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topic 6 review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?
a)
The deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest
b)
The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest
c)
The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants
d)
The lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants
2.
How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the United States?
a)
By raising the consumer prace of agricultrual products
b)
By increasing the variety of locally grown crops
c)
By providing farmers with affordable access to distant markets
d)
By encouraging farmers to form the first agricultural cooperatives
3.

President Polk asking Congress for a declaration of war is an example of

a)

federalism

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

checks and balances

d)

limited government

4.

What is the definition of manifest destiny?

a)

The belief that the US must take over the west or risk war with native Americans.

b)

The belief that new farming methods were superior to native hunting methods

c)

The belief that it was clear that the United States would take over the west

d)

The belief that trains were superior forms of transportation to horses

5.

Gold brought many American settlers to live very near the Sioux. The gold was an example of a ____________ factor.

a)

pull

b)

push

6.
What geographical obstacles did pioneers face while moving west?
a)
Mountain ranges, rivers, and deserts  
b)
Sickness or disease 
c)
Fighting with Native Americans 
d)
Bad weather or storms
7.
Who were the Mormons?
a)
1848 when gold was found in California
b)
name given to members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
c)
Mexican General
d)
created by Congress in 1848 as an area that included present day Oregon
8.
Oregon Trail 
a)
a route used during the US migration westward
b)
a person who went to California for the gold rush
c)
a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another
d)
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
9.
Texans fought for independence against what country?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
10.
A belief in manifest destiny, the Mexican - American War and the completion of the Transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the
a)
rise of big business
b)
growth of the labor movement
c)
abolitionist movement
d)
expansion and settlement of the West
11.
What did California and Texas have in common?
a)
Both would enter the Union as slave states.
b)
Both would enter the Union as free states.
c)
Both were former Mexican territories.
d)
Both were jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain.
12.
What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
a)
They all brought about a war with Spain.
b)
They all increased the territory of the United States.
c)
They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
d)
They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico. 
13.

Who was the President and leader of the Mexican Army during the battle between Texas?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

William B. Travis

c)

James Fannin

d)

Santa Anna

14.
Which group of people were persecuted, or badly treated, by their neighbors in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, and then decided to move to Utah?
a)
Mormon pioneers
b)
Goshute Native Americans
c)
Pioneers headed to Oregon
d)
The Donner-Reed party
15.

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

a)

All of these answers are correct

b)

The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary

c)

America's continued desire to consume more land and expand

d)

The U.S. recently annexed Texas

16.

How did the outcome of the Mexican-American War, which added new lands to America, increase sectional tensions throughout the 1850s in the US?

a)

Southern farmers resented the wealth gained from California gold.

b)

Texas and California did not desire statehood, which angered New England politicians.

c)

Territorial expansion led to intense debates about the extension of slavery into the new areas.

d)

Agriculture became the dominant economic activity in the new areas, which threatened manufacturing interests.

17.
Which best explains why the U.S. did not admit Texas as a state immediately after the defeat of the Mexican army?
a)
Congress could not agree on whether Texas should be a slave state or free state.
b)
Congress could not agree on what rights Mexican residents of Texas would have.
c)
Mexico refused to relinquish its claims to Texas.
d)
Texas was determined to remain an independent republic.
18.

All of the following were ways that the Native Americans were affected by the westward expansion EXCEPT

a)

They were forced to move to reservations

b)

The buffalo population was nearly destroyed

c)

They were given job opportunities

d)

They were relocated

19.
All of the following were reasons settlers moved west EXCEPT
a)
Free or cheap land
b)
Political leadership
c)
Job opportunities
d)
Freedom from religious persecution
20.
Which word means "to move to a new place"?
a)
Migrate
b)
Annex
c)
Languish
d)
Exterminate
21.
Which territory was annexed to the United States following ten years of being "The Lonestar republic"?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
22.

