CH 13 QUIZ
The 1856 beating of Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate
was a vicious assault carried out by a member of congress
The 1854 Ostend Manifesto
was part of an attempt by the United States to acquire Cuba
The presidential election of 1844
was won by a Democrat
James Buchanan
weakly endorsed the Dred Scott decision, supported the admission of Kansas as a slave state, and pressured Congress to admit Kansas under the Lecompton constitution.
In the 1820s, most of the settlers from the United States who migrated to Texas were
white southerners and their slaves
In the 1850s, in an effort to undercut the Fugitive Slave Act, some northern states
passed laws preventing the deportation of fugitive slaves
The Wilmot Proviso
prohibited slavery in any land conquered by Mexico
Before the early 1850s, Americans who traveled west on the overland trails were generally
relatively young people who traveled in family groups
By 1830, Texas
saw the United States unsuccessfully attempt to purchase it
In 1836, the Battle of the Alamo
saw the death of Davy Crockett
In the 1840s, regional critics of President James K. Polk claimed his policies favored the
south
In the 1850s, the "Young America" movement
supported the expansion of American democracy throughout the world
In the 1840s, critics of territorial expansion by the United State
warned it would it increase the controversy over slavery
When it came to the issue of the extension of slavery, President James K. Polk favored extension of
The Missouri Compromise line
In the mid-1840s, the Oregon country in the Pacific Northwest
included an Indian population that had been devastated by disease
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
intensified the debate over slavery
Which of the following statements regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Act is FALSE?
it was sponsored by Henry Clay
In 1836, the Battle of San Jacinto
led to independence for Texas
In the 1820s and 1830s, the government of Mexico
moved from favoring to opposing immigration into Texas
In the 1850s, the issue of slavery complicated the proposal to build a transcontinental railroad, as
non-slave-owning northerners and slave-owning southerners could not agree on a route.
The free-soil ideology included
opposition to the expansion of slavery
In the election of 1860,
Abraham Lincoln was elected with much less than half of the popular vote
When President Polk received the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, he
Angrily claimed that Trist had violated his instructions
The admission of California into the United States was a divisive national issue because
California's entry would upset the numerical balance of the nation's slave and free states
As president, James K. Polk
Convinced the British government to divide Oregon territory at the 49th parallel
In the 1860 elections, the political party most deeply divided over slavery was the
Democratic Party
In the 1848 elections, the new party that emerged as a political force was the
Free-Soil Party
Which of the following towns served as a major departure point for migrants traveling west on the overland trails?
Independence, Missouri
In the mid-1850s, the struggle over Kansas saw
John Brown murder several pro-slavery southerners
The first Republican candidate for president was
John C Fremont
In the 1858 Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debates,
Lincoln argued slavery was a threat to the growth of free labor.
In 1844, President James K. Polk supported the acquisition of
Oregon and Texas
In 1836, Texas did not immediately join the United States, because
President Andrew Jackson thought that action would add to sectional tension
During the Mexican War,
President James K. Polk personally plotted military strategy for the United States
During the debate on the Compromise of 1850,
President Zachary Taylor suddenly died
The political party that came into being largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was the
Republican Party
In the election of 1852,
The Free-Soil Party gained strength
Within the ideology of Manifest Destiny were all the following beliefs EXCEPT that
United States expansion was acceptable so long as it stayed out of Mexico and Canada.
The key to victory for the United States in the Mexican War was
Winfield Scott's seizure of Mexico City
In The Pro-Slavery Argument (1837), John C. Calhoun stated that slavery was
a "positive good"
In 1845, the immediate cause of war with Mexico was
a border dispute
The 1853 Gadsden Purchase
advanced the interests of southern railroads
Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States
agreed to pay millions to Mexico
In 1849, President Zachary Taylor favored admitting California
as a free state
Kansas entered the United States
as a free state at the end of Buchanan's administration.
During the 1858 Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debates, it became clear that Lincoln
believed slavery was morally wrong, but he was not an abolitionist and he did not believe racial equality was feasible at the time.
Southern defenders of slavery made all of the following arguments EXCEPT that
black codes protected slaves from abuse
The election of 1856 saw
former president Millard Fillmore in the running.
Between 1840 and 1860, most migrants traveling west on the overland trails
found the journey to be a very communal experience
The Compromise of 1850 allowed for the admission of California as a
free state, along with a strengthened fugitive slave law
As a result of his 1858 debates with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln
gained many new supporters outside of Illinois.
The Chinese who came to California during the gold rush
had similar aspirations as the American participants
As a result of the gold rush, by 1850 California
has a very diverse population
The Supreme Court held in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
Following John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, many southerners assumed
the North was dominated by people intent on destroying the South.
The Mexican War resulted from
the United States provoking Mexico to fight
The 1857 Lecompton (Kansas) constitution was
twice rejected by a majority of Kansas voters.
In the California gold rush,
upwards of 95 percent of the participants were white men