Download 1. A) Mexican Cession, Treaty of Guadalupe

1.
By the end of the Manifest Destiny era, United States territory spanned across North America to the Pacific
Coast. Which of the following correctly matches a U.S. territory with the treaty and country from which it
was gained? A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Mexican Cession, Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Spain
Oregon Territory, Oregon Treaty, Canada
French Lousiana, Treaty of Paris, France
Florida, Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain
Texas, Texas Annexation, Mexico
2. “Fifty-four Forty or Fight” represented the claim for
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
South Korean expansion in the Korean War
South Vietnamese territory in the Vietnamese War
Texas territory in the Mexican War
Oregon territory in negotiations with the British
U.S. possession of Cuba after the Spanish-American
War
3. Why did the Senate reluctantly agree to vote for James
K. Polk’s compromise settlement with Britain over the
Oregon Territory?
A) Northerners saw the territory as a chance to gain
more free states.
B) Southern senators believed that the territory would
be fertile land for cotton growing.
C) Britain would not resolve the issues on the Maine
border until the Oregon issue was settled.
D) Senators did not want to risk going to war with
Great Britain and Mexico at the same time.
E) Senators thought that fighting for any more land
would upset their Russian allies.
4. Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren held off on
annexing Texas into the U.S. because
A) the territory was too big for the United States to
effectively govern yet
B) the territory did not have enough people to apply
for statehood under the Northwest Ordinance
C) Britain had a rival claim on the land and they did
not want to provoke war with Britain
D) northerners objected to the expansion of slavery
E) both presidents believed in a theory of small
government which would not give them the power
to annex Texas until Texas was fully free from
Mexico
5. The Mexican-American War, William Walker's
unauthorized military expeditions into Latin America,
and the Ostend Manifesto are all arguably examples of
A)
B)
C)
D)
government support for manifest destiny
early American imperialism
expansion of slave territory
U.S. determination to keep Latin America free of
European control
E) significant precursors to the Civil War
6. All of the following are true about the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo EXCEPT
A) the United States took possession of California
B) the United States paid Mexico 15 million dollars
C) the southern border of Texas was set at the Rio
Grande
D) slavery was forbidden in New Mexico
E) the United States assumed all claims of American
citizens against Mexico
7. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 incited Northern outrage
for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) it awarded $10 for finding a 'fugitive slave' guilty
but only $5 for setting him free
B) it forced Northerners to actively participate in
upholding slavery
C) it was seen as further evidence of a 'slave power'
conspiracy
D) it crippled efforts such as the Underground Railroad
to free slaves
E) it fed Northern fears that slavery would be legally
spread into free states
8. Which state was the first to use the doctrine of popular
sovereignty in order to decide whether or not slavery
should be allowed?
A) Kansas
C) Nebraska
E) Alabama
B) Tennessee
D) Oklahoma
9. Base your answer to the following question on The
Compromise of 1850 included which of the following
provisions?
I. Admit California to the Union as a free state.
II. Allow Utah and Mexico to determine their own
policies on slavery.
III. Adopt and enforce a new Fugitive Slave Law.
A) I only
C) I and III only
E) I, II, and III
B) I and II only
D) II and III only
10. Free-Soilers in the late 1840s
A) wanted to abolish slavery as a moral evil
B) believed Western slavery would damage
opportunities for whites
C) held beliefs that were comparable to abolitionists'
D) found support in the South despite opposition to
abolitionism
E) supported Stephen Douglas's notion of "popular
sovereignty"
11. One concession made to the South in the Compromise
of 1850 was
A) more land was given to the slave state Texas
B) the slave trade would continue in the District of
Columbia
C) California’s status would be determined by
popular sovereignty
D) Congress would declare that it did not have
jurisdiction over the interstate slave trade
E) The Southwest territories other than California
would permit slavery
12. After nearly failing completely, the Compromise of
1850 managed to find new light because
A) Henry Clay decided to support the compromise
B) Jefferson Davis insisted on more Southern
demands
C) Congress decided to restart the slave trade in the
District of Columbia
D) Millard Fillmore became President
E) John C. Calhoun decided to support the
compromise
13. Attempting to avoid the issue of slavery in the
territories, Zachary Taylor proposed
A) to disallow territories from joining the union
B) that California should seek admission directly as a
state
C) that slavery in the territories should be voted on by
residents
D) that America should end its Westward expansion
E) that slavery in the territories should continue
below the 36’30” line
14. The doctrine that settlers in each territory should be
allowed to vote to decide the issue of slavery was
proven problematic in practice by
A) the Missouri Compromise, which divided free and
slave territory by a line of latitude
B) different areas of the Mexican Cession desiring
conflicting designations on slavery
C) violence between pro-and anti-slavery factions in
Kansas determined to decide the vote
D) the Supreme Court's decision that slavery was
constitutionally allowed in every territory
E) Congressional battles over free and slave state
balance every time
15. An advantage the South held at the outset of the Civil
War was
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
a shrewder president
more manpower
a well-laid railroad system
a large amount of territory
more wealth
16. One advantage the North did not hold going into the
Civil War was
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
a superior transportation system
more manpower
more qualified military leadership
a powerful navy
more wealth
17. One provision of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was that
A) a trans-continental railroad would be built through
Illinois
B) the Missouri Compromise was upheld
C) Kansas and Nebraska would be introduced as
states
D) slavery in the new territories would be determined
by popular sovereignty
E) slavery would be abolished above the border of the
Kansas-Nebraska territory
18. One immediate result stemming from the
Kansas-Nebraska Act was
A)
B)
C)
D)
secession
outrage from Southern senators
the formation of the Republican Party
the building of the trans-continental railroad
through Illinois
E) Harriet Beecher Stowe writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
19. The “Little Giant” referred to
A) Henry Clay
C) William Seward
E) Millard Fillmore
B) Stephen Douglas
D) Matthew Perry
20. Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass were best
known as
A) authors of some of the most influential antislavery
works
B) leaders of black movements to relocate to Canada
and Africa
C) the first black political figures after the end of the
Civil War
D) important conductors on the Underground
Railroad
E) escaped former slaves who became champions of
abolition
21. The elections of Zachary Taylor and James Buchanan
to the presidency had in common which of the
following?
A) Both reflected the power of their individual
national reputations rather than party platforms.
B) Both demonstrated the dominance of the
Democratic Party before the arrival of Lincoln.
C) Both were chosen for their moderate public stance
on the slavery issue.
D) Both were victories for radical political groups
that increased sectional tensions.
E) Both were examples of the two-party system at
work.
22. The most influential piece of antebellum literature was
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Sociology for the South
Cannibals All!
Bleeding Kansas
The Jungle
23. The purpose of the Morill Land Grant Act was to
A) provide land for private colleges
B) provide land for colleges offering educations in
the humanities
C) begin colleges operated by the federal government
D) provide land for agricultural and mechanical
colleges
E) begin courses to train civil service employees
24. The Homestead Act
A) allowed Native Americans to become American
citizens
B) offered citizens land in the West if they farmed it
C) helped to keep up the image of the old West
D) led to Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier theory
E) brought Oregon into the union