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WorksheetsUnit 6 Test Review "Early Statehood"
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these were causes of the U.S.-Mexican War?
a)
Boundary disputes over TX/Mexico border
b)
TX annexation
c)
Mexico refusal to negotiate with the U.S.
d)
All of the above
2.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
Worked to end slavery
b)
Worked to limit slavery
c)
Opposed U.S. annexation to Texas
d)
Opposed trade between Mexico and U.S.
3.
What was the result of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California was admitted as a free state and the rest of the territory voted on slavery.
b)
Mexico doubles its size.
c)
Texas was annexed to the U.S.
d)
U.S. completed Manifest Destiny.
4.
What did the Pearce Plan state?
a)
Santa Fe is the new capital of TX.
b)
New Mexico completed Manifest Destiny.
c)
Santa Fe would pay the U.S. $15 million in exchange for their land.
d)
TX would give up claims to New Mexico in exchange for $10 million
5.
Why did President Pierce make the Gadsden Purchase?
a)
The U.S. needed more land to complete the transcontinental railroad.
b)
The U.S. desperately needed money.
c)
It was a large amount of land that would give the U.S. resources.
d)
He was under pressure to complete Manifest Destiny quickly.
6.
What party represented farmers and workers?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
7.
What party opposed immigration from other countries?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
8.
What party was the strong party in Texas?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
9.
What party opposed expanding slavery?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
10.
What party believed in nativism?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
11.
What party represented business interests?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
12.
Who was sent to Mexico to negotiate the boundary dispute and offer to buy California?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
13.
Who was the President that accomplished Manifest Destiny by acquiring land from the Mexican Cession; Declared American blood had been shed on American soil?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
14.
What general landed at Vera Cruz and captured Mexico City?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
15.
What general moved his troops across the Nueces River; captured Monterrey and later defeated Santa Anna at Buena Vista?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
16.
What is the current era we are studying?
a)
Civil War & Reconstruction
b)
Revolution & Republic
c)
Early Statehoood
d)
Age of Oil
17.
What party opposed annexation?
a)
Democrat
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
18.
Who was the former U.S. presidential candidate that helped write the Pierce Plan?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Winfield Scott
19.
President Polk sending U.S. troops across the Nueces River started ________________.
a)
the fighting between the U.S. & Mexico
b)
the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
the negotiations between John Slidell and the Mexican government
d)
the Pearce Plan.
20.
What document ended the U.S.-Mexican War?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Treaties of Velasco
c)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d)
Pearce Plan
21.
How much money did the U.S. pay Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
$5 Million
b)
$10 Million
c)
$15 Million
d)
$30 Million
22.
What was the Mexican Cession?
a)
Territory the U.S. gave to Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
Ended the boundary dispute over the neutral ground between TX and the U.S.
c)
Territory Mexico surrendered to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d)
None of the above
23.
According to the terms in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo...
a)
The U.S. got all territory from New Mexico to the Pacific Ocean
b)
The U.S. paid $15 million to Mexico for the Mexican Cession
c)
Mexicans living in the lands in the Mexican Cession were able to become U.S. citizens
d)
All of the above
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