Question 1

Which of the following groups established a town in Nauvoo,Illinois?​

Accepted Answer

A) Abolitionists 
B) African Americans 
C) ​Mormons 
D) ​Native Americans 
A) Abolitionists 
B) African Americans 
C) ​Mormons 
D) ​Native Americans C

Question 2

​Which of the following statements regarding the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 is true?

Accepted Answer

A) It defined the final border of the continental United States. 
B) It cost the United States $30 million. 
C) ​It gave the United States a clear route for the building of the southern transcontinental railroad. 
D) ​Both that it defined the final border of the continental U.S.and cost $30 million 
E) ​Both that it defined the final border of the continental U.S.and provided a clear route for constructing a southern transcontinental railroad. 
A) It defined the final border of the continental United States. 
B) It cost the United States $30 million. 
C) ​It gave the United States a clear route for the building of the southern transcontinental railroad. 
D) ​Both that it defined the final border of the continental U.S.and cost $30 million 
E) ​Both that it defined the final border of the continental U.S.and provided a clear route for constructing a southern transcontinental railroad. E

Question 3

​Which of the following important events in Native American history occurred first?

Accepted Answer

A) Indian Removal Act 
B) Treaty of New Echota 
C) ​Worcester v.Georgia 
D) ​Second Seminole War 
A) Indian Removal Act 
B) Treaty of New Echota 
C) ​Worcester v.Georgia 
D) ​Second Seminole War A

Question 4

​About one in four of the eastern Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

​The Trail of Tears is the term used to describe the route used for the removal of the Cherokees during the 1830s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

​The Louisiana Purchase tripled the size of the United States

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

​Which of the following statements regarding Manifest Destiny is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Democrats in Congress and President Tyler supported the concept and the resulting territorial expansion. 
B) Henry Clay proclaimed that Manifest Destiny was indeed God's will,and that if we did not follow His will,the country would suffer the consequences. 
C) ​The first area considered for expansion under the concept of Manifest Destiny was New Mexico. 
D) ​All of these 
A) Democrats in Congress and President Tyler supported the concept and the resulting territorial expansion. 
B) Henry Clay proclaimed that Manifest Destiny was indeed God's will,and that if we did not follow His will,the country would suffer the consequences. 
C) ​The first area considered for expansion under the concept of Manifest Destiny was New Mexico. 
D) ​All of these

Question 8

​The United States government became directly involved in westward expansion in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) It sent scientists and engineers to explore western lands 
B) It promised free land to anyone who wanted to settle the frontier 
C) ​It sent military troops to safeguard desired lands and defend settlers from Indian attacks 
D) ​It set policies for transforming a territory to a state 
A) It sent scientists and engineers to explore western lands 
B) It promised free land to anyone who wanted to settle the frontier 
C) ​It sent military troops to safeguard desired lands and defend settlers from Indian attacks 
D) ​It set policies for transforming a territory to a state

Question 9

​The earliest move by the United States to expand the physical size of the nation was

Accepted Answer

A) The Gadsden Purchase 
B) The Rush-Bagot Treaty 
C) ​The Louisiana Purchase 
D) ​The Ostend Manifesto 
A) The Gadsden Purchase 
B) The Rush-Bagot Treaty 
C) ​The Louisiana Purchase 
D) ​The Ostend Manifesto

Question 10

​Osceola was the leader of the Cherokees who resisted the forced march from native homelands and was captured and died in captivity

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

​Mexico gave up more than 600 million acres to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

​Fifteen years after Joseph Smith was killed by a mob in 1844,Brigham Young led the entire Mormon population in a mass migration to Utah.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

​The phrase "fifty-four,forty or fight" refers to Americans' support for a war with Mexico

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

​What was the fate of most Forty-Niners who went to California in search of riches in the gold fields?

Accepted Answer

A) They returned to their original homes broke and broken. 
B) They made just enough from their gold mining to continue searching for the big strike. 
C) ​They were families who had nothing to gain by moving to the new country. 
D) ​They went bust in the gold fields but remained in California and helped build up the territory. 
A) They returned to their original homes broke and broken. 
B) They made just enough from their gold mining to continue searching for the big strike. 
C) ​They were families who had nothing to gain by moving to the new country. 
D) ​They went bust in the gold fields but remained in California and helped build up the territory.

