Chapter 13 SBMCQs
This passage describes the development of which of the following? (Allan Nevins, historian, Ordeal of the Union, 1947)
sectionalism
All of the following were factors that led to the trend depicted in the map EXCEPT
social equality
Which of the following served as a major cause of the war with Mexico?
the annexation of texas
Based on the information in the map, which of the following decades best represents the era of "Manifest Destiny"?
1840s
Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North?
Admitting California as free state
The trend shown in the map led most directly to which of the following?
Conflict with Spain regarding Texas annexation
Which Supreme Court decision later supported the issue shown in the image? (forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Which of the following issues was a cause for Manifest Destiny?
Federalist Party expansionist policies during the War of 1812
Which of the following political groups had its efforts to find a compromise over slavery effectively ended by Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case?
Free-Soil Party
Which of the following pieces of historical evidence could best be used to support Ruiz's argument in the excerpt? (Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, historian, Main Problems in American History, Vol 1, 1988)
James K. Polk's justification for the Mexican War
President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following?
Many Southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory
Which of the following regions was the focus of the issue illustrated in the image? (forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler)
Mexican Cession
Which of the following acts of Congress was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South?
Passing a new Fugitive Slave Law
Winthrop suggests that Pok's slogan of "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" was based mainly on which of the following attitudes?
Polk hoped to get political benefit
An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?
Popular sovereignty
Which of the following ideas is Douglas appealing to when he says, "whether the people of the territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery"?
Popular sovereignty
Which of the following resulted from the controversies regarding slavery in the years following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico?
Solid northern support for the Democratic party in the presidential elections of 1856 and 1860
To which politicians is Clay directing the last line of the excerpt? (Henry Clay, Resolution on the Compromise of 1850, 1850)
Southerners who were threatening to secede
The song excerpt above is most directly related to which of the following strategies of the abolitionist movement? ("Wading in the Water," folksong)
Support for slaves attempting escape
The idea that "Congress has no right to overturn slavery anywhere" was eventually overturned with passage of which of the following? (Frederick Douglass, Speech, 1857)
The 13th Amendment
Which of the following was an attempt to address the issue of slavery in the newly acquired territories from Mexico?
The Compromise of 1850
The issues referenced in the song excerpt above led most directly to which of the following? ("Wading in the Water," folksong)
The Dred Scott Decision
Which of the following contributed most directly to the concerns expressed by Douglass?
The Dred Scott Decision
Which of the following parties was created in response to the issue illustrated in the image? (forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler)
The Free Soil party
To which of the following events is the image most likely referring? (forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler)
The Kansas Nebraska Act
Which of the following most directly supports Rhodes' argument in the excerpt? (James Ford Rhodes, historian, "History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850," published in 1892.)
The Mexican Cession led to fervent debates over whether to allow slavery in the new territories.
The social and economic reaction to the features depicted in the map resulted in which of the following events prior to the Civil War? (northern California in 1840s-50s)
The Mexican-American War
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the image? (forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler)
The Republican Party seeks to abolish slavery.
President Polk accept a compromise with Britain on the Oregon dispute because
The United States was facing problems with Mexico
Which of the following was most directly a long term impact of the Manifest Destiny?
The altering of Native Americans self-sufficiency and culture
Which of the following was a cause of the conflict described by Nevins?
The annexing of western lands in support of the Manifest Destiny
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision because
The decision allowed slavery in the territories
Using the map as a starting point, which of the following conclusions is historically correct? (northern California in 1840s-50s)
The desire for access to mineral resources led to an increased migration to and settlement in the West.
The patterns described in the excerpt most directly foreshadowed which of the following developments? (Allan Nevins, historian, Ordeal of the Union, 1947)
The development of the free soil movement
Elliot's statement suggests that he strongly agreed with (E.N. Elliot "Cotton is King," 1860)
The idea of slavery as a positive good
To which of the following situations is Rhodes' referring in the first paragraph? (James Ford Rhodes, historian, "History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850," published in 1892.)
The only reason that Southerners wanted to gain territory from Mexico was to increase the number of slave states.
This historical ideology described in this excerpt is most similar to which of the following ideologies in another historical period? (E.N. Elliot "Cotton is King," 1860)
The rhetoric used to justify the United States intervention in Cuba and the Philippines
The ideology described by Ruiz in the excerpt is most similar to which of the following in another historical period? (Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, historian, Main Problems in American History, Vol 1, 1988)
The taking of western Native Americans lands in the late 1800s
This type of rhetoric most likely grew out of which of the following? (E.N. Elliot "Cotton is King," 1860)
The utilization of Christian ideals to justify master and slave relationships
The trend depicted in the map reflects which of the following continuities in American history?
Westward expansion since the founding of Jamestown in 1607
This excerpt would have been most likely to have found support among which of the following groups? (Frederick Douglass, Speech, 1857)
Women's rights advocates
One of the long-term results of the features depicted in the map was (northern California in 1840s-50s)
conflict over the issue of popular sovereignty in California
The major opposition to the Mexican War was based on the belief that
it would expand slavery
Those who argued in favor of Manifest Destiny believed
land should be acquired only through Christian principles
The territorial changes discussed by Nevins in the excerpt most directly resulted from?
the mexican american war
