Chapter 7

Question 1

What was the main reason many Americans moved west during the mid-19th century?

Answer 1

They were seeking new economic opportunities

Question 2

Manifest destiny expressed Americans’ belief that:

Answer 2

we would see our nation’s boundaries stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Question 3

Which of the following was a result of the Black Hawk War

Answer 3

The Saulk and fox were forced to move west of the Mississippi

Question 4

What was the importance of the Oregon Treaty?

Answer 4

It established a permanent boundary with Canada

Question 5

Brigham Young and Joseph Smith are associated with

Answer 5

the Mormon church

Question 6

The 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie provided:

Answer 6

Native American nations with control of the Central Plains

Question 7

(+ or o) By the 1840s the U.S. had expanded to about 4 times its original size

Answer 7

o

Question 8

The Saulk and Fox Indians were led in a war against white settlers in Illinois and Wisconsin by who?

Answer 8

Black Hawk

Question 9

(+ or o) The U.S. government stood firm in keeping the promises documented in the terms of the Treaty of Fort Laramie

Answer 9

o

Question 10

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were:

Answer 10

Methodist missionaries to the Native Americans of the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Question 11

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 settled the conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain over the

Answer 11

border issues of Maine and Minnesota

Question 12

Fifty-Four Forty or Fight! became the campaign slogan for the presidential election of:

Answer 12

James K. Polk

Question 13

In order to help settle its northern territories, the Mexican government offered land grants to empresarios. The most successful empresario was

Answer 13

Stephen F. Austen

Question 14

Why did Texas declare its independence from Mexico

Answer 14

Santa Anna suspended the Mexican constitution and revoked local powers in Texas

Question 15

(+ or o) After the Texas Revolution, the U.S. immediately made it the 28th state

Answer 15

o

Question 16

Santa Anna was defeated by the Texas Revolutionary Army at the Battle of:

Answer 16

San Jacinto

Question 17

A presidio was a Spanish/Mexican:

Answer 17

fort

Question 18

Only a very few Mexican settlers developed homes in the northern province of Texas mainly because:

Answer 18

attacks from bandits and Commanches made it very dangerous to live there

Question 19

Tejanos were:

Answer 19

Mexican settlers in the Texas province

Question 20

Of the following, which was not one of the northern provinces in the Republic of Mexico

Answer 20

Colorado

Question 21

(+ or o) the Republic of Mexico, outlawed slavery in 1824

Answer 21

+

Question 22

The battles of Elmo, Goliad, Jacinto , and Texas independence occurred in the year 

Answer 22

1836

Question 23

Why did President Polk send John Sidell to Mexico?

Answer 23

To purchase California New Mexico

Question 24

Why was the US Army so successful in battle during the Mexican-American war?

Answer 24

It’s officers provided superior leadership

Question 25

What did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden purchase came for the US

Answer 25

They established the permanent southern border of the US

Question 26

Which of the following was an effect of the California gold rush delay 1840s

Answer 26

The diversity of the population increased

Question 27

Whom does this describe despite suffering discrimination and poor treatment. Many of the newcomers of the California in the late 1840s became successful owners of hotels, laundries and stores.

Answer 27

Chinese immigrants

Question 28

Hoping for Mexican aggression, whom did President Polk send into territory claim by both the US and Mexico on the north side of the Rio Grande river

Answer 28

John Sidell

Question 29

(+ or o) the people of the US unanimously approved of a war with Mexico to gain new territories

Answer 29

O

Question 30

An amendment to a military appropriations bill of 1846, which suggested favor should be outlawed in any land that might be gained from Mexico was known as the

Answer 30

Wilmot proviso

Question 31

The Mexican province of California with seas proclaimed the Republic of California by

Answer 31

John C Fremont

Question 32

(+ or o) winfield Scott hatched a bizarre scheme with Santa Anna, allowing Santa Anna, to proclaim himself president of Mexico, and end the war with the United States

Answer 32

O

Question 33

The American general who captured Mexico City in 1847 was

Answer 33

Stephen Kearney

Question 34

(+ or o) the prospectors who flow to Colorado to search for gold, were known as the fourty-niners

Answer 34

O

Question 35

Mexico insisted that the southern border of Texas extended only to which of the following rivers

Answer 35

The Nueces River

Question 36

The monument to los Niños heroes at Chapultepec honors six young Mexican cadets that

Answer 36

Committed suicide rather than surrendered to American troops