union, against the Constitution, and against the Free States.. ." The subject of the author was the A) Civil War. B) Seminole War. C) Aroostock War. D) War of 1812.
E) Mexican War.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): E 27. President Polk's plans to defeat Mexico included A) driving Santa Anna from power. B) invading Texas. C) establishing a naval blockade of Mexican ports. D) taking possession of California and New Mexico.
E) avoiding a direct assault on Mexico City.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): D 28. During the Mexican War, what happened in the southwest? A) General Taylor's forces turned northward and attacked Mexican forces in California. B) American settlers seized Sonoma and established the Republic of California. C) General Stephen Kearny's cavalry expedition from Fort Leavenworth was defeated and captured at the Battle of Santa Fe. D) A virtual civil war broke out between settlers favoring the United States and those supporting Mexico.
E) The Mexican army easily defeated the initial efforts of a ragtag army of American
settlers to create an independent California.
Points Earned: 0.0/1. Correct Answer(s): B 29. The campaign against Mexico City was commanded by General A) Zachary Taylor. B) George Meade. C) Stephen Kearny. D) Winfield Scott.
E) Thomas Hart Benton.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): D 30. The chief clerk of the State Department who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo against the orders of President Polk was A) George M. Dallas. B) James G. Birney. C) Abel P. Upshur. D) Lewis Tappan.
E) Nicholas P. Trist.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): E 31. The Mexican War was ended by the A) Gadsden Purchase. B) Treaty of Vera Cruz.
A) Lewis Cass. B) David Wilmot. C) Henry Clay. D) Zachary Taylor.
E) Daniel Webster.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): B 36. "As an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico.. .neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory.. ." The above is from the A) Compromise of 1850. B) Webster-Ashburton Treaty. C) Wilmot Proviso. D) Tallmadge Amendment.
E) Transcontinental Treaty.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): C 37. The original advocate of organizing new territories on the basis of "popular sovereignty" was A) Lewis Cass. B) John C. Calhoun. C) Nicholas Trist. D) David Wilmot.
E) Zachary Taylor.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): A 38. Zachary Taylor was chosen to run for president by the Whigs in 1848 because of his A) great political sophistication. B) opposition to slavery. C) extensive legislative experience. D) proven ability to campaign.
E) military career.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): E
In the election of 1848, supporters of Martin Van Buren who opposed Lewis Cass were nicknamed A) Mugwumps. B) Locofocos. C) Railsplitters. D) Barnburners.
E) Muckrakers.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): D 40. In 1849 approximately 80,000 Americans migrated to California because of the A) completion of the Santa Fe Trail. B) start of the gold rush. C) end of the Mexican War. D) severe unemployment in the East.
E) construction of the transcontinental railroad.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): B 41. The California state constitution of 1849 banned slavery for primarily ________ reasons. A) economic B) moral C) geographic D) religious
E) political
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): A 42. California's possible admission as a free state caused such a furor because it A) forced slavery to be barred in all territories. B) led to a balance of power in the Senate between slave and free states. C) repealed the Missouri Compromise. D) rejected the idea of "popular sovereignty."
E) broke the balance of power in the Senate between slave and free states.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): E
E) John Tyler.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): A 47. The part of the Compromise of 1850 which seems to indicate unscrupulous activities was A) admitting California as a free state. B) taking over the debts of Texas. C) strengthening the fugitive slave law. D) abolishing the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
E) taking over the debts of California.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): B 48. The Compromise of 1850 included admitting ________ as a free state. A) California B) New Mexico C) Texas D) Maine
E) Oregon
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): A 49. According to "Mapping the Past: The Compromise of 1850," the ________ had the largest area of any free territory in 1850. A) New Mexico Territory B) Unorganized Territory C) Oregon Territory D) Utah Territory
E) area freed by Missouri Compromise
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): E 50. What was the public reaction to the Compromise of 1850? A) Violent antislavery riots condemned it in the North. B) Abolitionists were quite pleased with its steps towards gradual emancipation. C) Mass meetings throughout the country were held to support it.
D) Numerous southern demonstrations burned effigies of Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas.
E) Defenders of slavery praised it for preserving the balance between free and slave states
in the Senate.
Points Earned: 1.0/1. Correct Answer(s): C