In 1846, SOLDIERS broke out into a war between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

a)

a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory, Britain's meddling in US affairs

b)

issues arising over the boundaries of Texas, Polk's desire for Mexican territory

c)

the discovery of gold in California, Senate's wish to expand

d)

the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

23.
What President was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Monroe
d)
George Washington
24.
Who led the Mormons to Utah after the church's founder, Joseph Smith, was killed by an angry mob?
a)
William Penn
b)
John C. Fremont
c)
Brigham Young
d)
Stephen Kearney
25.
Why did Mexico and Spain allow Anglos to settle in New Spain/Mexico? 
a)
They were having a hard time getting people to settle there
b)
They wanted to eventually become part of the United States 
c)
They believed it would help secure the territory 
d)
None of these 
26.
Why did Stephen F. Austin and the other 300 families run into problems with the Mexicans? 
a)
They did not convert to Catholicism which, they agreed to do under their land grant contract 
b)
They did not speak Spanish when conducting business which, they agreed to do in their land grant contract 
c)
They brought slaves which, they said they would not do under their land grant contract
d)
All of these
27.
What did Sam Houston do that won the Texans the Battle of San Jacinto?
a)
He divided up his army but stayed close to supply lines 
b)
Houston brought the full force of the Texan army on Santa Anna and won a long hard fought battle 
c)
He knew that Santa Anna was not prepared and snuck up on the Mexican army. The battle only lasted about 30 min
d)
None of these 
28.
Mexico argued that the Texas border was the Nueces River, while the U.S. believed it was the ________ river
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Mississippi
c)
Colorado
29.

In 1821 the first settlers began arriving in Texas. Which country originally owned the land?

a)

The United States of America

b)

Mexico

30.

What where the Mexicans, living in Texas, who wanted to break away from Mexico called?

a)

Santa Anna's men

b)

Tejanos

c)

Settlers

31.
Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United  States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present­ day states.

Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Adams-Onis Treaty
c)
Treaty of Jefferson
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
32.

How did Oregon come under US Control?

a)

We fought a war with Canada to gain the territory

b)

We annexed the area after they declared independence

c)

We signed a Treaty with Great Britain splitting Oregon Country

d)

We purchased the territory so that we could build a cross-country railroad.

33.

Which of the following was NOT a reason settlers moved West?

a)

Gold in California

b)

Escape War in the East

c)

Land for growing cotton

d)

Opportunities in Oregon

34.
Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Gadsden Purchase 
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon Territory
35.
The Mexican war ended in what year?
a)
1848
b)
1849
c)
1851
36.

What was the outcome of the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

the Mexican army surrendered and gave Texans to US

b)

After 13 days, the Texans lost but it led to other Texans fighting harder for independence

c)

the battle ended in 1 day

d)

The Texans inside accepted General Santa Anna's surrender.

37.

Why did people want to leave the East?

a)

Too much pollution

b)

Too many people

c)

Too much slavery

d)

Angry at the government

38.

At first the Alamo was a __________.

a)

River

b)

Mission

c)

Mountain

d)

Field

39.
Which of the following territories did we gain from Spain in 1819 through the signing of a treaty?
a)
Florida
b)
Texas
c)
Louisiana
d)
Oregon
40.
Which group went west seeking furs and open western trails/routes to future pioneers?
a)
The Missionaries 
b)
The Pioneers
c)
The Mountain Men
d)
The 49'ers
41.
Why did the Mormons move to Utah?
a)
Search of Religious Freedom.
b)
They were tiered of living in the East.
c)
In search for wives?
d)
Because they saw a star in the West.
42.
Who was the founder of the Mormon church?
a)
Joseph Smith
b)
Brigham Young
c)
Zachary Taylor
d)
James Bucannan
43.

