Early American History Final Part 1

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Mexico officially became independent from Spain but gave up all land rights in southern Florida and the Caribbean.
• Mexico agreed to accept the Rio Grande River as the southern border of Texas.
• Mexico recognized that Texas was part of the United States.
• Mexico gave up an area of land stretching from Texas to the Pacific Ocean.

Who were the "Forty-Niners?"

• Southern veterans of the Mexican-American War of 1849.
• Texas veterans of the Battle of the Alamo.
• Gold prospectors in California.
• U.S. senators who voted to legalize slavery in all territories west of the Mississippi.

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as:

• confederacy.
• compromise.
• secession.
• popular sovereignty.

In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?

• food production
• civilian leadership
• industrial capacity
• military leadership

Below is a famous painting depicting the concept of Manifest Destiny in the United States in the 19th century. All of the figures are moving to the LEFT in the painting because -

• There is no meaning; it's just how the artist painted the picture.
• "Manifest Destiny" referred to free Black individuals moving from the South to the North, and north is usually on the left side of a map.
• "Manifest Destiny" was the philosophy behind Westward Expansion, and west is usually on the left side of a map.
• American politics were moving to the left at this time.

California became a state in 1850. What problem did this cause?

• It entered the Union as a free state, upsetting the slave state/free state balance in Congress.
• All gold found in Gold Rush areas was now considered taxable by the U.S. government.
• Indigenous people in California revolted because they did not want to suffer persecution.
• Mexico still claimed California as their own territory, which led to the Mexican-American War.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Niña, Pinta, and the

• Cortés.
• Isabella.
• Santa Maria.
• Tordesillas.

The French and Indian War was fought between the British and France. The war started as a dispute over -

• Land
• Money
• Religion
• Slavery

What was the effect of the French and Indian War being very costly?

• The British turned to slavery to make money
• The British passed new taxes on the colonists
• The British began to sell part of its American lands to other countries
• The French passed new taxes on the colonists

What was the MAIN reason the colonists were angry about these new taxes?

• Colonists hated paying taxes
• Colonists had no representation in the British government
• Colonists did not have the money to pay the new taxes
• Colonists hated Britain