Question 1

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was in 1845 by

Accepted Answer

A) John Tyler. 
B) James K.Polk. 
C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D) John L.O'Sullivan. 
E) Mark Twain. 
A) John Tyler. 
B) James K.Polk. 
C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D) John L.O'Sullivan. 
E) Mark Twain. D

Question 2

The first Old World Europeans to come to California were

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A) Russians. 
B) French. 
C) Dutch. 
D) English. 
E) Spanish. 
A) Russians. 
B) French. 
C) Dutch. 
D) English. 
E) Spanish. E

Question 3

In his quest for California, President James K. Polk

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A) advocated war with Mexico from the beginning. 
B) argued strongly for annexation, because Americans were the most numerous people in the area. 
C) was motivated by his knowledge of gold deposits there. 
D) sought British help to persuade Mexico to sell the area to the United States. 
E) first advocated buying the area from Mexico. 
A) advocated war with Mexico from the beginning. 
B) argued strongly for annexation, because Americans were the most numerous people in the area. 
C) was motivated by his knowledge of gold deposits there. 
D) sought British help to persuade Mexico to sell the area to the United States. 
E) first advocated buying the area from Mexico. E

Question 4

The election of 1844 was notable because

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A) the campaign raised no real issues. 
B) a genuine and clear mandate emerged. 
C) it was fought over the issue of expansionism. 
D) James K.Polk won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote. 
E) Henry Clay won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. 
A) the campaign raised no real issues. 
B) a genuine and clear mandate emerged. 
C) it was fought over the issue of expansionism. 
D) James K.Polk won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote. 
E) Henry Clay won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Tyler

Accepted Answer

John Tyler was the tenth President of th

Question 6

The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by

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A) southern expansionists. 
B) anti-Texas southerners. 
C) Henry Clay. 
D) eastern business interests. 
E) radical abolitionists. 
A) southern expansionists. 
B) anti-Texas southerners. 
C) Henry Clay. 
D) eastern business interests. 
E) radical abolitionists.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Liberty party

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The Liberty Party was a minor political

Question 8

The Aroostook War was

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A) a short-lived insurrection in British Canada. 
B) a battle between Native Americans and settlers in northern Maine. 
C) a full-scale war between Britain and the United States. 
D) a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada 
E) a dispute over fishing rights between Britain and the United States. 
A) a short-lived insurrection in British Canada. 
B) a battle between Native Americans and settlers in northern Maine. 
C) a full-scale war between Britain and the United States. 
D) a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada 
E) a dispute over fishing rights between Britain and the United States.

Question 9

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The Mexican War resulted in

Accepted Answer

A) a one-third increase in the territorial size of the United States. 
B) combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War. 
C) increased respect for American military and naval capabilities. 
D) friendlier relations between the United States and Latin American nations. 
E) deepened sectional tensions over slavery. 
A) a one-third increase in the territorial size of the United States. 
B) combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War. 
C) increased respect for American military and naval capabilities. 
D) friendlier relations between the United States and Latin American nations. 
E) deepened sectional tensions over slavery.

Question 10

The only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was

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A) Henry Clay. 
B) Zachary Taylor. 
C) Robert Walker. 
D) Daniel Webster. 
E) Millard Fillmore. 
A) Henry Clay. 
B) Zachary Taylor. 
C) Robert Walker. 
D) Daniel Webster. 
E) Millard Fillmore.

Question 11

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848), ending the Mexican War, included

Accepted Answer

A) a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico. 
B) United States annexation of all the territory south of the Rio Grande. 
C) the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States. 
D) a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States. 
E) United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico. 
A) a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico. 
B) United States annexation of all the territory south of the Rio Grande. 
C) the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States. 
D) a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States. 
E) United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) San Francisco. 
B) the Nueces River. 
C) Santa Fe. 
D) the Rio Grande. 
E) San Antonio. 
A) San Francisco. 
B) the Nueces River. 
C) Santa Fe. 
D) the Rio Grande. 
E) San Antonio.

Question 13

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain

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A) the United States stayed neutral in word and action. 
B) the United States imprisoned several American violators of neutrality. 
C) America was unlawfully invaded by the British. 
D) Canada warned the United States to stay out of the conflict. 
E) the U.S.government plotted to annex Canada. 
A) the United States stayed neutral in word and action. 
B) the United States imprisoned several American violators of neutrality. 
C) America was unlawfully invaded by the British. 
D) Canada warned the United States to stay out of the conflict. 
E) the U.S.government plotted to annex Canada.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Santa Anna

Accepted Answer

Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)

Question 15

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

Accepted Answer

A) two-thirds Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation. 
B) a joint resolution enacted by a simple majority in the House and the Senate rather than the two-thirds constitutional supermajority required of all treaties with foreign nations. 
C) a presidential executive order by President Tyler. 
D) the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 
E) a political compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time. 
A) two-thirds Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation. 
B) a joint resolution enacted by a simple majority in the House and the Senate rather than the two-thirds constitutional supermajority required of all treaties with foreign nations. 
C) a presidential executive order by President Tyler. 
D) the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 
E) a political compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James K. Polk

Accepted Answer

James K. Polk was the 11th President of

Question 17

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Points of controversy between the United States and Mexico in 1845-1846 included

Accepted Answer

A) damage claims by American citizens against the Mexican government. 
B) the immigration of Mormons into Mexican territory. 
C) exclusion of Mexico from the Oregon boundary settlement. 
D) the refusal of the Mexican government to receive President Polk's envoy, John Slidell, and consider President Polk's offer to purchase California from Mexico. 
E) American annexation of Texas. 
A) damage claims by American citizens against the Mexican government. 
B) the immigration of Mormons into Mexican territory. 
C) exclusion of Mexico from the Oregon boundary settlement. 
D) the refusal of the Mexican government to receive President Polk's envoy, John Slidell, and consider President Polk's offer to purchase California from Mexico. 
E) American annexation of Texas.

Question 18

Relations between Britain and the United States in the 1830s and 1840s could be characterized as

Accepted Answer

A) harmonious at the diplomatic level but full of popular resentments on both sides. 
B) complicated by the reentry of France as an imperial power with designs on territories in the American West. 
C) marked by growing American economic supremacy. 
D) constantly on the brink of war. 
E) generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution. 
A) harmonious at the diplomatic level but full of popular resentments on both sides. 
B) complicated by the reentry of France as an imperial power with designs on territories in the American West. 
C) marked by growing American economic supremacy. 
D) constantly on the brink of war. 
E) generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution.

Question 19

Compare and contrast President Polk's willingness to go to war against Mexico over Texas but not against Britain over Oregon.

Accepted Answer

President Polk's willingness to go to wa

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​California Bear Flag Revolt

Accepted Answer

The California Bear Flag Revolt was a sh

Exam 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was in 1845 by

The first Old World Europeans to come to California were

In his quest for California, President James K. Polk

The election of 1844 was notable because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Tyler

The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Liberty party

The Aroostook War was

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Mexican War resulted in

The only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848), ending the Mexican War, included

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

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Santa Anna

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James K. Polk

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Points of controversy between the United States and Mexico in 1845-1846 included

Relations between Britain and the United States in the 1830s and 1840s could be characterized as

Compare and contrast President Polk's willingness to go to war against Mexico over Texas but not against Britain over Oregon.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​California Bear Flag Revolt

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Mexican War resulted in

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Points of controversy between the United States and Mexico in 1845-1846 included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -California Bear Flag Revolt