In an effort to secure more land for farming, he urged congress to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830, forcing Native Americans to leave their lands in the south in exchange for lands out west

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

44.
President Jackson refused to annex Texas at first because doing so would have
a)
upset the balance between free and slave states.
b)
admitted to the British that western expansion had ended.
c)
gone against the wishes of Congress.
45.
The Mexican American war was long and brutal for both sides.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
The land gained by the United States after the war increased the size of the nation by ___.
a)
15%
b)
25%
c)
35%
d)
45%
47.
Dispute over this new land ultimately lead to what?
a)
The Second Mexican American war
b)
The Civil War
c)
World War I
d)
The Great Depression
48.

Led to the demand for more slaves

a)

steam engine

b)

cotton gin

c)

interchangable parts

d)

canal system

49.
What is suffrage?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the act of suffering
c)
anything that is disliked or hated
50.
Which reformer worked for women's rights? 
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
51.
Who was instrumental in the reform movement of the treatment of the mentally ill? 
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
52.
Temperance was the movement to stop the use of ________ during the mid-1800s.
a)
tobacco
b)
slavery
c)
factories
d)
alcohol
53.
What religious movement led to the other reform movements?
a)
The Reformation 
b)
The Second Great Awakening
c)
The Renaissance 
d)
The First Great Awakening 
54.

What event was held to promote women’s rights in 1848?

a)

The March on Washington

b)

The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting

c)

The Rally in Hyde Park

d)

The Seneca Falls Convention

55.
Abolitionists were Americans who wanted to end
a)
slavery
b)
discrimination against women
c)
immigration
d)
imprisonment for debt
56.
The economic roles of men and women began to change in the early 1800s as a result of the 
a)
Industrial Revolution.
b)
Second Bank of the United States. 
c)
Second Great Awakening. 
d)
Trail of Tears.
57.
In the early 1800s, many reformers argued that no behavior caused more crime, disorder, and poverty than the abuse of alcohol.
a)
true
b)
false
58.
How did opponents of the abolition movement protest?
a)
throwing stones  
b)
burning down the convention building
c)
killing abolitionists 
d)
all of these answers
59.
Which abolitionist secretly learned to read and write, escaped slavery, then wrote books and published a newspaper?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Sojourner Truth
60.
Where was the first public meeting in the U.S. on the issue of women's rights?
a)
Seneca Falls Convention
b)
Niagara Falls Party
c)
Meeting of the Women's Rights Committee, Philadelphia
d)
Committee for Equal Rights, New York
61.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
a)
abolitionist who escaped slavery, then spoke on women's rights and abolition topics
b)
led a revolt of enslaved people in the south that led to more than 170 deaths
c)
abolitionist that escaped slavery, then ran a newspaper
d)
abolitionist that escaped slavery, then returned south to rescue more than 300 enslaved people
62.
Who was an education reformer? 
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
63.
Define Reform
a)
to make change to something in order to improve it 
b)
first co-ed college
c)
the time period directly after a major war
d)
the right to vote
64.
-A revival in religion in the 1800s
-known for camp meetings that led  numbers of people to convert through  preaching and audience participation
-establishment of many reform movements designed to remedy the evils of society
a)
Abolitionist Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
The Second Great Awakening
d)
Women's Suffrage
65.
What religious movement led to the other reform movements?
a)
temperance movement
b)
The Second Great Awakening
c)
Abolitionist movement
d)
Womens' Rights Movement
66.
Dorthea Dix was one of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Temperance Reform Movement
b)
Education Reform Movement
c)
Prison Reform Movement
67.

The following was used by slave owners to control slaves EXCEPT:

a)

Beating, Whipping, and Branding

b)

Keeping slaves ignorant and dependant

c)

Paying slaves for working overtime

d)

Instilling fear in slaves

68.
The North was dependent on __________ while the South was dependent on __________.
a)
Industry, Slavery
b)
Slavery, Agriculture
c)
Industry, Mills
69.
What ended the Mexican-American war?
a)
The Treaty of California
b)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
A huge battle
d)
Surrender
70.

The U.S. and Mexico went to war mainly because the U.S. was super greedy for more land and Mexico didn't want to sell at first.

a)

true

b)

false

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