5.11 Unit Assesment

why were some women opposed to the idea of women's rights?

All of the above

How did American art of the early nineteenth century reflect American values of the period?

Artists conveyed the power and beauty of the American landscape.

Which letters identify territories that were ceded to the United States as part of the settlement of the Mexican-American War?

B and C

Which letter identifies territories that was settled with the help of mountain men for trappers and missionaries?

D

what themes did James Fenimore Cooper explore in his Leatherstocking tales?

Frontier wilderness versus civilization

Read the description of a painting given here. Which of the following painters would most likely have created such a painting? this painting shows a band of great plains indians about to leave a small village for a buffalo hunt. There is much excitement in the village. Children gather to watch the men depart on their horses. Women are seen in the background preparing food.

George Catlin

what role did Stephen Austin play in the settlement of Texas by American Colonists?

He received a large land grant and brought in 300 American families to settle the region

What action did President Polk take that resulted in the war between the United States and Mexico?

He sent General Zachary Taylor to claim an area of disputed land for the United States.

How does this painting, with its subject of political campaigning, by George Caleb Bingham, capture nineteenth century American values?

It illustrates the democratic spirit of a young nation

who was not a nineteenth century American poet?

Margaret Fuller

Which leader was not a part of the abolitionist movement?

Robert Owen

which trail served as a major trade route from the missouri river to the rio grande?

Sante Fe Trail

Who was most likely to say this? "It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union."

Susan B Anthony

what were the terms of the 1848 treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo that ended the mexican-american war?

The United States recieved California, New Mexico, and other land in exchange for $15 million

How did mountain men and fur traders help open up the Pacific Northwest to settlement?

They blazed trails through the Rockies and other difficult terrain.

What was the experience of the Mormons as they traveled from the Midwest, through the South pass, and into the salt lake basin?

They had a difficult journey through barren lands

What actions by the Mexican government increased tensions between it and American colonists living in Texas?

abolishing slavery in Mexico and restricting immigration from the United States

what did president james polk hope to gain as a result of provoking war with mexico?

additional territory including California and New Mexico

what was the focus of John James Audubon's work?

birds

What widespread beliefs hindered Emma Willards efforts to provide schools for girls?

education is harmful to girls and is unnecessary for them

What causes did Dorothea Dix promote in the early nineteenth century?

prison reform and care for the mentally ill

Which line identifies the Oregon Trail?

red line

What were the foundations for many of the reform movements of the early 1800s?

religon and optimism

which of Emerson's transcendental ideals did Henry David Thoreau put into practice?

self-reliance and communion with nature

President James K. Polk campaigned on a platform of westward expansion. To what extent did he live up to that promise during his presidency?

the United States grew by about a third

What brought thousands of people to california in 1848-49?

the discovery of gold

which statement best explains the concept of manifest destiny?

the idea that it was God's plan for the nation to expand across the continent

Why were most northeners opposed to the annexation of Texas?

they did not want another slaveholding state admitted to the union

What was Horace Mann's goal as a reformer in the nineteenth century?

to establish a system of public schools that he felt were necessary in a democracy

what was the goal of the temperance movement?

to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption

What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?

to state the case for women's rights

What nineteenth century philosophy stressed the importance of communion with nature?

transcendentalism

What word would Ralph Waldo Emerson use to describe a person who "believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power"?

transcendentalist

Why was a husband's character so important in determining a woman's life in the early nineteenth century?

women had very few legal rights of their own

Which group describes results of the California gold rush of 1848-49?

-Food was scarce -Disease was widespread -The population became diverse -Levis were invented