Question 1

President Martin Van Buren agreed with President Andrew Jackson that

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A)   Only westerners were qualified to serve as president.
B)   Scotsmen were untrustworthy.
C)   Slavery should be extended into new states and territories.
D)   The federal government should not manage currency.

Question 2

Congressmen who voted against a treaty to add Texas to the Union in 1844 did so because of what?

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Question 3

What body of American art celebrated the grandeur of nature?

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The Hudson River School.

Question 4

What prediction did Governor DeWitt Clinton make regarding the Erie Canal?

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A)   Chicago would become the largest city located on the Great Lakes.
B)   New York City would become the emporium of the world.
C)   Pittsburgh would become headquarters for the nation's steel industry.
D)   The center of commerce in New York would shift to Buffalo. B

Question 5

"His Accidency" was a reference to what about President John Tyler?

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A)   His clumsiness.
B)   His method of decision making.
C)   His personality.
D)   His succession to the presidency.

Question 6

What agreement ended the war between the United States and Mexico in 1848?

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A)   Peace of Paris, 1848.
B)   Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
C)   Treaty of San Juan.
D)   Treaty of Versailles.

Question 7

What political party accused President Andrew Jackson of ruling like a monarch?

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Question 8

What treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico?

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Treaty of ...

Question 9

Explain the origins of the second American party system.

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The second American party system emerged...

Question 10

Which of the following was not true about William Henry Harrison?

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A)   He was a wealthy Virginian.
B)   He offered a vague hope of a better time.
C)   He was a military hero.
D)   He remained popular through his first term.

Question 11

Who developed the first Anglo colony in Mexican Texas?

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A)   Lorenzo de Zavalla.
B)   Sam Houston.
C)   Stephen F. Austin.
D)   Sterling Robertson.

Question 12

More than 250,000 settlers crossed the plains between 1840 and 1860; how many were killed by hostile Indians?

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A)   400.
B)   4,000.
C)   12,000.
D)   16,000. A

Question 13

What stood at the center of the economy for all Plains Indians?

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A)   Bison.
B)   Horses.
C)   Skilled labor.
D)   Water supply.

Question 14

What did John Slidell bring to Mexico on orders of President Polk in 1846?

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A)   A gun, to assassinate General Santa Ana.
B)   A declaration of war.
C)   A purchase offer in the value of $30 million.
D)   The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Question 15

What motivated the great migration of Americans across the continent from 1840 to 1860, and what problems did they encounter on their journey?

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Question 16

What term suggests the belief of white Americans that by right they should occupy the North American continent?

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A)   E pluribus unum.
B)   Manifest destiny.
C)   Pax Americana.
D)   White man's burden.

Question 17

Who was the first missionary to reach Oregon?

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A)   Baptist Harry Emerson Fosdick.
B)   Methodist Jason Lee.
C)   Presbyterian Peter Marshall.
D)   Roman Catholic Father Pierre de Smet.

Question 18

What set Elias Boudinot apart from Cherokee tribal chief John Ross?

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A)   He was not fully Cherokee like Ross.
B)   Unlike Ross, he held tightly to the views of the people.
C)   He refused to leave western Georgia under any circumstances.
D)   Unlike Ross, he complied with removal before it became forced.

Question 19

What prompted a stream of religious missionaries to Oregon Territory in the 1830s?

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A)   A plan to establish a separate Jewish state in the Willamette Valley.
B)   Competition between Protestants and Catholics.
C)   Instructions from an angel to Joseph Smith.
D)   Rumors that Indians in Oregon had expressed an interest in Christianity.

Question 20

Discuss the causes and consequences of the United States' war with Mexico.

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The United States' war with Mexico, also...

Exam 12: Manifest Destiny, 1836-1848

President Martin Van Buren agreed with President Andrew Jackson that

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Congressmen who voted against a treaty to add Texas to the Union in 1844 did so because of what?

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What body of American art celebrated the grandeur of nature?

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What prediction did Governor DeWitt Clinton make regarding the Erie Canal?

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"His Accidency" was a reference to what about President John Tyler?

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What agreement ended the war between the United States and Mexico in 1848?

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What political party accused President Andrew Jackson of ruling like a monarch?

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What treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico?

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Explain the origins of the second American party system.

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Which of the following was not true about William Henry Harrison?

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Who developed the first Anglo colony in Mexican Texas?

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More than 250,000 settlers crossed the plains between 1840 and 1860; how many were killed by hostile Indians?

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What motivated the great migration of Americans across the continent from 1840 to 1860, and what problems did they encounter on their journey?

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What term suggests the belief of white Americans that by right they should occupy the North American continent?

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What set Elias Boudinot apart from Cherokee tribal chief John Ross?

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Discuss the causes and consequences of the United States' war with Mexico.

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