Period 5 Practice Questions quizziz

Which of the following statements is TRUE of the American immigration into the Mexican territory of Texas?

• The new American settlers enrolled their children in the local schools so they could learn to speak Spanish fluently.

• Many Americans in Texas became assimilated into Mexican society.

• Although Mexico had previously abolished slavery, Americans brought their slaves with them in defiance of Mexico's wishes.

• Most American settlers who moved to Texas were Catholics who were trying to escape religious persecution in the states.

The idea that the U.S. was foreordained to become an expanding nation and a transcontinental power was called

• popular sovereignty

• manifest destiny

• squatter sovereignty

• divine right theory

• continental supremacy

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 territorial claims of Indians should be a guiding principle of western settlers

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

• democracy would be extended with American expansion

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

Which of the following territories did the United States acquire first?

• Oregon

• California

• Texas

• Alaska

Each of the following occurred during the Mexican-American War EXCEPT

• the Kearny expedition secured control of Santa Fe.

• the presence of John C. Fremont's forces in California gave the U.S. an excuse to claim that area.

• Zachary Taylor's troops defeated a large Mexican army at Buena Vista.

• William B. Travis and his men were annihilated at the Alamo.

• Winfield Scott's forces captured Mexico City.

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.

• United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.

• a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States.

• a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico.

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

Which of these was NOT a consequence of continued American westward expansion?

• the Market Revolution expanded.

• Slavery became a major and contentious political issue.

• Native Americans saw their population and landholdings increase.

• Expansion offered the possibility of upward mobility via land ownership to more people.

In the first half of the nineteenth century, a major consequence of United States expansionism was

• increased sectional discord, accompanied by the growing failure of compromise

• increased popular support for the Federalist Party

• a large overseas market for goods manufactured in New England

• the need for a strong military to protect newly gained territory

• increased concentration of the slave population along the Atlantic seaboard

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 is was sanctioned and supported by the Bible

• that is was good for Africans, who were inferior people

• that slaves were treated more humanely than northern factory workers