Question 1

One aspect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 provided for what?

Accepted Answer

A)   The transfer of Montana to the United States.
B)   Payment of $15 million to the Mexican citizenry in the United States and Indians but not the Mexican government.
C)   Mexicans to still govern themselves in Texas and New Mexico.
D)   U.S. control of all of the Oregon Country.
E)   Protection of large Mexican landowners in California.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Tejanos

Accepted Answer

A)  issued by antislavery congressmen
B)  suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)  returned runaway slaves to their master
D)  America's mission to settle the West
E)  Texas borderlandF) sudden increase in California's populationG) voided the Missouri CompromiseH) no slavery in land acquired by MexicoI) expedition to Central AmericaJ) opponents to the expansion of slaveryK) anti-immigrant political partyL) California's entry into the Union as a free stateM) G) and J)
N) E) and F)

Question 3

The Revolution of 1848 in Europe was successful in its attempts to create more democracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which event sparked Abraham Lincoln's reentry into politics?

Accepted Answer

A)   Compromise of 1850.
B)   Mexican-American War.
C)   Dred Scott decision.
D)   Raid on Harpers Ferry.
E)   Kansas-Nebraska Act.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 5

The Californios controlled the labor of Indian tribes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

With the Gadsden Purchase,whose territory increased in size?

Accepted Answer

A)   Canada.
B)   Mexico.
C)   California.
D)   Texas.
E)   Arizona.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

A)  On Civil Disobedience
B)  1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)  author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)  tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration
E)  author of the Compromise of 1850F) caned Charles SumnerG) a slave who sued for his freedomH) led a raid on Harpers FerryI) 1860 Republican presidential candidateJ) 1860 southern Democratic presidential candidateK) 1856 Republican presidential candidateL) filibusteringM) A) and D)
N) E) and K)

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Stephen Douglas

Accepted Answer

A)  On Civil Disobedience
B)  1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)  author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)  tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration
E)  author of the Compromise of 1850F) caned Charles SumnerG) a slave who sued for his freedomH) led a raid on Harpers FerryI) 1860 Republican presidential candidateJ) 1860 southern Democratic presidential candidateK) 1856 Republican presidential candidateL) filibusteringM) A) and H)
N) H) and I)

Question 9

In the 1850s,Tennessee-born William Walker became famous for:

Accepted Answer

A)   creating a utopian community in northern California.
B)   his proslavery novels that heightened sectionalism.
C)   breeding the "Tennessee Walker," a horse prominent in westward expansion.
D)   seeking to establish himself as ruler of a slaveholding Nicaragua.
E)   defying fellow whites in his native region and becoming a prominent abolitionist.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following statements related to ethnicity was true in California in the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Thousands of Indian children were declared orphans and treated as slaves.
B)   The state recognized more than 15,000 African-Americans as slaves of whites who had moved there.
C)   Men of all backgrounds, except those from China, were allowed to vote and serve on juries.
D)   Indian communities prospered by renting land and selling supplies to gold miners.
E)   Wealthy Mexican landowners dominated the new state government and would do so until the 1880s.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

In 1860,which state became the first to pass an ordinance of secession and declare itself separated from the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   Virginia.
B)   Kentucky.
C)   Georgia.
D)   South Carolina.
E)   Tennessee.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

Which two political figures agreed to keep the issue of annexing Texas out of the 1844 presidential campaign if possible?

Accepted Answer

A)   John Tyler and John C. Calhoun.
B)   Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.
C)   Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren.
D)   Henry Clay and James Polk.
E)   Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Frémont

Accepted Answer

A)  On Civil Disobedience
B)  1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)  author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)  tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration
E)  author of the Compromise of 1850F) caned Charles SumnerG) a slave who sued for his freedomH) led a raid on Harpers FerryI) 1860 Republican presidential candidateJ) 1860 southern Democratic presidential candidateK) 1856 Republican presidential candidateL) filibusteringM) C) and J)
N) A) and L)

Question 14

In the late 1850s,a white slaveholder living in Mississippi most likely voted for candidates from which political party?

Accepted Answer

A)   Free Soil.
B)   Democratic.
C)   American.
D)   Whig.
E)   Republican.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

Which 1854 document called for the United States to seize Cuba?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Monroe Doctrine.
B)   The Ostend Manifesto.
C)   The Wilmot Proviso.
D)   The Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
E)   The Frémont Manifesto.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-appeal of the Independent Democrats

Accepted Answer

A)  issued by antislavery congressmen
B)  suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)  returned runaway slaves to their master
D)  America's mission to settle the West
E)  Texas borderlandF) sudden increase in California's populationG) voided the Missouri CompromiseH) no slavery in land acquired by MexicoI) expedition to Central AmericaJ) opponents to the expansion of slaveryK) anti-immigrant political partyL) California's entry into the Union as a free stateM) A) and E)
N) D) and F)

Question 17

The Republican free labor ideology:

Accepted Answer

A)   convinced northerners that Catholic immigrants posed a more significant threat than the southern slave power.
B)   won Republicans significant support from non-slaveholders in the South in 1856.
C)   owed its origins to Abraham Lincoln's reemergence in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D)   accepted southerners' point that slavery protected their liberty, but explained that the economic benefits of free labor would outweigh the damage abolition would do to southern liberty.
E)   led to the argument by Abraham Lincoln and William Seward that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 18

The Texas independence movement was sparked in part because the Mexican government,alarmed that its grip on the area was weakening,annulled existing land contracts and barred future emigration from the United States in 1830.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to John L.O'Sullivan's Democratic Review,what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

Accepted Answer

A)   Race.
B)   Democracy.
C)   Economic freedom.
D)   Slavery.
E)   Printing.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

The free labor ideology was based on the assumption that free labor could not compete with slave labor and so slavery's expansion had to be halted to ensure freedom for the white laborer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: A House Divided,1840-1861

The Revolution of 1848 in Europe was successful in its attempts to create more democracy.

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In the 1850s,Tennessee-born William Walker became famous for:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Frémont

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The Californios controlled the labor of Indian tribes.

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Tejanos

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With the Gadsden Purchase,whose territory increased in size?

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According to John L.O'Sullivan's Democratic Review,what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

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Which 1854 document called for the United States to seize Cuba?

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In 1860,which state became the first to pass an ordinance of secession and declare itself separated from the Union?

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -appeal of the Independent Democrats

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One aspect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 provided for what?

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Which two political figures agreed to keep the issue of annexing Texas out of the 1844 presidential campaign if possible?

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Which of the following statements related to ethnicity was true in California in the 1850s?

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Stephen Douglas

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The Texas independence movement was sparked in part because the Mexican government,alarmed that its grip on the area was weakening,annulled existing land contracts and barred future emigration from the United States in 1830.

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The free labor ideology was based on the assumption that free labor could not compete with slave labor and so slavery's expansion had to be halted to ensure freedom for the white laborer.

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The Republican free labor ideology:

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In the late 1850s,a white slaveholder living in Mississippi most likely voted for candidates from which political party?

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Which event sparked Abraham Lincoln's reentry into politics?

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Abraham Lincoln

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