APUSH Period 5 Review I

Which of the following is not true about the Election of 1844?

• It was solely a reflection of the Second Great Awakening, with Bible scriptures being the campaign slogans.

• James K. Polk (Democrat) was committed to expansion and manifest destiny, which appealed to Westerners and Southerners.

• Henry Clay (Whig) said that he was for the annexation of Texas, but then said he wasn’t, which lost him votes.

• The Democrats interpreted the election as a mandate to add Texas to the Union.

Which of the following is not true about the Mexican-American War?

• At the end of the war, the boundaries between Mexico and the United States stayed the same.

• The US annexation of Texas quickly led to diplomatic trouble with Mexico.

• For Mexico, the war was a military disaster from the start, but their government was unwilling to sue for peace and concede the loss of its northern lands.

• It ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848).

Which of the following is not true about the Wilmot Proviso?

• Representatives from the North and from the South agreed that it should be included.

• It was a proposed amendment to forbid slavery in any of the new territories acquired from Mexico.

• It reflects that the acquisition of western lands renewed the sectional debate over the extension of slavery.

• It is seen as the first round in an escalating political conflict that ultimately led to the civil war.

Which of the following is not true about the Settlement of the Western Territories?

• Many people moved westward because life would be easy once they arrived at their destination, even though the journey was difficult.

• California and Oregon were settled several decades before people attempted to farm the Great Plains.

• By 1860 hundreds of thousands had reached their westward goal by following the Oregon, California, Santa Fe, and Mormon trails.

• Wagon trains could only go 15 miles a day, and then the final life-or-death challenge was to get through the mountain passes of the Sierras and Cascades before the first heavy snow.

Which area on the map was annexed by the United States?

• 5
• 1
• 6
• 4

President most associated with Manifest Destiny

• Henry Clay

• Zachary Taylor

• James K Polk

• Andrew Jackson

This party was against the spread of slavery, against annexation, and not strong in Texas.

• Democrat
• Whig
• Know-Nothing
• Republican

This party favored annexation and slavery.  It was a strong party in Texas.

• Democratic
• Whig
• Know-Nothing
• Republican

He invented the Cotton Gin.

• Eli Whitney

• Richard Arkwright

• Samuel Slater

• John Deere

Hand cranked device with wire teeth to pull cotton fiber away from the seeds.This invention revolutionizes the cotton industry!

• water frame

• steam powered factories

• textiles

• cotton gin