Question 1

All of the following statements regarding the "Conscience Whigs" are true except they

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A) were antislavery. 
B) hoped to convince their party to renounce the expansion of slavery. 
C) condemned their party's decision to nominate Zachary Taylor for president. 
D) eventually forged a coalition with the Liberty Party and antislavery Democrats. 
E) formed the basis of the Free Soil Party. 
A) were antislavery. 
B) hoped to convince their party to renounce the expansion of slavery. 
C) condemned their party's decision to nominate Zachary Taylor for president. 
D) eventually forged a coalition with the Liberty Party and antislavery Democrats. 
E) formed the basis of the Free Soil Party. B

Question 2

In late 1848,the Democrats controlled the House of Representatives and the Whigs controlled the Senate.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The Ostend Manifesto was

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A) a document in which the United States threatened to seize control of Cuba. 
B) the treaty that gave Cuba its independence. 
C) an attempted Spanish invasion of Louisiana. 
D) the antislavery newspaper that published Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
E) the U.S.demand for Texas. 
A) a document in which the United States threatened to seize control of Cuba. 
B) the treaty that gave Cuba its independence. 
C) an attempted Spanish invasion of Louisiana. 
D) the antislavery newspaper that published Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
E) the U.S.demand for Texas. A

Question 4

The president who completed the annexation of Texas to the United States was ____________________.

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The answer of The president who completed the annexation of...

Question 5

President William Henry Harrison caught pneumonia on his inauguration day and died one month later.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Most Hispanics in the West lived in

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A) Oregon. 
B) California. 
C) Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. 
D) Utah. 
E) Idaho. 
A) Oregon. 
B) California. 
C) Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. 
D) Utah. 
E) Idaho.

Question 7

In the Mexican War,

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A) U.S.soldiers outnumbered the Mexicans in every battle. 
B) the United States won every battle due to its superior leadership and weapons. 
C) General Zachary Taylor arrested and executed the president of Mexico. 
D) U.S.troops were humiliated by their failure to take Mexico City. 
E) Texans refused to fight. 
A) U.S.soldiers outnumbered the Mexicans in every battle. 
B) the United States won every battle due to its superior leadership and weapons. 
C) General Zachary Taylor arrested and executed the president of Mexico. 
D) U.S.troops were humiliated by their failure to take Mexico City. 
E) Texans refused to fight.

Question 8

The Missouri businessman who brought the first three hundred families into Texas from the United States was ____________________.

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The answer of The Missouri businessman who brought the first...

Question 9

In the election of 1848,Zachary Taylor carried southern states primarily because he

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A) had opposed the Mexican War. 
B) was a slaveholder. 
C) opposed the admission of any free states to the Union. 
D) supported popular sovereignty. 
E) supported the acquisition of Oregon. 
A) had opposed the Mexican War. 
B) was a slaveholder. 
C) opposed the admission of any free states to the Union. 
D) supported popular sovereignty. 
E) supported the acquisition of Oregon.

Question 10

The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that

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A) Providence had destined the American continent to be dominated by the United States. 
B) war between the United States and Mexico was inevitable. 
C) American Indians were to be driven from the continent. 
D) the U.S.would defeat the British and become the leading world power. 
E) all of these choices. 
A) Providence had destined the American continent to be dominated by the United States. 
B) war between the United States and Mexico was inevitable. 
C) American Indians were to be driven from the continent. 
D) the U.S.would defeat the British and become the leading world power. 
E) all of these choices.

Question 11

The United States won the Mexican War despite having a weaker economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

American settlers who migrated to Texas defied Mexican law by

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A) abolishing slavery. 
B) adopting polygamy. 
C) attacking the Indians. 
D) bringing slaves. 
E) becoming Mormons. 
A) abolishing slavery. 
B) adopting polygamy. 
C) attacking the Indians. 
D) bringing slaves. 
E) becoming Mormons.

Question 13

The Ostend Manifesto had to do with which of the following?

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A) France 
B) Columbia 
C) Mexico 
D) Cuba 
E) Great Britain 
A) France 
B) Columbia 
C) Mexico 
D) Cuba 
E) Great Britain

Question 14

The only free state admitted as a result of territorial acquisition between 1803 and 1846 was ____________________.

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The answer of The only free state admitted as a...

Question 15

The first Whig president was ____________________.

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William He

Question 16

By 1850 disease and guns introduced by whites had combined to reduce the Indian population north of the Rio Grande to what level?

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A) 1/2 million 
B) 1 million 
C) 2 1/2 million 
D) 5 million 
E) 10 million 
A) 1/2 million 
B) 1 million 
C) 2 1/2 million 
D) 5 million 
E) 10 million

Question 17

Describe the western movement of the 1830s and 1840s.What were the experiences of men and women in this movement?

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For many Americans in the early nineteen

Question 18

The United States increased its size by ____ percent between 1845 and 1848.

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A) 25 
B) 40 
C) 50 
D) 45 
E) no 
A) 25 
B) 40 
C) 50 
D) 45 
E) no

Question 19

Attempts to enact the new Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made little or no impression on northerners.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Joseph Smith

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founder of the Mormon faith.Claimed God

Exam 13: Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

All of the following statements regarding the "Conscience Whigs" are true except they

In late 1848,the Democrats controlled the House of Representatives and the Whigs controlled the Senate.

The Ostend Manifesto was

The president who completed the annexation of Texas to the United States was ____________________.

President William Henry Harrison caught pneumonia on his inauguration day and died one month later.

Most Hispanics in the West lived in

In the Mexican War,

The Missouri businessman who brought the first three hundred families into Texas from the United States was ____________________.

In the election of 1848,Zachary Taylor carried southern states primarily because he

The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that

The United States won the Mexican War despite having a weaker economy.

American settlers who migrated to Texas defied Mexican law by

The Ostend Manifesto had to do with which of the following?

The only free state admitted as a result of territorial acquisition between 1803 and 1846 was ____________________.

The first Whig president was ____________________.

By 1850 disease and guns introduced by whites had combined to reduce the Indian population north of the Rio Grande to what level?

Describe the western movement of the 1830s and 1840s.What were the experiences of men and women in this movement?

The United States increased its size by ____ percent between 1845 and 1848.

Attempts to enact the new Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made little or no impression on northerners.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph Smith

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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