Question 1

Answer the following  questions :
-Great American Desert

Accepted Answer

A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont. 
A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont.

Question 2

What happened at the Alamo in Texas in 1836?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Backgrou

Question 3

In 1845,Texans claimed that their boundary extended

Accepted Answer

A)  as far north as Oregon. 
B)  to the Nueces River on the south and west. 
C)  to the Rio Grande on the south and west. 
D)  as far west as the Pacific Ocean. 
A)  as far north as Oregon. 
B)  to the Nueces River on the south and west. 
C)  to the Rio Grande on the south and west. 
D)  as far west as the Pacific Ocean.

Question 4

Explain the paradox of southern prosperity,which emerged as a significant phenomenon between 1820 and 1860.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Descript

Question 5

Despite stiff Mexican resistance,American forces also secured control of which future state in 1847?

Accepted Answer

A)  California 
B)  Oregon 
C)  South Dakota 
D)  Idaho 
A)  California 
B)  Oregon 
C)  South Dakota 
D)  Idaho

Question 6

Which groups made up the South's increasingly complex white society in the early to mid-nineteenth century? How did these groups interact in the political arena?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Summary

Question 7

Which of the following statements characterizes American settlement in California before the mid-1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  American settlement in California was fairly sparse in this period. 
B)  Most Americans who went to California settled near the San Francisco Bay. 
C)  Most Americans who went to California in the 1840s were prospecting for gold. 
D)  Americans who settled in California often adopted mestizo culture. 
A)  American settlement in California was fairly sparse in this period. 
B)  Most Americans who went to California settled near the San Francisco Bay. 
C)  Most Americans who went to California in the 1840s were prospecting for gold. 
D)  Americans who settled in California often adopted mestizo culture.

Question 8

Answer the following  questions :
-Alamo

Accepted Answer

A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont. 
A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont.

Question 9

For this question,refer to John Gast's 1872 painting,American Progress.   The ideas expressed in the painting above most directly reflect which of the following continuities in U.S.history?

Accepted Answer

A)  A sense of unique national mission and a superior cultural identity 
B)  The challenges faced by migration to and within the United States 
C)  Debates about the extension of public control over natural resources 
D)  The opening of new markets through technological innovations 
A)  A sense of unique national mission and a superior cultural identity 
B)  The challenges faced by migration to and within the United States 
C)  Debates about the extension of public control over natural resources 
D)  The opening of new markets through technological innovations

Question 10

Answer the following  questions :
-task system

Accepted Answer

A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont. 
A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont.

Question 11

Answer the following  questions :
-Manifest Destiny

Accepted Answer

A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont. 
A) The Old South gentry that built impressive mansions,adopted the manners and values of the English landed gentry,and feared federal government interference with their slave property. 
B) A society in which the institution of slavery affects all aspects of life. 
C) A term coined by Major Stephen H.Long in 1820 to describe the grasslands of the southern plains from the 100th meridian west to the Rocky Mountains,which he believed was "almost wholly unfit for cultivation." 
D) The 1836 defeat by the Mexican army of the Texan garrison defending the this fort in San Antonio.Newspapers urged Americans to remember this fort in a famous slogan,and American adventurers,lured by offers of land grants,flocked to Texas to join the rebel forces. 
E) Form of voting that allows the voter to enter a choice in privacy without having to submit a recognizable ballot or to voice the choice out loud to others.
F)A form of Protestantism that was devised by Christian slaves in the Chesapeake and spread to the Cotton South as a result of the domestic slave trade.It emphasized the evangelical message of emotional conversion,ritual baptism,communal spirituality,and the idea that blacks were "children of God" and should be treated accordingly.
G)A creole language that combined words from English and a variety of African languages in an African grammatical structure.Though it remained widespread in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry throughout the nineteenth century and is still spoken in a modified form today,Gullah did not take root in the Cotton South,where lowcountry slaves were greatly outnumbered.
H)A system of labor common in the rice-growing regions of South Carolina in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion.
I)A term coined by John L.O'Sullivan in 1845 to express the idea that Euro-Americans were fated by God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
J)An emigrant route that originally led from Independence,Missouri,to the Willamette Valley in Oregon,a distance of some 2,000 miles.Alternate routes included the California Trail,the Mormon Trail,and the Bozeman Trail.Together they conveyed several hundred thousand migrants to the Far West in the 1840s,1850s,and 1860s.
K)The elite Mexican ranchers in the province of California.
L)Democratic candidate Governor James K.Polk's slogan in the election of 1844 calling for American sovereignty over the entire Oregon Country,stretching from California to Russian-occupied Alaska and shared with Great Britain.
M)A short-lived republic created in California by American emigrants to sponsor a rebellion against Mexican authority in 1846.The army of this Republic was quickly absorbed into the California Battalion of the U.S.Army under the command of John C.Frémont.

Question 12

Both elected officials and private individuals shaped America's western policy.Which group was more important? Why?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Private

Question 13

Why did the United States decline to annex Texas in 1837?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Van Buren feared that annexation would spark an American civil war over the issue of slavery. 
B)  Texans refused to legalize slavery,which was the only condition on which southern politicians would accept Texan statehood. 
C)  President Van Buren could not convince the Whig-dominated Senate to accept the treaty. 
D)  The U.S.Congress refused annexation because it did not want to assume Texas's large Mexican population. 
A)  President Van Buren feared that annexation would spark an American civil war over the issue of slavery. 
B)  Texans refused to legalize slavery,which was the only condition on which southern politicians would accept Texan statehood. 
C)  President Van Buren could not convince the Whig-dominated Senate to accept the treaty. 
D)  The U.S.Congress refused annexation because it did not want to assume Texas's large Mexican population.

