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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

Western Expansion and the Rise of the Slavery Issue (1820-1850)

Multiple Choice


1	The Sioux Indians suffered less from European diseases than did other tribes because:
		A)	they had a natural resistance to the diseases.
		B)	they were never exposed to European diseases.
		C)	their nomadic lives made them less susceptible to epidemics.
		D)	they used native plants to limit the extent of epidemics.


2	The doctrine of Manifest Destiny:
		A)	developed in the 1820s as a popular response to the Monroe Doctrine.
		B)	developed as a southern and western reaction to the Panic of 1837.
		C)	was used to recruit Americans to migrate to Texas to protect slavery and U.S. interests.
		D)	was used to justify U.S. expansion westward in the 1840s.


3	All of the following contributed to the growing discontent and eventual revolt of the American settlers in Texas EXCEPT:
		A)	the central government's refusal to provide an adequate political participation for settlers.
		B)	the government's refusal to provide land for settlers.
		C)	a ban on Protestant churches.
		D)	a ban on slavery.


4	Plains Indians responded to the increasing numbers of emigrants on the Overland Trail by:
		A)	demanding compensation from both the government and the emigrants.
		B)	refusing to trade with the emigrants.
		C)	attacking the wagon trains.
		D)	migrating away from the main corridor of travel.


5	Texas was finally annexed:
		A)	by treaty with Texas when John Tyler first forced the issue.
		B)	by joint resolution after the election of 1844.
		C)	by joint resolution after Polk became president.
		D)	by treaty with Mexico at the end of the Mexican War.


6	Under President James K. Polk, the United States:
		A)	purchased the Oregon Territory from Great Britain.
		B)	went to war with England to gain the Oregon Territory.
		C)	reached a compromise with the British over the Oregon Territory.
		D)	delayed dealing with the British over the Oregon question until the war with Mexico was over.


7	The Mexican War began when:
		A)	the United States annexed Texas.
		B)	the Bear Flag revolt broke out in California.
		C)	American and Mexican troops clashed in the disputed territory.
		D)	Taylor crossed the Nueces River and occupied Mexico City.


8	The Wilmot Proviso:
		A)	was an attempt to prohibit slavery from any territory acquired from Mexico.
		B)	condemned Polk for starting the Mexican war.
		C)	voted supplies for American troops but opposed acquiring any territory.
		D)	stipulated Mexicans in the ceded territories would have rights of American citizenship.


9	Brigham Young led his followers west in 1847:
		A)	in order to fulfill biblical prophecy.
		B)	as the result of a split with other church leaders.
		C)	because government officials had ordered him to be arrested.
		D)	to escape persecution and interference with the church.


10	John C. Calhoun argued that:
		A)	popular sovereignty should decide slavery's status in the territories.
		B)	slavery was legal in all the territories.
		C)	slavery could never exist in the territory acquired from Mexico.
		D)	slavery should be prohibited from all the territories.


11	The Compromise of 1850 included all these provisions EXCEPT:
		A)	the Wilmot Proviso.
		B)	a new fugitive slave law.
		C)	organization of the Utah and New Mexico territories.
		D)	establishment of a Texas-New Mexico boundary.


12	In the early 1850s:
		A)	most Southerners rejected the Compromise of 1850.
		B)	most Northerners rejected the Compromise, but most Southerners supported it.
		C)	the Whig and Democratic parties both repudiated the Compromise in the 1852 election.
		D)	Americans generally supported the Compromise of 1850

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