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The chapter introduction tells the story of the Sioux migration to the Great Plains to make the point that |
| | A) | the American ideology of Manifest Destiny meant manifest destruction for tribal cultures. |
| | B) | Mexican advancement northward, as well as Anglo-American advancement westward, put pressure on the Plains tribes. |
| | C) | frontiers were multidimensional, mobile, involved a variety of peoples and cultures, and ultimately proved as disruptive to the settled East as to the contested West. |
| | D) | the United States not only had to resort to war and diplomacy to expand its borders, it also had to cope within its borders with native peoples who attacked the emigrants on the Overland Trail. |
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Territorial acquisitions in the 1840s included all EXCEPT |
| | A) | Texas. |
| | B) | Oregon south of the 49th parallel. |
| | C) | the area between the Rockies and California. |
| | D) | the area between the Rockies and the Missouri River. |
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Manifest Destiny was based on all of the following ideas EXCEPT that |
| | A) | Anglo-Saxon racial superiority justified American absorption of inferior peoples and their lands. |
| | B) | new lands would extend the domain of free government and free enterprise. |
| | C) | conquest of new territory would prove American military superiority. |
| | D) | America had a specially ordained mission in the world. |
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After Mexico won independence, Mexican borderland society was dominated by |
| | A) | rancheros. |
| | B) | Catholic padres. |
| | C) | mining barons. |
| | D) | bureaucrats appointed by the central government in Mexico City. |
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After successfully defeating the Mexican army, Texas |
| | A) | became a self-governing province within the Mexican federation. |
| | B) | forced the Mexican government to recognize its independence. |
| | C) | became an independent nation, unrecognized by Mexico. |
| | D) | was admitted to the United States. |
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Most women on the Overland Trail |
| | A) | had been eager to start the journey west. |
| | B) | did traditional women's work during the journey. |
| | C) | gained a new sense of moral authority. |
| | D) | were forced to take on "men's work," such as handling the oxen and fixing the wagons. |
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The Mexican War began when |
| | A) | the U.S. annexed Texas. |
| | B) | Mexico expelled an American diplomat. |
| | C) | Taylor's force of Texans crossed the Rio Grande River into Mexico. |
| | D) | American and Mexican forces clashed in disputed border territory. |
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The Whigs |
| | A) | strongly supported the Mexican War. |
| | B) | completely condemned "Mr. Polk's War." |
| | C) | vocally attacked Polk's war policy but voted in favor of bills supplying American troops. |
| | D) | believed the war would assist the manufacturing industries in the United States. |
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The United States won the Mexican War fairly easily because |
| | A) | the Mexican government was short of money. |
| | B) | Mexican troops were worn out from previous fighting against the Indians. |
| | C) | the United States had a decided advantage in military technology. |
| | D) | All these answers are correct. |
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As Emerson predicted, the Mexican War "poisoned" the United States because it |
| | A) | cost the country $97 million. |
| | B) | cost the country 13,000 American lives. |
| | C) | brought vast new territories into the country, which were expensive to control. |
| | D) | placed the issue of slavery at the center of national politics and threatened to destroy the balance of power between North and South. |
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Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have |
| | A) | divided Texas into five slave states. |
| | B) | prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico. |
| | C) | extended the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific. |
| | D) | given legal sanction to the doctrine of popular sovereignty. |
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During the gold rush, all of the following occurred EXCEPT |
| | A) | the creation of mining towns that grew into permanent settlements. |
| | B) | the emergence of San Francisco as an "instant city." |
| | C) | the emergence of significant financial opportunities for women. |
| | D) | the development of a virulent nativism among the miners. |
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Salt Lake City |
| | A) | developed along a similar pattern as did San Francisco. |
| | B) | quickly became one of the most decentralized cities in the United States. |
| | C) | was one of the first successful experiments in large-scale irrigation. |
| | D) | prohibited the Mormon practice of polygamy. |
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Which of the following can be described as an important moderate or mediating position on slavery in the early 1850s? |
| | A) | Slavery should be abolished in the District of Columbia. |
| | B) | Slaves should be gradually emancipated (with compensation). |
| | C) | Territorial voters should determine whether they will become slave or free states. |
| | D) | Whichever position is most popular in a national vote should prevail. |
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The final Compromise of 1850, originally introduced by Henry Clay as a single "Omnibus Bill," passed as five separate pieces of legislation, including all EXCEPT |
| | A) | California being admitted as a free state. |
| | B) | the organization of New Mexico as a territory that could choose for itself whether to be slave or free. |
| | C) | the abolishment of slavery in the District of Columbia. |
| | D) | a strengthening provisions for capturing runaway slaves. |
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