Manifest Destiny 1
John Tyler saw the annexation of what former sovereign territory into the United States as a territory?
A) New Mexico
B) Texas
C) Oregon
D) All of the Above
E) Only A & C
B) Texas
Which War lead to the United States to expand Westwards past the Louisiana Territory? THE WAR OF 1812 or THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR?
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
This President's inaction during his term was seen as the cause of the eventual Civil War: JAMES BUCHANAN or FRANKLIN PIERCE?
JAMES BUCHANAN
After South Carolina seceded from the Union, and other states followed, Buchanan's response was that the US Government had no right to intervene on the issue: TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
Who was the first President to assume office without an election of any kind? JOHN TYLER or ZACHARY TAYLOR?
JOHN TYLER
James K. Polk coined the term "Manifest Destiny," meaning the United States was destined by "higher powers" to expand West and control most of the land in North America? TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty solved a border dispute with Canada around which US State? MAINE or NEW YORK?
MAINE
The Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed Federal Agents to help track down escaped slaves, was the basis for which public service today? THE POLICE or THE SECRET SERVICE?
THE POLICE
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent riots between: SECESSIONISTS AND UNIONISTS or ABOLITIONISTS AND PRO-SLAVERY
ABOLITIONISTS AND PRO-SLAVERY
Who was the first President to assume office without holding any position in Public Office (ie, Senator, Governor, etc) before the Presidency? FRANKLIN PIERCE or ZACHARY TAYLOR?
ZACHARY TAYLOR
Why was it notable that Zachary Taylor died by eating contaminated cherries? IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A PRESIDENT DIED IN OFFICE or IT LEAD TO PEOPLE SUSPECTING THAT ZACHARY TAYLOR WAS ACTUALLY ASSASSINATED?
IT LEAD TO PEOPLE SUSPECTING THAT ZACHARY TAYLOR WAS ACTUALLY ASSASSINATED
Zachary Taylor thought that slavery should:
A) Be the legal default for new territories entering the Union
B) Be illegal for new territories entering the Union
C) Be legal in half, and illegal in the other half
D) None of the Above
B) Be illegal for new territories entering the Union
The Kansas-Nebraska Act ended the Missouri Compromise, meaning: SLAVERY WAS ALLOWED IN ALL TERRITORIES or TERRITORIES COULD DECIDE WETHER THEY WERE WANTED TO ALLOW SLAVERY OR NOT?
TERRITORIES COULD DECIDE WETHER THEY WERE WANTED TO ALLOW SLAVERY OR NOT
The five main bills of the Compromise of 1850 were:
A) California would be admitted as a free state. No slavery allowed.
B) The boundary of the state of Texas was settled and the state was paid for lost lands.
C) The area of New Mexico was given territorial status.
D) The Fugitive Slave Act
E) The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia. Just the trade, however, slavery was still allowed.
F) Slave Owners would have to pay less Property Tax
G) Only A, B, D, E & F
H) Only A, B, C, D & E
H) Only A, B, C, D & E
Who was the First President to have Congress discuss an attempt to Impeach them? JOHN TYLER or FRANKLIN PIERCE?
JOHN TYLER
Who was the first President to win in an "Upset Victory," meaning he was projected / expected to lose but ended up winning? JAMES BUCHANAN or JAMES K. POLK?
JAMES K. POLK