Question 1

What was Polk's hidden agenda as the war with Mexico waged on?

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A)   To crush the Mexican Amy and take control of all of Mexico.
B)   To seize California and New Mexico.
C)   To take Mexican territory without paying for any of it.
D)   To perpetuate slavery all the way to the Pacific.
E)   None of these choices.

Question 2

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

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Question 3

"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. B

Question 4

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 5

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 6

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. D

Question 7

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 8

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

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Question 9

What did Polk hope to get from provoking a war with Mexico?

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A)   Full and certain ownership of Texas
B)   Control of much of Mexico's territory throughout the Southwest
C)   A morale boost by defeating the Mexicans handily
D)   Recognition from other major nations of the world
E)   Control of California, where gold had recently been discovered

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 British slowly began to withdraw from the Oregon Territory after

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A)   the United States demonstrated its willingness to fight for the area.
B)   the beaver population declined in that region.
C)   several Native American tribes went on the warpath.
D)   many more Americans settled in the area.
E)   the French showed a renewed interest in the region.

Question 12

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 E

Question 13

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 14

It would be accurate to say that the early movement of Americans across the country to the West,and early settlement there,was at best haphazard.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Congress set out to organize Oregon into a formal U.S.territory after

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A)   killing most of the Native Americans there.
B)   reading news reports of the minerals to be found there.
C)   a group of Cayuse Indians killed 14 settlers, including a doctor who refused to treat Indians.
D)   gold was discovered there.
E)   the British began to make moves toward leaving.

Question 16

Britain initially balked at settling on the 49ᵗʰ parallel as the northern border of the United States because it wanted to control the Columbia River that lay two hundred miles to the south.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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 18

All of the following happened as a result of the discovery of gold in California,except

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A)   About 80,000 fortune seekers arrived in California in 1849 alone.
B)   Half of the migrants to California came from across the globe.
C)   Many of the "forty-niners" ended up staying in California even if their searches for gold did not come to fruition.
D)   As new settlers, migrants to California formed diplomatic relationships with Native Americans.
E)   Most of the booming settlements of the gold rush days later decayed into ghost towns.

Question 19

As Americans relentlessly moved westward across the continent:

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A)   Native Americans prospered as they assimilated to Anglo American society.
B)   western migrants found refuge from the market revolution.
C)   the frontier kept alive the democratic promise of making it on their own.
D)   Americans were able to avoid the issue of slavery in national politics.
E)   they convinced their neighbors and Native American tribes of their peaceful intentions and anti-imperialist principles.

Question 20

The person who coined the term "manifest destiny" was

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A)   newspaperman William Randolph Hearst.
B)   author Mark Twain.
C)   President James K. Polk.
D)   Senator Henry Clay.
E)   journalist John O'Sullivan.

Exam 13: The Continued Move West

What was Polk's hidden agenda as the war with Mexico waged on?

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

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

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

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

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

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What did Polk hope to get from provoking a war with Mexico?

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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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The British slowly began to withdraw from the Oregon Territory after

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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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It would be accurate to say that the early movement of Americans across the country to the West,and early settlement there,was at best haphazard.

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Congress set out to organize Oregon into a formal U.S.territory after

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Britain initially balked at settling on the 49ᵗʰ parallel as the northern border of the United States because it wanted to control the Columbia River that lay two hundred miles to the south.

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In response to the admission of Texas as an American state

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