Lịch sử mỹ 11-17

As a result of the Adams-Onís Treaty, the United States gained which territory from Spain?

A. Florida

B. New Mexico

C. California

D. Nevada

The Long Expedition established a short-lived republic in Texas known as .

A. the Lone Star Republic

B. the Republic of Texas

C. Columbiana

D. the Republic of Fredonia

A proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves to Missouri following its admission to the United States was made by .

A. John C. Calhoun

B. James Tallmadge

C. Henry Clay

D. John Quincy Adams

To balance votes in the Senate, was_________ admitted to the Union as a free state at the same time that Missouri was admitted as a slave state.

A. Florida

B. New York

C. Maine

D. Arkansas

Texans defeated the army of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the battle of ______________

A. the Alamo

B. San Jacinto

C. Nacogdoches

D. Austin

Which of the following was not a reason the United States was reluctant to annex Texas?

A. The United States did not want to fight a war with Mexico.

B. Annexing Texas would add more slave territory to the United States and anger abolitionists.

C. Texans considered U.S. Citizens inferior and did not want to be part of their country

D. Adding Texas would upset the balance between free and slave states in Congress

According to treaties signed in 1818 and 1827, with which country did the United States jointly occupy Oregon?

A. Great Britain

B. Spain

C. Mexico

D. France

During the war between the United States and Mexico, revolts against U.S. Control broke out in___.

A. Florida and Texas

B. New Mexico and California

C. California and Texas

D. Florida and California

The practice of allowing residents of territories to decide whether their land should be slave or free was called _________

A. The democratic process

B. the Wilmot Proviso

C. Popular sovereignty

D. the Free Soil solution

Which of the following was not a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

A. California was admitted as a free state.

B. Slavery was abolished in Washington, DC.

C. A stronger fugitive slave law was passed.

D. Residents of New Mexico and Utah were todecide for themselves whether their territories would be slave or free

Which of the following does not represent a goal of the Confederate States of America?

A. To protect slavery from any effort to abolish it

B. To protect the domestic slave trade

C. To ensure that slavery would be allowed to spread into western territories

D. To ensure that the international slave trade would be allowed to continue

Which was not a provision of the Crittenden Compromise?

A. That the Five Civilized Tribes would be admitted into the Confederacy

B. That the 36°30′ line from the Missouri Compromise would be restored and extended

C. that Congress would be prohibited from abolishing slavery where it already existed

D. That the interstate slave trade would be allowed to continue

All the following were strengths of the Union except ________

A. A large population

B. Substantial industry

C. An extensive railroad

D. The ability to fight defensively, rather than offensively

All the following were strengths of the Confederacy except__

A. The ability to wage a defensive war

B. Shorter supply lines

C. The resources of the Upper South states

D. A strong navy

Which of the following did the North not do to mobilize for war?

A. Institute a military draft

B. Form a military alliance with Great Britain

C. Print paper money

D. Pass the Homestead Act

Which of the following is not a reason why many people opposed Lincoln’s reelection in 1864?

A. He appeared to have overstepped his authority by suspending the writ of habeas corpus

B. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation

C. He had replaced General George B. McClellan

D. He was seen as a power-hungry dictator

What was General Sherman’s objective on his March to the Sea?

A. To destroy military and civilian resources wherever possible

B. To free black prisoners of war

C. To join his army to that of General Grant

D. To capture General Robert E. Lee

Which of the following does not represent a group that participated significantly in westward migration after 1870?

A. African American “exodusters” escaping racism and seeking economic opportunities

B. former Southern slaveholders seeking land and new financial opportunities

C. Recent immigrants from Northern Europe and Canada

D. recent Chinese immigrants seeking gold in California

Which of the following represents an action that the U.S. Government took to help Americans fulfill the goal of western expansion?

A. The passage of the Homestead Act

B. The official creation of the philosophy of Manifest Destiny

C. The development of stricter immigration policies

D. The introduction of new irrigation techniques

What specific types of hardships did an average American farmer not face as he built his homestead in the Midwest?

A. droughts

B. Insect swarms

C. hostile Indian attacks

D. Limited building supplies

Which of the following groups was not impacted by the invention of barbed wire?

A. ranchers

B. cowboys

C. farmers

D. Illegal prostitutes

The American cowboy owes much of its model to what other culture?

A. Mexicans

B. Indians

C. Northern European immigrants

D. Chinese immigrants

Which of the following was not a primary method by which the American government dealt with American Indians during the period of western settlement?

A. Relocation

B. extermination

C. appeasement

D. assimilation

What did the Last Arrow pageant symbolize?

A. The continuing fight of the Indians

B. The total extermination of the Indians from the West

C. The final step in the Americanization process

D. The rebellion at Little Bighorn

What brought the majority of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.?

A. gold

B. Work opportunities on the railroads

C. the Homestead Act

D. Chinese benevolent associations

How were Hispanic citizens deprived of their wealth and land in the course of western settlement?

A. Indian raids

B. Land seizures

C. Prisoner of war status

D. infighting

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