APUSH Unit 5

Escape was one of the most difficult forms of slave resistance because

• slave owners employed slave catchers to find and return runaway slaves

• runaway slaves had no maps to guide their escape

• northerners supported the Fugitive Slave Act

• plantation perimeters were secured to prevent runaways

The United States became interested in California because

• the government believed the people could be easily enslaved

• the land was perfect for growing cotton

• California's harbors offered opportunities for trade

• it provided religious diversity that many Americans sought

Whigs opposed the concept of Manifest Destiny because

• they did not want to conquer Native American land

• they focused more on industry than agriculture

• they feared Mexico's strength

• they preferred to develop existing US land over acquiring new territory

Polk's goals for the Southwest ultimately superseded his goals for the Northwest because

• the resources needed to maintain all of the territory was more than he would spend

• he genuinely feared the power of the British military

• the US did not have the funds to purchase Oregon from England

• he prioritized preparing the military for possible war with Mexico

Polk provoked the war with Mexico by

• giving impassioned speeches that glorified Manifest Destiny

• convincing Americans that the gold in California was worth going to war

• sending General Zachary Taylor to the northern edge of the Rio Grande

• sending Winfield Scott to Veracruz

The US acquired the land needed to construct the Transcontinental Railroad through

• the Mexican Cession

• the acquisition of Oregon

• the annexation of Texas

• the Gadsden Purchase

The influx of immigrants to California during the Gold Rush

• made the territory a diverse, accepting place

• opened the territory to slavery

• led to vast wealth discovered throughout the state

• contributed to the rapid decline of the Native American population

As a result of the Seneca Falls Convention women across the country

• worked to abolish slavery

• united in all of their demands for equality

• began to advocate for rights they believed important

• distanced themselves from the convention's organizers

William Loyd Garrison and other abolitionists attracted more followers after

• the Seneca Falls Convention

• the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• Frederick Douglass escaped

• southerners discovered the Underground Railroad

A significant result of the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848 was that the United States

• suffered a military defeat

• freed Texas from Mexican rule

• won control of Cuba from Spain

• experienced increasing tension over the issue of slavery

• experienced increasing tension over the acquisition of Puerto Rico