History 11 - A Political and Social History of the United States I » Summer 2021 » Chapter 14 Quiz

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Question #1
The beginning of the Mexican American War
A.   was the result of Mexico invading the state of Texas
B.   was controversial because critics claim that President Polk provoked the war
C.   started when America invaded Mexico after Mexico refused its offer of $25 million dollars for the recognition of the Rio Grande River as the natural boundary between the two nations
D.   none of the above are true
Question #2
Who triumphed at the Alamo in March 1836?
A.   James Bowie
B.   Santa Anna
C.   William B. Travis
D.   Davy Crockett
Question #3
Thomas Hart Benton promoted the belief that the United States was destined to be dominate North America because
A.   the Caucasian race was the only race to abide by God's command to subdue and replenish the Earth.
B.   New states would ban slavery
C.   Slavery would continue to expand in new territories acquired by the US
D.   slavery would be abolished by the federal government
Question #4
Which of the following Mexican provinces that declared independence in the 1800's
A.   Texas, Yucatan, and Zacatecas
B.   Texas.
C.   Yucatan.
D.   Zacatecas.
Question #5
Mexican emperor Agustin I invited 300 American families to populate Texas.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
Mormon leader Joseph Smith was tried, found guilty by a jury of his peers, and executed in 1844.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
In 1830 Sam Houston led 400 American non-slaveholding families into Texas for the purpose of settlement.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
The "Hero of Tampico" was
A.   Sam Houston
B.   John Fremont
C.   Santa Anna
D.   Vicente Guerrero
Question #9
Despite the protests of his commanding general, Santa Anna ordered
A.   to execute all tejanos fleeing the Revolution.
B.   to execute all captured slaves of Texans.
C.   all survivors taken as prisoners be executed.
D.   the Mexican Army to retreat from the battle at the Alamo.
Question #10
Christians were skeptical of Mormons
A.   because they practiced animal sacrifice.
B.   because they endorsed slavery in northern states.
C.   because of their secret rituals.
D.   because Joseph Smith tried to run for president.
Question #11
After the death of Joseph Smith, the new Mormon leader Brigham Young led Mormons over the Mormon Trail to settle near the Great Salt Lake in Utah, an area they considered the "promised land."
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #12
When Mexico refused the Polk administration's offer to buy Mexico's northern territories, the United States realized manifest destiny would require
A.   more money.
B.   further negotiations.
C.   military force.
D.   assistance from France.
Question #13
The Runaway Scrape was an exodus of
A.   tejanos fleeing the Revolution
B.   none of the choices are correct
C.   American Texas committees fleeing the Revolution.
D.   Texan slaves fleeing the Revolution
Question #14
To help facilitate the increase in U.S. agricultural productivity in the 1840s and 1850s, the federal government
A.   prosecuted land squatters.
B.   sold the land for as little as $1.25 an acre.
C.   outlawed land speculation.
D.   gave away free land to anyone who would cultivate it.
Question #15
Why did so many migrants move to the Midwest between 1830 and 1860?
A.   The Indians of the Midwest were quick to cooperate with the settlers.
B.   The rich soil made conditions favorable to farming.
C.   Slaveholders hoped to settle the area for cotton plantations.
D.   Workers in the timber industry capitalized on the large number of trees there.
Question #16
Mormons were expelled from Nauvoo, Illinois because the Protestant neighbors feared Mormons could politically dominate the northwest.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
As a provision of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 to protect Mexicans now living in the United States, Mexico demanded that Mexican and Spanish landowners in California and the southwest got to keep their land holdings.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #18
The Mexican population of the Mexican province of Texas were called Tejanos
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #19
The 2,000 mile long trail that ran from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon valleys was called the Oregon Trail.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #20
What was the dominant issue in the 1844 presidential election campaign?
A.   Abolishing slavery
B.   Territorial expansion
C.   War with Mexico
D.   The American system

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