History Chapter 13, 14, 15

Front 1

For the south in the 1830's, making the Texas territory part of the United States could potentially be most beneficial in what way?

Back 1

E. Several slave states could be created out of Texas

Front 2

When "fifty-four forty or fight" did not result in gaining all of the Pacific Northwest, who most likely would've been the angriest?

Back 2

B. Northern democrats

Front 3

In the first half of the 19th century, the United States gained the most territory through:

Back 3

D. Wars with Mexico

Front 4

How did the territory acquired from the Mexican war promote Thomas Jefferson's earlier idea of an empire of Liberty?

Back 4

B. Only people classified as whites gained full rights

Front 5

Analyze the role that manifest destiny played in the California gold rush. What was the result?

Back 5

C. The California legislature created a foreign miner's tax

Front 6

The opening of Japan to United States trade led to what?

Back 6

C. Japan became a modernized military power

Front 7

Why was the extension of slavery significant politically?

Back 7

B. Both the north and south wanted to control the senate

Front 8

The wilmot proviso, admission of California into the the union, and the Missouri compromise focused on what?

Back 8

E. The extension of slavery was a volatile issue

Front 9

What was ironic about the fugitive slave act?

Back 9

D. The south promoted states' rights, but with this law agreed to strong federal action

Front 10

What was ironic about the fugitive slave act?

Back 10

D. The south promoted states' rights, but with this law agreed to strong federal action

Front 11

Why were the know-nothing's unable to curb the political influence of Irish immigrants?

Back 11

E. Voting rights were being determined by race

Front 12

What was ironic about the fugitive slave act?

Back 12

D. The south promoted states' rights, but with this law agreed to strong federal action

Front 13

Why were the know-nothing's unable to curb the political influence of Irish immigrants?

Back 13

E. Voting rights were being determined by race

Front 14

In the 1850's, which action would be incline with Abraham Lincoln's views on race?

Back 14

B. An African American man trains as an artisan and then starts his own business

Front 15

What distinguished John brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd garrison and Frederick Douglass?

Back 15

C. Brown emphasized violence in freeing slaves

Front 16

What distinguished John brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd garrison and Frederick Douglass?

Back 16

C. Brown emphasized violence in freeing slaves

Front 17

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what view did Stephan A. Douglas take?

Back 17

A. If each state, slave or free, only worried about its own status, then there should be harmony

Front 18

What distinguished John brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd garrison and Frederick Douglass?

Back 18

C. Brown emphasized violence in freeing slaves

Front 19

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what view did Stephan A. Douglas take?

Back 19

A. If each state, slave or free, only worried about its own status, then there should be harmony

Front 20

By casting their ballots for the constitutional unionist candidate John bell in the 1860 election, what did people in Virginia and Kentucky fear?

Back 20

D. The voters worried that an impending civil war would lead to war being fought in their respective states

Front 21

What distinguished John brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd garrison and Frederick Douglass?

Back 21

C. Brown emphasized violence in freeing slaves

Front 22

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what view did Stephan A. Douglas take?

Back 22

A. If each state, slave or free, only worried about its own status, then there should be harmony

Front 23

By casting their ballots for the constitutional unionist candidate John bell in the 1860 election, what did people in Virginia and Kentucky fear?

Back 23

D. The voters worried that an impending civil war would lead to war being fought in their respective states

Front 24

In regards to fort Sumter, analyze the maneuvering of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. Who was superior, Davis or Lincoln?

Back 24

D. Lincoln made the south look like the aggressor

Front 25

Why did Mississippi politician Jefferson Davis object in the 1850's to the original design of the statue of freedom that now adores the us Capitol dome?

Back 25

D. It's use of an ancient roman Liberty cap on "freedom" raised a touchy matter about slaves' longing for freedom

Front 26

Why did Mississippi politician Jefferson Davis object in the 1850's to the original design of the statue of freedom that now adores the us Capitol dome?

Back 26

D. It's use of an ancient roman Liberty cap on "freedom" raised a touchy matter about slaves' longing for freedom

Front 27

Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?

Back 27

B. Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave?

Front 28

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

Back 28

C. It's Indian population was relatively large compared to its non-Indian population

Front 29

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

Back 29

C. It's Indian population was relatively large compared to its non-Indian population

Front 30

In 1821, the opening of the Santa Fe trail between Santa Fe and ..... Led to a reorientation of new mexico's commerce from the rest of Mexico to the United States

Back 30

Independence, Missouri

Front 31

The term "Californios" referred in the 1830's and 1840s to.... In California

Back 31

A. Mexican cattle ranchers

Front 32

American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and and 1830s:

Back 32

C. Led Stephen Austin to demand more autonomy from Mexican officials