History 1013 final ch 9-11
What led many of Georgia's white residents to resent the Cherokee people in the early 1800s?
The Cherokee refused to sell their land to white residents for cotton farming.
Which statement best describes cause of the economic transformation the United States experienced in the early nineteenth century?
The invention of new methods of transportation made it cheaper to ship freight.
What differentiated the economy in the southern United States from the economy in the northern United States in the nineteenth century?
The southern states' economies relied upon agriculture and not manufacturing.
Which best describes how Mexican leaders reacted when large numbers of Americans settled in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s?
They expected American settlers to become loyal Mexican subjects and productive citizens.
Why did the people of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas declare independence from Mexico?
Fear that the Mexican central government under Santa Anna intended to enforce Mexican laws including the law against owning slaves in Mexico.
What occurred as a direct result of canal construction in the eastern United States in the mid-1800s?
Shipping costs between major cities dropped sharply.
What did Congress agree to do in the Missouri Compromise to stop any further national arguments over slavery in the west?
They extended the southern border of Missouri in a line out to the western edge of the Louisiana Territory and agreed that this line would be a boundary between free territories in the north and possible slave territories to the south.
In what way were the majority of the settlers known as "49ers" different from other settlers in the western territories?
They were mostly unmarried males.
What was the main purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
To discover a Northwest Passage, by water, to reach the Pacific Ocean
Which Congressman most vocally opposed the free soil position in the 1840s?
John C. Calhoun
Manufacturing and canal construction in the nineteenth century led to the development of which American city?
Cincinnati
Which American city developed as a result of industrialization in the nineteenth century?
Cincinnati
What was the main factor that led to racial derision between the white settlers in California Territory and the Hispanic-Americans who already lived there?
Hispanic-Americans did not like having to pay the new taxes levied on them.
A food shortage in which country led to its immigrants becoming the largest foreign group in the northeast United States in the mid-1800s?
Ireland
Which country's emigrants made up the largest foreign group in the United States' urban population in the mid-1800s?
Ireland
How did westward expansion affect the slave trade in the United States?
It created a greater demand for slaves by expanding the plantation system.
The Land Act of 1820 did which of the following to encourage settlers to move west?
It gave settlers the chance to buy land very cheaply.
The Missouri Compromise led to the formation of Missouri as a slave state as well as the formation of which new U.S. state as a free state?
Maine
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced most members of the Cherokee nation to relocate to which current U.S. state?
Oklahoma
What main advantage did railroads have over canals for transporting freight in the 1830s?
Railroads could be used efficiently in any weather.
Which crop produced the greatest profits for American farmers in the nineteenth century?
cotton
Which of the following reforms did Horace Mann advocate?
free public education for all children
The Wilmot Proviso concerned the legality of slavery in which of the following?
in territories acquired from Mexico
The U.S. Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia established which of the following rulings?
only the federal government could negotiate with Native American nations
After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States' largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following?
the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty
Slavery and its legitimacy first became a major issue in the United States following which event?
the Louisiana Purchase
Which Native American tribe most resisted forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act?
the Seminole tribe
In which U.S. territory were the people given the option to choose whether or not they would allow slavery?
the Utah Territory
What was the primary motivation for most settlers in the western territories in the 1800s?
the promise of free land
The Santa Fe Trail was established between Missouri and New Mexico for which primary purpose?
to serve as a route for trade with Mexicans and Native Americans