Unit 4 Test

All of the following were goals of President Polk EXCEPT

• To make California part of the United States.

• To Establish an independent Treasury to fix the debt and credit problem.

• To lower import tariffs.

• To bring the Oregon Territory into the United States

• To acquire the Alaska territory from Russia.

Which of the following maps represents America after President Polk left office?

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What two things would become the legacy of President Polk?

• A balanced budget and the acquisition of Florida.

• The purchase of Alaska and the Oregon Territories from the British.

• The Acquisition of California and the Oregon Territories.

• Reform of the government and cutting taxes.

How did President Polk manufacture a crisis to draw Mexico into war?

• He crossed into Mexican territory and attacked a Mexican military unit.

• He publicly insulted and threatened Mexico with invasion and racial slurs.

• The began building a great wall between Mexico and the United States.

• He sent troops into disputed territory, knowing the Mexicans would attack them.

What is the ideology known as Manifest Destiny?

• The idea that God has ordained that America is to be a continental nation, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts.

• That European nations are to remain in their hemisphere while the United States remains in theirs.

• That the United States is destined to rule the world.

• That the United States is ordained by God to rule the entire Western Hemisphere.

Which trails would be used by early settlers to expand west? (There may be more than one answer)

• The Oregon Trail

• The Santa Fe Trail

• The Donner Pass

• The Bridger Trail

This religious group would eventually settle in near the Great Salt Lake in the Utah territory.

• The Mormons

• The Methodists

• The Quakers

• The Amish

This would be discovered in California in December of 1848, leading to the migration of over 300,000 people to the west coast.

• Silver

• Platinum

• Gold

• Titanium

During the fight for Texas independence, this mission would see 260 Texans hold out against Mexican forces.

• The Presidio

• The Alamo

• The Sistine Chapel

• The Mission of San Antonio de Valero

While Texas would gain its independence in 1836, in what way did Mexico continue to view Texas?

• As a future state of the United States.

• As a Mexican province in rebellion that would eventually be reconquered.

• As an independent country full of rebellious Americans.

• As an area rightfully belonging to the Apache and Comanche Indians.