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Question 1
Why did trade along the Santa Fe Trail begin to flourish after Mexico achieved its independence from Spain?
• a. The Americans refused to trade with Spain.
• Selected:b. The new Mexican government was more interested in trading with the United States than Spain had been.This answer is correct.
• c. British troops in the region prior to Mexican independence helped stifle trade.
• d. The Indian raids that wreaked havoc on the trade during the era of Spanish control were eliminated.
• e. Santa Fe was not established until after Mexican independence.
Correct! The new Mexican government was more interested in trading with the United States than Spain had been.
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Question 2
President Zachary Taylor wanted to admit California as a state immediately because he:
• a. was anti-slavery, and California had voted on a free-state constitution
• b. was pro-slavery, and California had voted on a slave-state constitution
• Selected:c. wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territoriesThis answer is correct.
• d. was afraid Mexico would make new claims on the area since gold had been discovered there
• e. was persuaded to do so by his overwhelmingly Northern cabinet
Correct! He wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territories.
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Question 3
Why did the new Fugitive Slave Act outrage abolitionists?
• Selected:a. It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern “free” states.This answer is correct.
• b. It required the licensing of slave catchers.
• c. It guaranteed fugitive slaves a jury trial.
• d. It allowed northern states to become slave states.
• e. It reintroduced the legal international slave trade.
Correct! It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern “free” states.
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Question 4
At the Battle of the Alamo:
• a. Texans secured their independence
• Selected:b. the Mexicans won a costly victoryThis answer is correct.
• c. Santa Anna showed his strategic brilliance
• d. the defenders were bombarded into surrender
• e. William b. Travis and Jim Bowie were taken prisoner
Correct! The Mexicans won a costly victory.
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Question 5
Most of those who traveled westward in wagon trains:
• a. made it from Missouri to California in a month
• Selected:b. traveled in family groupsThis answer is correct.
• c. were attacked by Indians
• d. turned back due to the hardships
• e. were headed for California’s gold fields
Correct! They traveled in family groups.
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Question 6
The idea of manifest destiny claimed that:
• a. joint British-American occupation of North America would “civilize” the continent
• b. immediate war against the British would revitalize the American state
• Selected:c. American expansion westward across the continent was sanctioned by GodThis answer is correct.
• d. slavery was the result of divine intervention
• e. men were destined to travel the high seas
Correct! American expansion westward across the continent was sanctioned by God.
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Question 7
When Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, Texas was:
• a. an independent republic
• b. one of the American states
• c. a French territory
• d. a commonwealth of the British Empire
• Selected:e. a part of MexicoThis answer is correct.
Correct! It was a part of Mexico.
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Question 8
John c. Calhoun believed that the Wilmot Proviso:
• a. would help keep the Union together
• b. protected the interests of slaveholders
• Selected:c. violated property rights guaranteed in the Fifth AmendmentThis answer is correct.
• d. blamed the South for the Mexican War
• e. would never pass Congress
Correct! He believed it violated property rights guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment.
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Question 9
Given the bitterness of the congressional debate, why was Stephen Douglas successful in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed?
• a. He dropped the question of the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
• b. He could depend on a sympathy vote from supporters of deceased President Taylor.
• c. His support for popular sovereignty allowed many abolitionist senators to vote with him.
• Selected:d. He split the issues into separate bills.This answer is correct.
• e. He was in better health and was more charismatic than Clay.
Correct! He split the issues into separate bills.
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Question 10
The Donner party became stranded on the Oregon Trail mainly because:
• a. of the succession of their own mistakes and poor decisions
• b. they became caught in the crossfire of the Mexican War for Independence
• c. their party was too small to survive the journey
• Selected:d. a broken compass led them astrayThis answer is incorrect.
• e. of annihilation by the Indians
Try again. What would have lead a family to cannibalism? Review Chapter 14.
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Question 1
John c. Calhoun believed that the Wilmot Proviso:
• a. would help keep the Union together
• b. protected the interests of slaveholders
• Selected:c. violated property rights guaranteed in the Fifth AmendmentThis answer is correct.
• d. blamed the South for the Mexican War
• e. would never pass Congress
Correct! He believed it violated property rights guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment.
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Question 2
The Donner party became stranded on the Oregon Trail mainly because:
• Selected:a. of the succession of their own mistakes and poor decisionsThis answer is correct.
• b. they became caught in the crossfire of the Mexican War for Independence
• c. their party was too small to survive the journey
• d. a broken compass led them astray
• e. of annihilation by the Indians
Correct! The Donner party doomed themselves through a succession of their own mistakes and poor decisions.
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Question 3
Why did the new Fugitive Slave Act outrage abolitionists?
• Selected:a. It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern “free” states.This answer is correct.
• b. It required the licensing of slave catchers.
• c. It guaranteed fugitive slaves a jury trial.
• d. It allowed northern states to become slave states.
• e. It reintroduced the legal international slave trade.
Correct! It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern “free” states.
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Question 4
The idea of popular sovereignty:
• a. solved the controversy over slavery’s extension
• Selected:b. would allow people in the territories to decide whether or not to permit slaveryThis answer is correct.
• c. guaranteed slavery would spread westward
• d. allowed Oregon to enter the Union as a slave state
• e. was adopted by the Whigs in the 1848 election
Correct! It would allow people in the territories to decide whether or not to permit slavery.
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Question 5
Why did the Spanish establish missions in California?
• Selected:a. They were tools to turn Indians into hard-working Christians.This answer is correct.
• b. They were vehicles that could preserve Indian language and culture.
• c. They were institutions where the Spanish studied Indian religions.
• d. They were outposts to help attract Indian emigration to Spain.
• e. They were churches that only the Spanish were allowed to use.
Correct! They were tools to turn American Indians into hard-working Christians.
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Question 6
Most of those who traveled westward in wagon trains:
• a. made it from Missouri to California in a month
• Selected:b. traveled in family groupsThis answer is correct.
• c. were attacked by Indians
• d. turned back due to the hardships
• e. were headed for California’s gold fields
Correct! They traveled in family groups.
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Question 7
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a victory for:
• a. abolitionists
• b. immigrant groups in America
• Selected:c. the concept of popular sovereigntyThis answer is correct.
• d. southerners who wanted a transcontinental railroad to run west from New Orleans
• e. the preservation of the Union
Correct! The concept of popular sovereignty.
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Question 8
Given the bitterness of the congressional debate, why was Stephen Douglas successful in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed?
• a. He dropped the question of the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
• b. He could depend on a sympathy vote from supporters of deceased President Taylor.
• c. His support for popular sovereignty allowed many abolitionist senators to vote with him.
• Selected:d. He split the issues into separate bills.This answer is correct.
• e. He was in better health and was more charismatic than Clay.
Correct! He split the issues into separate bills.
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Question 9
Who coined the term manifest destiny?
• a. President Martin Van Buren
• b. Texas leader Stephen Austin
• Selected:c. Newspaper editor John O’SullivanThis answer is correct.
• d. Mexican leader Santa Anna
• e. Swiss immigrant John a. Sutter
Correct! The term was first used by newspaper editor John O’Sullivan.
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Question 10
The idea of manifest destiny claimed that:
• a. joint British-American occupation of North America would “civilize” the continent
• b. immediate war against the British would revitalize the American state
• Selected:c. American expansion westward across the continent was sanctioned by GodThis answer is correct.
• d. slavery was the result of divine intervention
• e. men were destined to travel the high seas
Correct! American expansion westward across the continent was sanctioned by God.