Period 5 Quiz

The territorial changes shown in the southwestern region of the map most directly resulted from:

• the Mexican-American War

• the purchase of land from France and Spain

• the Spanish-American War

• treaties made with American Indian nations

Which of the following ideas contributed most directly to the territorial changes shown in the map?

• Abolitionism

• Containment

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular sovereignty

The acquisition of territory in the southwestern region shown in the map intensified controversies in the United States about:

• allowing slavery in the new territories

• extending citizenship to people already in the territories

• granting free land in the new territories

• rights to mineral wealth and resources in the new territories

Which of the following most directly helped maintain the “balance between the northern and southern parts of the United States” before the Mexican-American War referenced in the excerpt?

• The emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening

• The federal government’s policies on a national bank and tariffs

• The outlawing of the international slave trade

• The passage of the Missouri Compromise

Which of the following historical developments during the nineteenth century best supports Potter’s argument about the underlying cause of sectional conflict?

• The expansion of voting rights for White males

• The increase in economic opportunities in the West

• The increasing prominence of the Whig Party in national politics

• The influx of Irish and German immigrants to Northern cities

The “acquisition of a new empire” referenced in the excerpt most directly fostered sectional division through the:

• decline of the Democratic Party

• extension of trade westward toward Asia

• renewed debate over the expansion of slavery

• rise of anti-immigrant sentiment

Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision by the United States to fight the Mexican-American War?

• The economic competition that emerged during the market revolution

• The efforts of the federal government to assert authority over American Indians

• The idea of Manifest Destiny

• The over-cultivation of land in the Southeast

Which of the following provides the best evidence in support of the argument in the excerpt?

• Changes in voting patterns and office holding that occurred during Reconstruction

• Divisions within the women’s movement over the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments

• Political corruption in Southern state governments

• The emergence of the sharecropping system during Reconstruction

Which of the following contributed most directly to the end of Reconstruction?

• The distribution of patronage jobs by Republican politicians

• The growing influence of the federal government over the states

• The political struggles to pass the Thirteenth Amendment

• The waning commitment to reform in the North

The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following?

• The abolitionist roots of the Republican Party

• The absence of racism in antebellum New England

• The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensions

• The spreading of violence associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act