Chapter 16 Khan

The ideas in the excerpt about Manifest Destiny have the most in common with ideas associated with which of the following?

Puritan beliefs that New England would be a "city on a hill" for the world

According to the passage, which of the following best explains the most important effect that the Mexican-American War had on the United States?

It increased sectionalism over the issue of slavery.

According to the passage, which of the following best explains the most important political effect of the annexation of Texas?

It led to debates about the extension of slavery to the newly acquired territory.

According to the excerpt, which of the following best explains the most important effect that the "system of measures" had on the United States?

It preserved the Union and prevented secession by southern states.

The ideas in the excerpt were most directly motivated by the:

concerns about the legal status of non-white people in acquired territory

A historian would most likely use this passage to illustrate which of the following?

how national leaders attempted to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories

Which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose the policy suggested in the excerpt?

southern Democrats

Which of the following most directly led to the circumstances illustrated by the image?

legislation promoting western transportation and economic development

The developments described in the excerpt most directly reflect which of the following changes in the mid-nineteenth century?

the American commitment to expand trade beyond Europe and South America

The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical events?

the acquisition of new territories in the West

The author's account in the excerpt above most directly encouraged which of the following changes in subsequent years?

the adoption of some American cultural traits to avoid discrimination

The change depicted on the maps most directly contributed to which of the following?

the balance of free and slave states in the United States

Which of the following most directly led to the circumstances illustrated by the image?

the completion of the transcontinental railroad

Which of the following most likely motivated Congress to pass the law in the excerpt?

the desire to ensure that western lands would be settled by small farmers

The patterns described in the excerpt most directly foreshadowed which of the following developments?

the growing support for American imperialism in the 1890s

The author's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments during the mid-nineteenth century?

the increase in sectional conflict

The author's ideas in the excerpt emerged most directly in response to which of the following developments in the United States?

the increased efforts to expand westward and acquire new land

The developments described in the excerpt best illustrate which of the following?

the influence of regional identity in politics

The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments?

the passage of the Compromise of 1850

Which of the following most directly contributed to the change over time depicted on the two maps?

the passage of the Compromise of 1850

The ideas about slavery in the territories expressed in the excerpt are most consistent with which of the following?

the principle of popular sovereignty

The excerpt was written in response to:

the proposal of legislation by northern states to ban slavery in all new territory

Which of the following political shifts resulted most directly from the trends described in the excerpt?

the realignment of political parties based on regional lines

The pattern described in the excerpt most directly contributed to which of the following long-term developments?

the regional divisiveness within political parties

The excerpt would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?

the relationship between white Americans and the Mexican and indigenous population in the newly annexed territories

The situation depicted in the image best serves as evidence of which of the following?

the rise in conflict between white Americans and the residents of the Mexican Cession territory

The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments?

the rise of debates in the federal government over the extension of slavery

The excerpt best reflects which of the following?

the widespread belief that the United States was superior to other nations and bound to expand

Posters like these contributed most directly to which of the following?

farmers moving out west

The reference to "sectional prejudices" in the excerpt most directly refers to which of the following developments in politics during the mid-nineteenth century?

the regional differences on the issue of slavery

The image was created most directly in response to which of the following?

the rising tension between racial groups following mass American migration to the West

The ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger intellectual debate over the:

extension of slavery into newly acquired territory.