Question 14

Which of the following statements describes the relationship between the economies of the North and the South in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both the South and the North had equally strong economies in 1860. 
B)  The wealth of the industrializing Northeast was increasing more quickly than that of the South. 
C)  Southerners' wealth in slaves made the South's economy ten times stronger than the North's. 
D)  The economy of the North was stronger and more prosperous than that of the South. 
A)  Both the South and the North had equally strong economies in 1860. 
B)  The wealth of the industrializing Northeast was increasing more quickly than that of the South. 
C)  Southerners' wealth in slaves made the South's economy ten times stronger than the North's. 
D)  The economy of the North was stronger and more prosperous than that of the South.

Question 15

Which of the following was the critical issue facing political parties in the late 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Expansion of slavery 
B)  Fate of Native Americans in the West 
C)  Acquisition of Oregon 
D)  Annexation of Texas 
A)  Expansion of slavery 
B)  Fate of Native Americans in the West 
C)  Acquisition of Oregon 
D)  Annexation of Texas

Question 16

What feature of the Lakota Sioux society protected it from the epidemics that decimated other Native American groups in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  A knowledge of herbal medicines 
B)  A protein-rich diet of buffalo meat 
C)  Its small groups and nomadic lifestyle 
D)  Ritual bathing practices 
A)  A knowledge of herbal medicines 
B)  A protein-rich diet of buffalo meat 
C)  Its small groups and nomadic lifestyle 
D)  Ritual bathing practices

Question 17

Which of these factors made enslaved African Americans reluctant to attempt to escape to the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves internalized their inferiority and felt incapable of successful flight. 
B)  They hesitated to leave their families and communities behind. 
C)  Slaves' embrace of the Golden Rule led them to treat their masters well. 
D)  They knew that the civil war and abolitionism would come sooner rather than later. 
A)  Slaves internalized their inferiority and felt incapable of successful flight. 
B)  They hesitated to leave their families and communities behind. 
C)  Slaves' embrace of the Golden Rule led them to treat their masters well. 
D)  They knew that the civil war and abolitionism would come sooner rather than later.

Question 18

Which of the following statements describes the American invasion of Mexico in 1846?

Accepted Answer

A)  American forces quickly conquered most of central and northern Mexico. 
B)  The Americans captured Matamoros,Monterrey,Tampico,and most of northeastern Mexico. 
C)  Mexican troops routed the Americans at the Battle of Monterrey and forced their retreat. 
D)  Mexico held the line against American land forces,but U.S.naval forces had quick success. 
A)  American forces quickly conquered most of central and northern Mexico. 
B)  The Americans captured Matamoros,Monterrey,Tampico,and most of northeastern Mexico. 
C)  Mexican troops routed the Americans at the Battle of Monterrey and forced their retreat. 
D)  Mexico held the line against American land forces,but U.S.naval forces had quick success.

Question 19

Which action did President Polk take in 1845 as part of his California strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  He arranged a secret treaty with Britain to divide California in return for British naval support against Mexico. 
B)  Polk sent orders to the U.S.Navy in the Pacific to seize San Francisco Bay and other California ports in the event of war with Mexico. 
C)  President Polk sent troops under Zachary Taylor into northern California as armed "explorers." 
D)  He informed the U.S.consul in Monterey that the United States would not welcome California's declaration of independence. 
A)  He arranged a secret treaty with Britain to divide California in return for British naval support against Mexico. 
B)  Polk sent orders to the U.S.Navy in the Pacific to seize San Francisco Bay and other California ports in the event of war with Mexico. 
C)  President Polk sent troops under Zachary Taylor into northern California as armed "explorers." 
D)  He informed the U.S.consul in Monterey that the United States would not welcome California's declaration of independence.

Question 20

Which of these concepts became a central tenet of slave Christianity in the South in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Predestination 
B)  Original sin 
C)  Obedience to authority 
D)  All people as children of God 
A)  Predestination 
B)  Original sin 
C)  Obedience to authority 
D)  All people as children of God

Exam 11: Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Answer the following questions : -Great American Desert

What happened at the Alamo in Texas in 1836?

In 1845,Texans claimed that their boundary extended

Explain the paradox of southern prosperity,which emerged as a significant phenomenon between 1820 and 1860.

Despite stiff Mexican resistance,American forces also secured control of which future state in 1847?

Which groups made up the South's increasingly complex white society in the early to mid-nineteenth century? How did these groups interact in the political arena?

Which of the following statements characterizes American settlement in California before the mid-1840s?

Answer the following questions : -Alamo

For this question,refer to John Gast's 1872 painting,American Progress. The ideas expressed in the painting above most directly reflect which of the following continuities in U.S.history?

Answer the following questions : -task system

Answer the following questions : -Manifest Destiny

Both elected officials and private individuals shaped America's western policy.Which group was more important? Why?

Why did the United States decline to annex Texas in 1837?

Which of the following statements describes the relationship between the economies of the North and the South in the mid-nineteenth century?

Which of the following was the critical issue facing political parties in the late 1840s?

What feature of the Lakota Sioux society protected it from the epidemics that decimated other Native American groups in the nineteenth century?

Which of these factors made enslaved African Americans reluctant to attempt to escape to the North?

Which of the following statements describes the American invasion of Mexico in 1846?

Which action did President Polk take in 1845 as part of his California strategy?

Which of these concepts became a central tenet of slave Christianity in the South in the nineteenth century?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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