Native Americans
Mexico
Mexico II
The West
The West II
100
Native Americans were forced to move off their land
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
100
Which treaty ended the war with Mexico?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
100
The Mexican government had always wanted to maintain in a negotiable manner with the United States. As stated by the Mexican government to the United States one month before the annexation of Texas, “…although the Mexican nation was gravely offended by the United States due to its action in Texas – belonging to Mexico – the government was willing to receive a commissioner who would arrive in this capital from the United States possessing full faculties to settle the current dispute in a peaceful, reasonable and respectable way.”
However not only did the United States conform to close to none negotiations, they also demanded for the cession of the territories of New Mexico and California. The Mexican government had two choices: they could give in and reestablish friendly relations to the United States, proving to the world that Mexico would always be a “slave” to the United States or the Mexican government would not surrender to such degradation and resort to war.
Source: “The War From a Mexican Viewpoint” – Dr. Ashbel Smith
According to the above excerpt, what was Mexico’s stance in negotiating with the United States in regards to the border dispute over Texas?
Mexico wanted to negotiate with the United States and settle the border dispute peacefully
100
James K. Polk’s 1844 presidential campaign slogan “54-40 or Fight” referred to the effort to annex which territory?
Oregon
100
The series of agreements passed by congress in 1820-1821, that created a dividing line at 36-30 in order to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states is known as the
Missouri Compromise
200
My friends . . . circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one remedy within your reach. And that is, to remove to the West and join your countrymen, who are already established there. And the sooner you do this, the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity.
—Andrew Jackson
The above statement is most closely associated with what action during the 19th century?
The Cherokee Trail of Tears
200
Which of the following issues made the issue of annexing Texas so controversial?
Slavery
200
Which of the following statements best describes the reason why Mexico chose to go to war with the United States?
The Mexican government felt that they could not give in to the United States because Mexico would viewed as a slave to the United States in the eyes of the world
200
Sam Houston was the hero of the…
Texas Revolution
200
A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue is known as
Popular sovereignty
300
As a result of the Gold Rush, the total population of California increased by about 250,000 between 1848 and 1852. Which group’s population decreased as a result of the Gold Rush?
Native Americans
300
Which of the following stated that lands acquired by war with Mexico should not be open to slavery?
Wilmot Proviso
300
Which territory was added to the United States as a result of the US-Mexican War?
IV
300
What were the gold prospectors in California called during the Gold Rush?
Forty Niners
300
What was the system of routes in which runaway slaves escaped to the North or Canada called?
The Underground Railroad
400
Away, away with all these cobweb issues of rights of discovery, exploration, settlement, continuity, etc.… our claim to Oregon would still be best and strongest. And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent, which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty, and federated self government entrusted to us.
—John O'Sullivan, editorial in the New York Morning News December, 1845
What is the justification O'Sullivan provides for the expansion of the United States to Oregon?
Manifest Destiny
400
California is admitted as a free state
Popular sovereignty would be used in New Mexico and Arizona
The Fugitive Slave Act would be enforced
The box above best describes which of the following?
Compromise of 1850
400
What area is indicated with the ? on the map?
Gadsden Purchase
400
This God given right helped the United States establish its current borders …
Manifest Destiny
500
Which of the following is most associated with Manifest Destiny?
Westward Expansion
500
What was the battle that the Texans attempted to hold off Santa Ana and were killed to a man? Later became a rallying cry for the Texas Army
The Alamo
500
Where was most of the territory the United States acquired during the era of Manifest Destiny?
Most acquisitions were west of the Mississippi River
500
The first leader of Americans who settled in Mexico?
Stephen F. Austin