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AP U.S. History
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Quiz
Chap. 17 (and parts of 12 and 13)
Nov. 21, 2008
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White settlers moved into northern Mexico in the 1820s and 1830s because:
a. the Mexican government encouraged settlement because Texas territory was under-populated
b. they opposed slavery, so moved to Mexico where slavery was illegal
c. they were bandits running from U.S. law
d. they were plantation and slave owners looking to expand cotton production on new land
e. both A and D
2. All of the following were results of the Missouri Compromise EXCEPT that:
a. Groups of both sides of the issues were unsatisfied
b. Missouri entered the Union as a slave state
c. Maine entered the Union as a free state
d. It resolved the sectional dispute between North and South
e. The balance between the North and South was kept even
3. At the Alamo…
a. Mexican General Santa Anna was defeated by Texan rebels
b. Sam Houston killed Santa Anna
c. Davy Crockett hunted and killed raccoons
d. Texan rebels were surrounded and defeated by Mexican General Santa Anna
e. Many Texans found religion
4. The Monroe Doctrine stated:
a. The U.S. recognized the new independent nations of Latin America
b. The U.S. would support the new independent nations of Latin America
c. Latin America was the U.S.’s sphere of influence
d. The U.S. would intervene if Europe attempted to expand its influence / colonies in Western Hemisphere
e. All of the above
5. For about 10 years after 1835, Texas:
a. joined Mexico as its northern territory
b. Texas became “Indian Territory” after the removal of the Cherokee from Alabama and Georgia
c. Texas became the 20th state of the U.S.
d. Texas became the independent Republic of Texas
e. no lone lived in Texas
6. As a result of the Missouri Compromise…
a. There were more slave than free states in the Union
b. Slavery was outlawed in all states north of the forty-second parallel
c. Slavery was banned north of the southern border of Missouri
d. Missouri was required to free its slaves when they reached full adulthood
e. There were more free states than slave states in the Union
7. The Monroe Doctrine was essentially intended to prevent…
a. New European colonies from being established in the Western Hemisphere
b. European nations from intervening in the affairs of Latin American countries
c. The United States from intervening in the affairs of Latin American countries
d. Dictatorship in Latin American governments
e. Both A and B
8. One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation:
a. Could involve the country in a series of ruinous wars in American and Europe
b. Might give more power to the supporters of slavery
c. Was not supported by the people of Texas
d. Offered little of political or economic value to America
e. Would lead to tensions and possible war with the British
9. In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called:
a. Continentalism
b. Isolationism
c. Anglophobia
d. Divine Mandate
e. Manifest Destiny
10. President Polk’s claim that “American blood (had been shed) on the American soil” referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican
and American troops near:
a. San Francisco
b. The Nueces River
c. Santa Fe
d. The Rio Grande
e. San Antonio
11. The largest single addition to American territory was:
a. The Louisiana Purchase
b. The Mexican Cession
c. The Oregon Country
d. The Old Northwest
e. Alaska
12. The Monroe Doctrine was issued because of the following context of the 1920s:
a. Conflict between the U.S., Britain and Russia over Oregon Territory
b. Canada’s recent independence and desire for expansion southward
c. Europe seeking to re-establish / expand colonies in Latin America
d. Several newly independent nations in Latin America after revolutions against Spain
e. A, C and D
13. The conflict between Texans and the Mexican government arose in the 1830s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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a. White settlers wanted slavery and Mexico outlawed it
b. White settlers did not identify as “Mexican,” but rather “Texan”
c. The primary language of Mexico was Spanish and “Texans” spoke English
d. White settlers did not support military dictator-style government such as Santa Anna’s
e. The “Texans” had settled in Mexico against Mexico’s wishes to start with
The general of the U.S. Army who followed President Polk’s orders to set up a fort on the Rio Grande was:
a. Andrew Jackson
b. Zachary Taylor
c. Santa Anna
d. William Harrison
e. Dwight Eisenhower
Mexican militia attacked U.S. soldiers along the Rio Grande because:
a. Mexico wanted to provoke a war
b. Mexico intended to reclaim Texas from the U.S.
c. The U.S. soldiers had crossed the Nueces River into disputed territory
d. Because they were criminals and bandits
e. Because they thought the U.S. soldiers were British
All of the following areas were major battle sites of the U.S.-Mexico War EXCEPT:
a. Along the Rio Grande
b. Vera Cruz
c. Mexico City
d. Yucatan
e. Santa Fe
The Treaty of Guadalupe turned over Mexico’s northern territories to the U.S., which included all of the following modern-day states
EXCEPT:
a. Arizona
b. Oklahoma
c. California
d. New Mexico
e. Nevada
Henry David Thoreau refused to support the U.S. government by paying taxes because the U.S. was unjust in…
a. its support of slavery
b. its acquisition of Oregon
c. its war with Mexico
d. its declaration of independence from Britain
e. both A and C
All of the following are true of Thoreau’s idea of “civil disobedience” EXCEPT:
a. Thoreau felt his government was unjust
b. Thoreau believed citizens had an obligation to follow their conscience
c. Thoreau believed that only democratic countries could have just laws
d. Thoreau believed that citizens should resist unjust laws
e. Thoreau believed that conscience superseded governmental law
All of the following are true of American Exceptionalism EXCEPT:
a. For some, it was the belief that the U.S. was “a city on a hill”
b. For some, it was the belief in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race
c. President Polk would have been a supporter of American Exceptionalism
d. Henry David Thoreau would have been a supporter of American Exceptionalism
e. For some, it justified America’s actions in the U.S.-Mexico War