Question 1

America's "mountain men" became so well-known that their lives became entwined with the folklore of the nation,making them often seem to have been "bigger than life."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why did President Polk want a war with Mexico? How did he go about getting what he wanted? What were the results?

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President Polk wanted a war with Mexico ...

Question 3

Which of the following was not one of the native tribes of the Western Plains?

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A)   Arapahoe
B)   Blackfoot
C)   Cheyenne
D)   Sioux
E)   Choctaw

Question 4

Texas won its independence from Mexico at the Battle of

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A)   San Antonio.
B)   Horseshoe Bend.
C)   the Alamo.
D)   San Jacinto.
E)   Houston.

Question 5

In response to the admission of Texas as an American state

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A)   Britain withdrew from the Oregon territory.
B)   Californians staged the Bear Flag revolt.
C)   the Whig party officially renamed itself the Republican party.
D)   Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with the United States.
E)   the United States declared war on Mexico.

Question 6

Manifest destiny

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A)   was the idea that America was destined by God to possess North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
B)   originated as a political slogan of Jacksonian democrats.
C)   described the shared beliefs of the Second Great Awakening.
D)   was a Native American term that described their commitment to resistance against Anglo-American settlers.
E)   referred to the fortunes gold seekers discovered in California.

Question 7

How did Americans manage to wrest tribal lands away from the Plains Indians?

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Question 8

Which of these was not a consequence of continued American westward expansion?

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A)   Native Americans saw their population and landholdings decline.
B)   The Market Revolution expanded.
C)   Slavery became a major and contentious political issue.
D)   Religious tolerance and freedom in the areas of expansion increased.
E)   Expansion offered the possibility of upward mobility via land ownership to more people.

Question 9

In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851,the U.S.government

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A)   agreed to pay cash restitution to the Plains tribes for disruptions to the buffalo grounds.
B)   set aside a portion of land for a reservation for the Sioux.
C)   relocated the Plains Indians away from a new transportation corridor that had been put in use.
D)   wrung an agreement from the Plains Indian tribes to give up a large part of their tribal lands.
E)   agreed not to allow white settlers to make war against the Plains tribes.

Question 10

Manifest destiny reflected a much older American belief that God meant for them to dominate the North American continent,bringing civilization to that great land.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Liberty Party was formed by people who

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A)   supported the annexation of Texas.
B)   were supporters of Henry Clay for president.
C)   had become disillusioned by the Whig Party.
D)   wanted James G. Birney to become president.
E)   opposed the annexation of Texas or any other slave state.

Question 12

As was so often the case during the first half of the 1800s,whatever the issue,the main problem with admitting Texas to the Union came down to concern about

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A)   independence.
B)   sovereignty.
C)   representation.
D)   voting rights.
E)   slavery.

Question 13

Which of the following statements was true of the Mormon movement?

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A)   The founder of the Mormons was Brigham Young.
B)   The Mormons spent about five of their early years of development in Commerce, Illinois, which they renamed "Nauvoo."
C)   Before their murders, Joseph and Hyrum Smith had advocated a move to the area of the Great Salt Lake.
D)   Initially, Joseph Smith and his Mormon followers refused to practice polygamy while developing their sect in Illinois.
E)   Despite serious efforts by the Smith brothers and Young, the Mormon congregation grew slowly and failed to prosper for the first few years; only after the Smith murders did people begin to flock to the new faith.

Question 14

One of the most contentious issues that was debated diplomatically between the Americans and the Mexicans before the outbreak of the Mexican War was

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A)   whether Texas could legally separate from Mexico.
B)   what geographical landmark should serve as the true border between Mexico and Texas.
C)   whether Mexico would allow Texas to be annexed by the United States.
D)   whether Texas was worth fighting for.
E)   how much the United States should pay Mexico for the loss of its Texas territory.

Question 15

Discuss the changes in the territorial boundaries of the United States.Why and how did these changes occur?

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Question 16

How did Texas transform from a Mexican province to a U.S.state? Who advocated annexation,who opposed it,and why?

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Texas transformed from a Mexican provinc...

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true of the situation with Texas prior to its statehood?

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A)   Texas became a Mexican colony in 1810 after Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
B)   During the 1820s, Americans in Texas grew to outnumber Mexicans there two to one.
C)   Although Mexico had previously abolished slavery, Americans brought their slaves with them in defiance of Mexico's wishes.
D)   The new American settlers enrolled their children in the local schools so they could learn to speak Spanish fluently.
E)   Many Americans in Texas became assimilated into Mexican society.

Question 18

"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" referred to

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A)   Tyler's decision to try to wait until 1854 to annex Texas.
B)   Polk's campaign promise to gain exclusive title to the Oregon Territory.
C)   the margin by which Tyler hoped to gain reelection.
D)   Britain's determination to stay in the fight for the Oregon Territory.
E)   a popular chant during the war against Mexico.

Question 19

How did the religion of Mormonism arise? What problems did Mormons have with their neighbors? Describe the way in which they came to settle in Utah.

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Question 20

Which of the following is not true about the first phase of Western settlement?

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A)   The haphazard manner in which westward movement took place forced politicians in the East to bring some form of governing order to the West.
B)   Independent-minded settlers did not welcome the imposition of eastern ideals.
C)   By taking responsibility for the actions of white settlers, the federal government committed itself to defending their course of westward expansion.
D)   Native Americans were victims of American western settlers who liked to take matters into their own hands.
E)   Congress took the lead in defining the course of Western expansion prior to the 1840s.

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