1844-1877 Final Exam Review

One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation

• was not supported by the people of Texas.

• might give more power to the supporters of slavery.

• would lead to tensions and possible war with the British

• offered little political or economic value to America

Which of the following was NOT a common view about expansionism in the 1840s?

• God supported the westward expansion of the U.S.

• respect for the land claims of Indians should be a guiding principle of western settlers

• the entire North American continent should be controlled by the U.S.

• the growth in the population of the U.S. required new territories

In 1846, the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• the ideology of Manifest Destiny.

• Polk's desire to acquire California.

• disputes over the annexation and boundaries of Texas.

• the violations of Enlightenment ideals by Mexico

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, included

• United States annexation of all the territory south of the Rio Grande.

• the U.S. acquisition of the present day states of California, Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico

• the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States.

• American farmers' access to the Mississippi River and port of New Orleans

The acquisition of the Mexican Cession most directly fostered sectional division through the

• renewed debate over the expansion of slavery

• rise of anti-immigrant sentiment

• extension of trade westward toward Asia

• decline of the Democratic Party

Which of these was NOT offered as a defense of slavery?

• that slavery provided blacks with an education in reading and writing.

• that slaves were treated more humanely than northern factory workers

• the U.S. Constitution protected the states' rights to allow slavery

• slavery civilized and segregate Africans, who were inferior people

The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise by-

• allowing the people Utah and New Mexico to vote on whether or not to allow slavery

• allowing slavery to spread to the territories north of the 36 30 line through popular sovereignty

• forcing northerners to help capture and return runaway slaves

• declaring that African-Americans were not citizens

Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision?

• Congress could abolish slavery at will

• National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories

• The rights of all people are protected by the Constitution

• Slaves residing in a free state automatically became free

Which two issues most directly led to the collapse of the Whig Party in the 1850s?

• expansion of slavery and immigration policy

• expansion of slavery and temperance reform

• expansion of slavery and the Texas Annexation

• expansion of slavery and Manifest Destiny

One of the primary effects of the Fugitive Slave Law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 was

• an end to slave escapes and the “underground railroad”

• a sharp rise in northern antislavery feeling especially among former moderates

• an increase in the number and the violence of slave rebellions

• a lessening of tensions between the sections