Question 15

​Which of the following is not a true statement about the experiences of Native Americans after the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

A)  
They lost the protection they had hoped for from the British​ 
B) They were tricked into giving up their land by fraudulent treaties 
C) ​Whites ignored tribal differences and lumped all native peoples together 
D) ​They found a genuine enemy in Andrew Jackson 
E) ​They were increasingly pushed off their lands and onto more remote,less farmable lands 
A)  
They lost the protection they had hoped for from the British​ 
B) They were tricked into giving up their land by fraudulent treaties 
C) ​Whites ignored tribal differences and lumped all native peoples together 
D) ​They found a genuine enemy in Andrew Jackson 
E) ​They were increasingly pushed off their lands and onto more remote,less farmable lands

Question 16

The 1846 Wilmot Proviso -introduced in Congress but never enacted-would have permitted slavery in any territory that might be won from Mexico as a result of war

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

​From the time he took office as president,James Polk had his eye on acquiring massive amounts of land from Mexico

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

​The Ostend Manifesto proposed that the United States take Cuba from Spain by any means necessary

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

​The Forty-Niners were men who found a minimum of forty-nine pounds of gold during the California gold rush.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Rush-Bagot Treaty ended the war with Mexico in 1848,with Mexico agreeing to sell California and New Mexico to the United States and to give up all claim to Texas in exchange for $15 million

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

Which of the following groups established a town in Nauvoo,Illinois?​

​Which of the following statements regarding the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 is true?

​Which of the following important events in Native American history occurred first?

​About one in four of the eastern Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears.

​The Trail of Tears is the term used to describe the route used for the removal of the Cherokees during the 1830s.

​The Louisiana Purchase tripled the size of the United States

​Which of the following statements regarding Manifest Destiny is true?

​The United States government became directly involved in westward expansion in all of the following ways EXCEPT

​The earliest move by the United States to expand the physical size of the nation was

​Osceola was the leader of the Cherokees who resisted the forced march from native homelands and was captured and died in captivity

​Mexico gave up more than 600 million acres to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

​Fifteen years after Joseph Smith was killed by a mob in 1844,Brigham Young led the entire Mormon population in a mass migration to Utah.

​The phrase "fifty-four,forty or fight" refers to Americans' support for a war with Mexico

​What was the fate of most Forty-Niners who went to California in search of riches in the gold fields?

​Which of the following is not a true statement about the experiences of Native Americans after the War of 1812?

The 1846 Wilmot Proviso -introduced in Congress but never enacted-would have permitted slavery in any territory that might be won from Mexico as a result of war

​From the time he took office as president,James Polk had his eye on acquiring massive amounts of land from Mexico

​The Ostend Manifesto proposed that the United States take Cuba from Spain by any means necessary

​The Forty-Niners were men who found a minimum of forty-nine pounds of gold during the California gold rush.

The Rush-Bagot Treaty ended the war with Mexico in 1848,with Mexico agreeing to sell California and New Mexico to the United States and to give up all claim to Texas in exchange for $15 million

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Which of the following groups established a town in Nauvoo,Illinois?

Which of the following statements regarding the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 is true?

Which of the following important events in Native American history occurred first?

About one in four of the eastern Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears.

The Trail of Tears is the term used to describe the route used for the removal of the Cherokees during the 1830s.

The Louisiana Purchase tripled the size of the United States

Which of the following statements regarding Manifest Destiny is true?

The United States government became directly involved in westward expansion in all of the following ways EXCEPT

The earliest move by the United States to expand the physical size of the nation was

Osceola was the leader of the Cherokees who resisted the forced march from native homelands and was captured and died in captivity

Mexico gave up more than 600 million acres to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Fifteen years after Joseph Smith was killed by a mob in 1844,Brigham Young led the entire Mormon population in a mass migration to Utah.

The phrase "fifty-four,forty or fight" refers to Americans' support for a war with Mexico

What was the fate of most Forty-Niners who went to California in search of riches in the gold fields?

Which of the following is not a true statement about the experiences of Native Americans after the War of 1812?

From the time he took office as president,James Polk had his eye on acquiring massive amounts of land from Mexico

The Ostend Manifesto proposed that the United States take Cuba from Spain by any means necessary

The Forty-Niners were men who found a minimum of forty-nine pounds of gold during the California gold rush.