1. The Center of the Spanish and then the Mexican empires was
(a) Santa Fe
(b) San Antonio
(c) Mexico City
(d) Tenochtitlan.
2. The Center of the Spanish and then the Mexican empires was
(a) empressarios
(b) presidios
(c) rancheros
3. Texans of Hispanic descent were
(a) Tejanos
(b) Texian
(c) Mexican-AMERICANS
(D) HISPANICS-11a A _
4. TO MOST SUCCESSFULLY MAKE THE OIVERLAND TRAIL JOURNEY TO OREGON OR CALIFORNIA- ONE NEEDED AND WENT
(A) AS A FAMILY GROUP WITH AT LEAST $600 AND TRAVELED FOR 6 MONTHS
(B) AS A SINGLE YOUNG MAN WITH A COUPLE OF HORSES AND $300 AND TRAVELED @ 3 MONTHS
(C) AS A GROUP OF YOUNG SINGLE MEN, EACH GIVING $100 AND TRAVLED ON FOOT FOR @ 7 TO 8 MONTHS.
5. THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT TO SUCCEED TO THE PRESIDENCY AT THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT WAS
(A) JOHN TYLER
(B) HENRY CLAY
(C) MARTIN VAN BUREN
(D) JAMES BUCHANAN
6.WHICH IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE YOUR BOOK USED TO DESCROBE PRESIDENT POLK'S PERSONALITY.
(A) LIAR
(B) HUMORLESS
(C) DECEITFUL
(D) CALCULATING
7. TEXAS '1/1.1A ANNEXED AS :5. STI-kTE
(A) 1.111 H AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE LIS AND MEXICAN PRESIDENTS
(B) A TREATY RATIFIED BY THE SENATE
(C) A JOINT RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
8. WHICH WAS NOT A WAY INDIANS RESPONDNED TO WHITES CROSSING ON THE OVERLAND TRAIL?
(A) VISITING TO SWAP (OR TAKE) CLOTHING, WEAPONS, AND ANIMALS
(B) ATTACKING THE TRAINS AND KILLING AS MANY WHITES AS POSSIBLE
(C) DEMANDING PAYMENT FOR WHITES CROSSING THEIR LANDS
(D) SHOI/VING LOTS OF iC:URIOSITN' BUT LITTLE MENACE.
9. AS DAYS (AND WEEKS) PROGRESSED ON THE OVERLAND TRAIL WOMEN BEGAN TO HELP WITH TRADITIONALLY MENS WORK AND VICE VERSA.
(X FOR TRUE 0 FOR FALSE)
10. WHICH WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT MEXICO LAID ON WHITES MOVING TO TEXAS?
(A) HIGH LAND PRICES
(B) FOLLOW MEXICAN LAWS
(C) SPEAK SPANISH
(D) NOMINALLY EMBRACE CATHOLICISM.
11. THE AMERICAN WINNING OF THE MEXICAN WAR BROUGHT WHAT ISSUE BACK TO THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICAN LIFE AND POLITICS?
(A) ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
(B EXTENSION OF SLAVERY
(C) HIGHER TARIFFS
(D) LOWER TARIFFS.
12. WHAT BROUGHT MANY THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS TO CLIAFORNIA IN 1849-1850S?
(A) OPENING NEW FERTILE FARM LANDS
(B) THE INITIATION OF IRRIGATION
(C) THE RAPID INCREASE OF TRRADE WITH THE ORIENT
(D) GOLD DISCOVERY
13, THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO GUARANTEED MEXICANS "FREE ENJOYMENT OF THEIR LIBERTY AND PROPERTY". OVER THE NEXT DECADES THE US GOVERNMENT MADE SURE THAT ALL AMERICAN PEOPLES AND GOVERNMENTS HELD TO THESE GUARANTEES.
(X FOR TRUE 0 FOR FALSE)
14. The second Whig candidate to win the presidency was Zachary Taylor. Though a slave holder he supported bringing the Mexican Cession territory into the Union immediately as states and with no slavery.
(X for true 0 for false.)
15, Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
(a) Henry Clay
(b) Stephen A. Douglas
(c) Daniel Webster
(d) John C. Calhoun.
1. in the 1840s and 1850s the driving force for economic growth in the Us switched from cotton to railroad building.
(X for true 0 for false)I
2. Which is NOT true of immigrants to the US 1845 -1854?
(a) 10 - 40 years old
(b) fleeing bad conditions in Europe
(c) the largest number - Irish-were poor, unskilled, and Protestant
(d) Some left political and social oppression.
3. Which is true of President Franklin Pierce?
(a) he acquired Cuba for the US
(b) he arranged the Gadsden Purchase
(c) He supported the "Young American" movement
(d) His presidential goals were "de-railed" by Douglas' Kansas-Nebraska Act.
4. A direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was the formation of the Republican Party
X for true 0 for false
5. In 1856, the Democratic party nominated James Buchanan: His number one qualification was
(a) he did not own slaves
(b) he was a bachelor
(c) He had been minister to Great Britain and never spoke publicly about the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
6. Which was NOT true about the Dred Scott decision?
(a) Blacks could not be citizens
(b) Missouri Compromise was illegal
(c) Said only territorial legislatures could ban slavery there
(d) Scott was to remain a slave.
7. Stephen A. Douglas won the Senate race in Illinois in 1858 but
(a) he alienated the Southern Democrats with his Freeport Doctrine
(b) he alienated the North with his Freeport Doctrine
(c) he admitted he didn't care whether slavery was voted up or down
(d) he failed to portray Lincoln as a radical who preached sectional warfare.
8. The Lincoln-Douglas debates brought Lincoln, till then a man with little national exposure, to
national importance in the Republican Party.
( X for true 0 for false)
9. Which is NOT true about the South in the latter half of the 1850s?
(a) prices of slaves rose
(b)number of slave-holders dropped
(c) bringing industry to the South largely failed
(d) attempts to restore worn out agricultural lands were amazingly successful.
10. John Brown's goal in his attack on Harpers' Ferry was
(a) demonstrate that the majority of Northerners favored abolition
(b) start a slave rebellion
(c) commit suicide for himself and his followers to show their absolute dedication to their belief that slavery is against God' s law.
11. Who was NOT a candidate for president in 1860?
(a) Stephen A. Douglas
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) James Buchanan
(d) John Bell.
12. In an attempt to Forcetall secession, a compromise proposal was introduced by
a Senator. It is known as the Crittenden Compromise
(b) Douglas amendment
(c) Buchanan Bill
13. One root of the divided nation that separated the sections in 1860 was
(a) the North industrialized, the South remained largely rural despite desires to industrialize
(b) The North and South industrialized equally -just in different directions with the South concentrating on a hugely growing textile industry.
14. Which party had the majority in Congress in 1860?
(a) Democrats
(b) Republicans
15. Who fired the first shots in the Civil War?
(a) Union
(b) Confederacy