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Question #1
Within the ideology of Manifest Destiny were all the following beliefs EXCEPT that
A.   None of these answers is correct, as all of these were beliefs encompassed by the ideology of Manifest Destiny.
B.   U.S. expansion was acceptable so long as it stayed out of Mexico and Canada.
C.   the growth of the United States should ultimately include much of the rest of the world.
D.   the United States should create a vast new “empire of liberty.”
E.   the United States was destined by God and history to expand in size.
Question #2
The Mexican War resulted in large part from
A.   Texas citizens staging an attack by Mexican forces.
B.   Mexico provoking the United States to fight.
C.   the United States provoking Mexico to fight.
D.   Texas citizens attacking Mexican forces.
E.   Mexican forces attacking Americans in California.
Question #3
During the Mexican War,
A.   President Polk considered Zachary Taylor to be his closest ally in Mexico.
B.   the actual fighting was confined to Texas and Mexico.
C.   victory came more easily than President Polk had anticipated.
D.   American settlers in California staged a revolt with the help of the United States navy.
E.   President Polk tried to placate Whigs by minimizing military offensives.
Question #4
Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States
A.   gave up rights to California (for a time) in exchange for New Mexico and Texas.
B.   established an open border with Mexico.
C.   officially acquired only Texas.
D.   established an American protectorate over Mexico.
E.   agreed to pay millions to Mexico.
Question #5
The Wilmot Proviso
A.   prohibited slavery in any land acquired from Mexico.
B.   passed in the House and was signed into law.
C.   was an appropriation to pay for peace with Mexico.
D.   overturned the Missouri Compromise.
E.   banned all slavery west of the Mississippi River.
Question #6
The Chinese who came to California during the gold rush
A.   typically planned to remain permanently in the state.
B.   more often worked as merchants than miners.
C.   found themselves banned from working in the mines.
D.   had aspirations similar to those of American participants.
E.   usually came with their families.
Question #7
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
A.   was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
B.   intensified the debate over slavery.
C.   upset southerners as much as northerners, but was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
D.   upset southerners as much as northerners.
E.   None of these answers is correct.
Question #8
The “free soil” ideology included
A.   the argument that slavery was tremendously harmful to American blacks.
B.   a call to end slavery in the United States as soon as possible.
C.   the use of military force to suppress slavery.
D.   opposition to the expansion of slavery.
E.   an argument for black male suffrage.
Question #9
The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) held that
A.   slaves were property unless they moved to a free state.
B.   states were not allowed to abolish slavery within their borders.
C.   Scott must be freed under federal law.
D.   the freedom of a slave could not be purchased by a black person.
E.   the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
Question #10
In the 1860 elections, the political party most deeply divided over slavery was the
A.   Democratic Party.
B.   Constitutional Union Party.
C.   Republican Party.
D.   Know-Nothing Party.
E.   Whig Party.

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