Mod 5 history exam questions(no answers guaranteed)

Question 5 Which of the following best summarizes why the Missouri Compromise needed to be replaced by the Compromise of 1850?

- The U.S. wanted to sell the territory gained after the Mexican-American War to build railroads, and the Missouri Compromise prevented it. -Members of Congress wanted to end the question of slavery in the U.S. - Congress decided that the people should be able to decide whether the territory gained in the -Mexican-American War should be allowed to have slavery. -The territory gained after the Mexican-American War was mainly below the Missouri border, and U.S. leaders believed slavery would be necessary to ensure settlement.

Question 7 Congress wanted to "keep the Union together despite slavery." What can you infer about this statement? (5 points)

-----_/ Congress wanted everyone to ban together against the Native American tribes.

Question 11 Review the map above. Which answer best explains why the Oregon Territory was important to the United States? (5 points)

-----_/ It allowed for increased trade opportunities with Canada, Mexico, and Asia.

Question 8 Which answer best describes the main benefit of the steam engine? (5 points)

-----_/ It was used to power trains and steamboats.

Question 16 What was an effect of the California Gold Rush in 1849? (5 points)

-----_/An influx of settlers from the U.S. and the world led to the growth of numerous cities in the West.

Question 19 Which answer best details the benefits of the Erie Canal? (5 points)

-----_/Boats could move more quickly from New York City to Washington.

Question 14 Which of the following best describes the Homestead Act of 1862? (5 points)

-----_/If settlers lived and farmed the land, they earned ownership without payment.

Question 2 Public Domain How did the events, shown in the map, affect the Mexico/U.S. border region? (5 points)

-----_/Increased tensions in the Texas/Mexico border dispute

Question 13 Why was the Fugitive Slave Act so controversial? (5 points)

-----_/It required all Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners, and free states opposed this law.

Question 3 The Gadsden Purchase enabled the United States to do which of the following?

-----_/Link to the Southwest by railway system

Question 12 Which answer best describes John McAdam's role in the history of transportation in America? (5 points)

-----_/McAdam invented a method to build stone roads.

Question 18 How did westward expansion affect Native American tribes? (5 points)

-----_/Railroad expansion brought U.S. settlers in contact with bison, drastically reducing the population of this food source.

Question 10 A treaty was signed in 1842 to end the border dispute between the U.S. and Britain in Maine. W

-----_/The British lost all the territory in Maine

Question 20 Which answer best explains the Cherokee's main argument against Georgia in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia? (5 points)

-----_/The Cherokee argued they were a separate nation and not bound by state laws.

Question 9 What key issues were at the heart of the arguments over Indian removal? (5 points)

-----_/The white settlers desire for more land and the Native Americans' independence

Question 17 Which answer best explains why Americans felt they should move westward? (5 points)

-----_/They believed that they had a God-given right.

Question 6 What was the goal of Manifest Destiny

-----_/To expand America's borders

Question 1 Read the information below: In 1840, the population of Chicago was only 4,470. By 1900, the city's population was 1,698,575. Which factor contributed most to the population change?

----_/Chicago's location as a railroad hub between the East and the West

Question 15 Which of the following settled debts that were not resolved by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo? (5 points)

-The Gadsden Purchase - The annexation of Texas -----_/ The Monroe Doctrine - The Mexican Cession

Question 4 Read the information below: During the 1820s and 1830s, many people settled in Texas and California. The territories were part of Mexico. Some thought that the United States should annex those territories. The territories were soon independent of Mexico. They became part of the United States. Which of following supports this passage?

. -----_/ Mexico did not have very tight control over its northern territories.

_____/

Means that answer is correct.

multiple answers means,

that i think that is correct but don't know for sure.