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Chapter 12 Territorial and Economic Expansion (1830-1860)

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Question 1

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Who created manifest destiny?
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  • John Sullivan
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Jack Sannigan
  • Henry Clay
  • John Weber

Question 2

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[blank_start]Expansionists[blank_end] wanted to see the United States extend [blank_start]westward[blank_end] (direction) to the [blank_start]Pacific[blank_end] (location) and [blank_start]southward[blank_end] (direction) into [blank_start]Mexico[blank_end], [blank_start]Cuba[blank_end], and [blank_start]Central America[blank_end] (locations).
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  • Expansionists
  • westward
  • Pacific
  • southward
  • Mexico
  • Cuba
  • Central America

Question 3

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Enthusiasm for expansion reached a high in the 1840's and had been driven by 1. [blank_start]nationalism[blank_end], 2. [blank_start]rapid economic development[blank_end], 3. [blank_start]population increase[blank_end], 4. [blank_start]technological advances[blank_end], and 5. [blank_start]reform ideals[blank_end].
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  • nationalism
  • rapid economic development
  • population increase
  • technological advances
  • reform ideals

Question 4

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Why were Northerners skeptical of Expansionists?
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  • They believed it was a plot to extend slavery.
  • They were concerned about the upcoming election results.
  • Expansionists were typically southern and northerners didn't like that.
  • Expansion would limit the power of the north.
  • Expansion would grow the power of the south.

Question 5

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[blank_start]Stephen Austin[blank_end] brought 300 families into Texas and began a steady immigration of Americans into Texas.
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  • Stephen Austin

Question 6

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Why did friction develop between Mexico and Americans?
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  • Overpopulation and it's related issues
  • Financial Inequality
  • Mexico outlawed slavery
  • Mexico forced immigrants to convert to Roman Catholicism
  • Mexico forced immigrants to announce they were citizens of Mexico

Question 7

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[blank_start]Sam Houston[blank_end] revolted when [blank_start]Santa Anna[blank_end] attempted to enforce Mexico's laws in [blank_start]Texas[blank_end].
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  • Sam Houston
  • Santa Anna
  • Texas

Question 8

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The treaty signed by Santa Anna...
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  • was signed under threat of death.
  • recognized independence for Texas.
  • gave Texas all territory to the north of the Rio Grande
  • was rejected by Mexican legislature.
  • sparked the start of the Mexican American war.
  • enraged southerners and furthered existing tensions.

Question 9

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The Battle of San Jacinto river lead to...
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  • The Mexican-American war
  • mass killings in the Area.
  • Santa Anna losing power.
  • Santa Anna signing a treaty with Texas.

Question 10

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Which is true?
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  • Van Buren tried to annex Texas.
  • Van Buren feared northern tensions and avoiding the issue.
  • Jackson tried to annex Texas.
  • Tyler tried to annex Texas.
  • The senate originally accepted the first annexation of Texas.

Question 11

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The ill-defined boundary between Maine and the [blank_start]Canada[blank_end] (country) province of [blank_start]New Brunswick[blank_end] caused the [blank_start]Aroonstook[blank_end] war. It was resolved by US [blank_start]Secretary of State[blank_end] (position) [blank_start]Daniel Webster[blank_end] (name) and [blank_start]British[blank_end] (nationality) Ambassador [blank_start]Ashburton[blank_end] (name) with the [blank_start]Webster-Ashburton[blank_end] treaty.
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  • Canada
  • New Brunswick
  • Aroonstook
  • Secretary of State
  • Daniel Webster
  • British
  • Ashburton
  • Webster-Ashburton

Question 12

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The Webster-Ashburton treaty settled territory in
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  • Maine
  • Minnesota
  • Michigan
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri

Question 13

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The Oregon territory covered most of the pacific and stopped at Canada.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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Why did Britain claim the Oregon territory?
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  • Because it had a large population.
  • Because of the Hudson Fur Company's profitable fur trade.
  • To try and limit the power of other countries, like America, Spain, and Russia.
  • Because it had just won the territory from a war with France.
  • Because Britain was experiencing its own form of manifest destiny.

Question 15

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Why did America claim the Oregon territory?
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  • Because Spain signed the Adam Otis treaty giving America the land.
  • Captain Robert Grate discovered the Columbia River.
  • The Lewis and Clark expedition.
  • The fur trading post and fort in the region.

Question 16

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"Oregon Fever' was caused by the success of protestant missionaries and farmers in the region and led to over 5,000 Americans settling south of the Columbia River.
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  • True
  • False

Question 17

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In the election of 1844, Northern Democrat [blank_start]Martin Van Buren[blank_end] and Southern Democrat [blank_start]John C. Calhoun[blank_end] fought for the Democrat nomination, with [blank_start]James K. Polk[blank_end] winning the nomination.
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  • Martin Van Buren
  • John C. Calhoun
  • James K. Polk

Question 18

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James K. Polk favored the annexation of Texas.
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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[blank_start]Henry Clay[blank_end], from [blank_start]Kentucky[blank_end], was the Whig nominee in the 1844 election.
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  • Henry Clay
  • Kentucky

Question 20

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Henry Clay's approach to the annexation of Texas issue cost him the election.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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The [blank_start]Antislavery Liberty Party[blank_end] formed in New York during the 1844 election.
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  • Antislavery Liberty Party

