History Test 4

Front 1

Which statement about population growth i the period of 1800-1850 is not true?

Back 1

The percentage of Americans living in the West grew slowly.

Front 2

During the years of the Jeffersonian Republicans, the government's land policies:

Back 2

attempted to aid Americans who wished to become freeholders.

Front 3

Migration into the Old Northwest was characterized by:

Back 3

the spreading of many folkways of migrants from the East.

Front 4

A consistent pattern of movement into the Old Northwest was:

Back 4

the tendency of northerners and southerners to settle, respectively, in northern and souther sections of the Old Northwest.

Front 5

Local associations known as claims clubs

Back 5

enforced extralegal property rights for squatters.

Front 6

Which product became the Old Northwest's major cash crop for the northern market?

Back 6

Wheat

Front 7

Westerners promoted industrialization in the East:

Back 7

by providing food for the growing workfoce of the East.

Front 8

Which state was the last one to gain statehood in the Old Northwest?

Back 8

Wisconsin

Front 9

What pattern in the location of slavery occurred in the period of 1790-1860?

Back 9

A large movement of slaver from the South Atlantic to the Old Southwest

Front 10

Which of the following was NOT a territory in 1850?

Back 10

Wisconsin

Front 11

Short-staple cotton became a major profit-maker for all of the following reasons except:

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the majority of settlers in the Old Southwest owned large plantations that grew it.

Front 12

By the 1840s, over half the value of American exports was derived from

Back 12

Cotton

Front 13

Keys to the wealth of the Old Southwest included all of the following except:

Back 13

the growth of nonagricultural pursuits.

Front 14

The Southwest Ordinance allowed slaver in all territories south of the ________ River.

Back 14

Ohio

Front 15

Whites had orginally been reluctant to settle on the wester plains because

Back 15

they believed the region had little potential for agriculture.

Front 16

Which two tribes wer defeated by whites in Black Hawk's war?

Back 16

the Sauks and the Foxes

Front 17

Before 1850, who was the dominant power on the north and central Great Plains?

Back 17

the warrior-hunters of the Sioux tribe

Front 18

What differences in the fighting of war existed between whites and the Plains Indians?

Back 18

The Plains Indians fought to show honor rather than killin many enemies.

Front 19

What were the two products traded by branches of the Sioiux tribe at the yearly trade fair?

Back 19

beacer pelts and buffalo robes

Front 20

Even under ideal conditions, the journey on the Oregon Trail took about

Back 20

six months

Front 21

White settlement in Oregon had all of the following effects on the Cayuses Indians except:

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the use of the Cayuses as farm laborers for whites

Front 22

Overland immigration to the trans-Mississippi West was highest in

Back 22

1852

Front 23

Which town was a starting point on the Oregon Trail?

Back 23

Independence, Missouri

Front 24

The greatest cause of the 5,000 deaths that occured on the Oregon Trail was

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disease

Front 25

The results of the Fort Laramie Treaty included

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only a brief standoff between the Sioux and the US government.

Front 26

Mestizos were usually a mixture of

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Indian and Spanish

Front 27

In the early part of the nineteenth centure, the largest concentration of Indians in the Southwest region was in

Back 27

California

Front 28

In California in the 1760s, full-scale agriculture was practiced only by

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the Yumans along the Colorado River.

Front 29

Which tribe practiced full-scale agriculture in southeaster California?

Back 29

the Yumans

Front 30

The Comanches were known for:

Back 30

being master horsement and among the greatest warriors in the West.

Front 31

Which statement about Mexico's approach to early American settlers in Texas is not true?

Back 31

The Mexican government sold land only in small portions to American settlers.

Front 32

Which practice did settlers bring to Texas that was illegal under Mexican law?

Back 32

slavery

Front 33

Tejano was the term for

Back 33

Spanish-speaking Mexicans born in Texas

Front 34

What happened immediately after General Santa Anna was elected as president of Mexico?

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He overturned the liberal constitution and became a dictator

Front 35

The Mexican army annihilated defenders at

Back 35

the Alamo and Goliad

Front 36

The Battle of San Jacinto

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established the independence of Texas

Front 37

Juan Cortina instigated a rebellion in 1859

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because Mexicans in American territory were abused by white Americans

Front 38

While the Texans were fighting Mexico, they were also fighting

Back 38

the Comanches

Front 39

In the 1820s and 1830s, the missions in California

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saw much of their land turned into rancheros

Front 40

The Santa Fe Trail

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opened the door to the eventual American takeover of New Mexico.

Front 41

James K. Polk

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Exapansionist president who held office during the Mexican War.

Front 42

Zachary Taylor

Back 42

Tensions between the US and Mexico increased when he moved his forces to the banks of the Nueces River

Front 43

Joseph Smith

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Mormon leader who was killed by a mob in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Front 44

Winfield Scott

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Leader of the invasion of central Mexico that led to the taking of Mexico City

Front 45

Stephen F. Austin

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The first American empresario of Texas who inherited a huge amount of land from his father, Moses.

Front 46

Sam Houston

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Leader of Texan forces that surprised General Santa Anna at San Jacinto

Front 47

After facing great prejudice, the Mormons decided to settle in

Back 47

Utah

Front 48

Mormons in Utah came under the control of the United States in

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1848

Front 49

The cornerstone of President Polk's foreign policy was

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the acquisition of California

Front 50

During the Mexican-American War the most adamant expansionists called for American takeover of

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Mexico

Front 51

Manifest Destiny was used to justify

Back 51

the acquisition of foreign territories in the late 1890s

Front 52

The appeal of Manifest Destiny peaked in the

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1840s

Front 53

A fungus affecting ________ was the main cause of the Irish famine of the mid-1840s

Back 53

potatoes

Front 54

Results of the Mexican War included all of the following except

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a 15 million dollar "war guilt" payment made by Mexico to the United States

Front 55

The actual fighting of the Mexican War began when American forces moved into

Back 55

the 100 miles between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers

Front 56

Polk's offer to buy California for 30 million dollars

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fell apart when Mexico refused to receive Polk's representative

Front 57

The Americans launched a successful amphibious assault upon

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Vera Cruz