Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Young America movement

Accepted Answer

group of expansionists affiliated with t

Question 2

Personal liberty laws passed by several northern states made it impossible to recover escaped slaves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The candidate of the Liberty Party who may have cost Henry Clay the election in 1844 was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The candidate of the Liberty Party who...

Question 4

The Ostend Manifesto claimed that Cuba should be part of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Mexican War's first phase was carried out by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Abraham Lincoln 
B) Zachary Taylor 
C) Winfield Scott 
D) Stonewall Jackson 
E) Jefferson Davis 
A) Abraham Lincoln 
B) Zachary Taylor 
C) Winfield Scott 
D) Stonewall Jackson 
E) Jefferson Davis

Question 6

William Walker was very good at using the filibuster.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

"Mr.Polk's War" refers to the war between Great Britain and the United States over Oregon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

President Polk provoked a war with Mexico

Accepted Answer

A) in order to acquire New Mexico and California. 
B) by sending General Zachary Taylor and four thousand soldiers to patrol the Rio Grande. 
C) by encouraging settlers in Monterey,California to dream of U.S.annexation. 
D) by attempting to buy New Mexico and California. 
E) all of these choices 
A) in order to acquire New Mexico and California. 
B) by sending General Zachary Taylor and four thousand soldiers to patrol the Rio Grande. 
C) by encouraging settlers in Monterey,California to dream of U.S.annexation. 
D) by attempting to buy New Mexico and California. 
E) all of these choices

Question 9

Women in the migration westward

Accepted Answer

A) outnumbered men by three to one. 
B) achieved economic and political status equal to that of men. 
C) seldom survived long enough to reach their destinations. 
D) fulfilled the same roles as homemakers and care givers as they did in the East. 
E) none of these choices 
A) outnumbered men by three to one. 
B) achieved economic and political status equal to that of men. 
C) seldom survived long enough to reach their destinations. 
D) fulfilled the same roles as homemakers and care givers as they did in the East. 
E) none of these choices

Question 10

Families were the predominant westward migrants on the overland trails.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

President Polk's veto of a rivers and harbor bill that would have provided federal aid for transportation improvements resulted in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) United the Democratic Party. 
B) Angered Southern Democrats. 
C) Angered Democrats from the Old Northwest. 
D) Alienated Whigs. 
E) Started war with Mexico. 
A) United the Democratic Party. 
B) Angered Southern Democrats. 
C) Angered Democrats from the Old Northwest. 
D) Alienated Whigs. 
E) Started war with Mexico.

Question 12

Describe the growing impact of the antislavery movement on American politics.

Accepted Answer

Never a force before the 1840s,the polit

Question 13

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled that enforcement of the Constitution's fugitive slave clause was a(n)____________________ responsibility.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The U.S.Supreme Court ruled that enforcement of...

Question 14

Manifest Destiny was universally popular throughout the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Henry Clay's position on the annexation of Texas in the campaign of 1844 is best described by which of the following statements?

Accepted Answer

A) Texas should be annexed immediately regardless of the consequences. 
B) Texas should be annexed only when New Mexico was ready for annexation. 
C) Texas should be annexed under no circumstances. 
D) Slavery should be abolished in Texas prior to annexation. 
E) Texas should be annexed if it could be accomplished without starting a war with Mexico. 
A) Texas should be annexed immediately regardless of the consequences. 
B) Texas should be annexed only when New Mexico was ready for annexation. 
C) Texas should be annexed under no circumstances. 
D) Slavery should be abolished in Texas prior to annexation. 
E) Texas should be annexed if it could be accomplished without starting a war with Mexico.

Question 16

"Conscience Whigs" refers to those members of the party that most vigorously opposed the war with Mexico.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Approximately how many of the 3 million slaves actually escaped to freedom each year?

Accepted Answer

A) 100 
B) 1,000 
C) 10,000 
D) 100,000 
E) 1 million 
A) 100 
B) 1,000 
C) 10,000 
D) 100,000 
E) 1 million

Question 18

The question of slavery paralyzed Congress in discussions over California.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Anglo settlers in Texas declared their independence when

Accepted Answer

A) a conservative Mexican government attempted to consolidate authority over their settlements. 
B) the Mexican government abolished slavery. 
C) the Catholic Church attempted to abolish their Protestant churches. 
D) the Mexican government refused to protect them from Indian raids. 
E) Texans were executed for opposed the Mexican government. 
A) a conservative Mexican government attempted to consolidate authority over their settlements. 
B) the Mexican government abolished slavery. 
C) the Catholic Church attempted to abolish their Protestant churches. 
D) the Mexican government refused to protect them from Indian raids. 
E) Texans were executed for opposed the Mexican government.

Question 20

Chinese men migrated to ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Chinese men migrated to ____________________....

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Young America movement

Personal liberty laws passed by several northern states made it impossible to recover escaped slaves.

The candidate of the Liberty Party who may have cost Henry Clay the election in 1844 was ____________________.

The Ostend Manifesto claimed that Cuba should be part of the United States.

The Mexican War's first phase was carried out by which of the following?

William Walker was very good at using the filibuster.

"Mr.Polk's War" refers to the war between Great Britain and the United States over Oregon.

President Polk provoked a war with Mexico

Women in the migration westward

Families were the predominant westward migrants on the overland trails.

President Polk's veto of a rivers and harbor bill that would have provided federal aid for transportation improvements resulted in which of the following?

Describe the growing impact of the antislavery movement on American politics.

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled that enforcement of the Constitution's fugitive slave clause was a(n)____________________ responsibility.

Manifest Destiny was universally popular throughout the United States.

Henry Clay's position on the annexation of Texas in the campaign of 1844 is best described by which of the following statements?

"Conscience Whigs" refers to those members of the party that most vigorously opposed the war with Mexico.

Approximately how many of the 3 million slaves actually escaped to freedom each year?

The question of slavery paralyzed Congress in discussions over California.

Anglo settlers in Texas declared their independence when

Chinese men migrated to ____________________.

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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