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Mrs. Gates - 11th Grade U.S. History
U.S. History Test 12
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History
11th Grade
02/20/2013

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Yes or No

 

The United States paid Mexico millions of dollars for the land it had conquered during the Mexican War.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Americans living in California revolted against Mexico after they heard that Congress had declared war.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

America claimed a right to California because its settlers outnumbered the Mexicans ten to one.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Zachary Taylor was called "Old Fuss and Feathers" because he was such a harsh disciplinarian.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

At the outset of the Mexican War, America had a large regular army of over one hundred thousand soldiers stationed in Texas.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

American opinion was united in support of the Mexican War.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

America avoided war by compromising with Great Britain over the Oregon Question.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

James Polk worked so hard during his presidency that he died within four months of leaving office.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

John Tyler easily won the Whig nomination in 1844.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

The Oregon Trail made travel safe and comfortable.

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No
Term

Yes or No

 

Travelers who headed West feared the breakdown of their ox-drawn carts nearly as much as Indian attacks.

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Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Texas defeated Santa Anna and won its independence with an army of only eight hundred men.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Spain gave Stephen Austin official permission to bring American settlers to Texas.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

The Whitmans opposed the coming of American settlers to Oregon.

Definition
No
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Yes or No

 

During the 1840s many Americans believed that some "higher power" had given the whole continent to the United States.

Definition
Yes
Term
What two territories did Mexico cede to America as a result of its defeat in the Mexican War?
Definition
California and New Mexico
Term
What third party arose to protest the admission of Texas as a slave state?
Definition
Liberty party
Term
What do we call a candidate who is largely unknown by the general public?
Definition
dark horse
Term
What strategy can Congress use to pass a treaty without a two-thirds majority?
Definition
joint resolution
Term
What dark horse president kept all of his campaign promises?
Definition
James Polk
Term
What state's boundary was settled following  Webster's negotiations with Britain?
Definition
Maine
Term
What Catholic mission became the rallying cry of the Texans during their war for independence?
Definition
Alamo
Term
What missionary to the Cayuse Indians attracted American settlers to Oregon?
Definition
Marcus Whitman
Term
What popular idea held that it was America's destiny to stretch from sea to sea?
Definition
Manifest Destiny
Term

Which of the following events came last?

-Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

-Annexation of Texas

-Maine boundary settlement

-Gadsden Purchase

Definition
Gadsden Purchase
Term
The ____________ campaign was one of the most brilliant military campaigns in American history.
Definition
central Mexico
Term
The capture of __________ came last in the Mexican War.
Definition
Mexico City
Term

For which of the following military leaders was the Mexican War not a "boot camp" for the Civil War?

-Robert E. Lee

-William Henry Harrison

-Ulysses S. Grant

-Thomas J. Jackson

Definition
William Henry Harrison
Term
Why did Californians revolt against their American conquerors during the Mexican War?
Definition
harsh treatment by American soldiers
Term
Which state was the "Bear Flag Republic"?
Definition
California
Term
Which campaign was won by a mixed American army of explorers, settlers, marines, and cavalry?
Definition
California
Term
What military "campaign" required hard marching but little fighting?
Definition
New Mexico
Term
What dispute was the immediate cause of the Mexican War?
Definition
Texas-Mexico border
Term

All of the following contributed to the Mexican War except

-America's refusal to negotiate over purchasing California.

-Mexico's resentment over America's annexation of Texas.

-America's belief in Manifest Destiny.

-the long history of hostility between the two countries.

Definition
America's refusal to negotiate over purchasing California
Term
What latitude became the border between the Oregon Territory and Canada?
Definition
forty-nine degrees
Term
What president led America during the Mexican War?
Definition
James Polk
Term
Why was Texas annexed by a joint resolution of Congress rather than a formal treaty?
Definition
Congress lacked the necessary two-thirds support required for a treaty.
Term
Who was perhaps the hardest working president in our nation's history?
Definition
James Polk
Term

Which of the following was not accomplished by James Polk?

-lowering the tariff

-acquiring California

-annexing Texas

-settling the Oregon Question

Definition
annexing Texas
Term
Who may have lost a presidential election because he hedged his position on the annexation of Texas?
Definition
Henry Clay
Term
What state's borders were settled as a result of negotiations?
Definition
Maine
Term
Webster remained on Tyler's cabinet after everyone else resigned because he...
Definition
was in the middle of negotiations with Britain.
Term
John Tyler was called "His Accidency" because he...
Definition
was never elected president.
Term
The ________ Trail was a trade route between  Mexico and the United States.
Definition
Santa Fe
Term
The _______ Trail was the most important trail in the settlement of the far West.
Definition
Oregon
Term

Which of the following was not true of Sam Houston?

-He supported secession during the Civil War.

-He professed conversion to Christianity.

-The Indians once called him "Big Drunk."

-He was president of the Republic of Texas.

Definition
He supported secession during the Civil War.
Term
Why did the Texas settlers decide to fight for independence?
Definition
A Mexican army invaded Texas.
Term
What was the greatest spur to American settlement of the Oregon territory?
Definition
missionaries
Term
During what decade did the United States fulfill its dream of spreading "from sea to shining sea"?
Definition
1840s
Term
America's "manifest destiny" was to...
Definition
"overspread and to possess the whole of the continent."
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