Question 22

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The result of the 1844 election indicated that the nation did not want to annex Texas.
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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What was the goal of John Slidell when he went to Mexico?
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  • To convince Mexico to sell California
  • To convince Mexico to sell New Mexico
  • To establish the Mexico-Texas border at Nueces River
  • To settle the border disputes between Mexico and Texas

Question 24

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[blank_start]Northern Whigs[blank_end] opposed going into the Mexican-American war.
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  • Northern Whigs

Question 25

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The Treaty of [blank_start]Guadalupe Hidalgo[blank_end] (1848) recognized the [blank_start]Rio Grande[blank_end] as the border of Texas and the US took possession of [blank_start]California[blank_end] and [blank_start]New Mexico[blank_end] (known as the [blank_start]Mexican Cession[blank_end]) and paid $15 million and took responsibility for any [blank_start]claims[blank_end] of [blank_start]American citizens[blank_end] against Mexico.
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  • Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Rio Grande
  • California
  • New Mexico
  • Mexican Cession
  • claims
  • American citizens

Question 26

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Senate [blank_start]Whigs[blank_end] opposed the treaty because they saw the war as an immoral effort to [blank_start]expand slavery[blank_end]. A few [blank_start]southern democrats[blank_end] opposed the treaty as they wanted to [blank_start]take all of Mexico[blank_end]. The treaty [blank_start]passed[blank_end].
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  • Whigs
  • expand slavery
  • southern democrats
  • take all of Mexico
  • passed

Question 27

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The Wilmot Proviso...
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  • tried to encourage slavery in all of the new territories from Mexico.
  • passed in the house twice and failed in the senate.
  • was possible the first round in escalating conflict.
  • was enacted into law pushing the issue of slavery on to the national platform.

Question 28

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Abraham Lincoln was a vocal critic of the Mexican-American war.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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America took about a third of Mexico's land.
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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The results of the Mexican-American war would lead to the demise of western Indians and the death of millions of birds and animals.
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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The [blank_start]Ostend Manifesto[blank_end] tried to buy [blank_start]Spain[blank_end] owned [blank_start]Cuba[blank_end] under President [blank_start]Pierce[blank_end]. After failing to buy or invade this country, the President tried secret negotiations with [blank_start]Spain[blank_end], which were leaked to the press and stopped by [blank_start]antislavery[blank_end] members of congress.
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  • Ostend Manifesto
  • Spain
  • Cuba
  • Pierce
  • Spain
  • antislavery

Question 32

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The Walker Expedition...
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  • was started the Wilston Walker.
  • involved Walker taking over Honduras.
  • involved Walker taking over Nicaragua.
  • tried to build an anti-slavery central American empire.
  • was shut down by a coalition of Central American countries.

Question 33

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The [blank_start]Clayton-Bulwer[blank_end] treaty prevented either America or [blank_start]Britain[blank_end] from building a [blank_start]canal[blank_end] through Central America.
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  • Clayton-Bulwer
  • Britain
  • canal

Question 34

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The issues of union, slavery, civil war, and post war reconstruction did not overshadow manifest destiny.
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  • True
  • False

Question 35

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President [blank_start]Pierce[blank_end] convinced Mexico to sell [blank_start]New Mexico[blank_end] and [blank_start]Arizona[blank_end] to the US for $10 million to be used as a railroad. This is known as the [blank_start]Gadsden Purchase[blank_end].
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  • Pierce
  • New Mexico
  • Arizona
  • Gadsden Purchase

Question 36

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The Great American Desert was between the Mississippi Valley and the Pacific coast.
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  • True
  • False

Question 37

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[blank_start]Fur traders[blank_end], also known as mountain men, were the [blank_start]earliest nonnatives[blank_end] in the west. They used to hold [blank_start]yearly[blank_end] rendezvous with [blank_start]Native Americans[blank_end] to trade [blank_start]furs[blank_end].
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  • Fur traders
  • earliest nonnatives
  • yearly
  • Native Americans
  • furs

Question 38

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Emigrants with "Oregon Fever" would travel the ________ trails to get to the west.
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  • Oregon
  • California
  • Santa Fe
  • Mormon
  • Christian
  • Rocky
  • Santa Anna

Question 39

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Traveling to the west was a [blank_start]middle class[blank_end] movement.
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  • upper class
  • middle class
  • lower class

Question 40

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The pioneers feared A when they should have really feared B.
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  • A. Indians; B. Disease and Depression
  • A. Indians; B. being Lost and Depressed
  • A. Disease and Depression; B. Indians
  • A. other pioneers; B. Indians
  • A. Disease and Depression; B. nothing since it was relatively safe.

Question 41

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[blank_start]Congress Preemption acts[blank_end] of the 1830's and 1840's gave squatters the right to [blank_start]settle on public lands[blank_end] and purchase them for [blank_start]low[blank_end] prices once put up for sale.
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  • Congress Preemption acts
  • settle on public lands
  • low

Question 42

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Western cities that developed due to railroads, mineral wealth, or farming...
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  • attracted lower classes.
  • developed slower than in the east.
  • attracted business owners and professionals.
  • faced several conflicts due to local competition.

Question 43

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Remarkable economic development did not end in 1857 due to a panic.
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  • True
  • False

Question 44

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The Panic of [blank_start]1857[blank_end] led some [blank_start]southerners[blank_end] to believe that their [blank_start]planation based economy[blank_end] was superior and a continued [blank_start]union[blank_end] with the north was [blank_start]not needed[blank_end].
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  • 1857
  • southerners
  • planation based economy
  • union
  • not needed
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