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

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