The American Yawp - Manifest Destinity

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The American Yawp Chapter 12 – Manifest Destiny Quiz The idea of Manifest Destiny meant which of the following? a. The strength of American values and institutions justified moral claims to leadership b. Lands on the North American continent west of the Mississippi River (and later into the Caribbean) were destined for political and agricultural improvement c. God and the Constitution ordained an irrepressible destiny to accomplish redemption and democratization d. All of the above Seminole Indians were aided by what grop during the Second Seminole War? a. Cherokee Indians b. Free blacks and escaped slaves c. Spanish royal forces d. British merchants Why did Andrew Jackson, and most Americans, support Indian Removal? a. Give white farmers access to fertile soil b. Make it easier for Indians to convert to Christianity c. Freeing up land for mining d. All of the above Tribal nations west of the Mississippi blended traditional cultural practices, including common land systems, with western practices including which of the following? a. Constitutional governments b. Public schools c. Slavery d. All of the above Which of the following Native American groups most troubled Mexican authorities? a. Comanche b. Cherokee c. Ojibwe d. Seminole What was the “cult of true womanhood?” a. Social standards that emphasized piety, domesticity, and submissiveness b. An idea that challenged the notion of separate spheres c. A radical religious group that advocated spiritual equality and sexual abstinence d. A widely read poem that explained the role of women in democratic society What was Mexico’s position on slavery immediatly prior to the Texas Revolution? a. Protecting slavery was a major cause of the Mexican Independence movement, so the Mexican government adopted a number of laws to protect and expand slaveholding b. The Mexican government protected slavery and imprisoned abolitionists c. There were hardly any slaves in Mexico, but it remained legal and rare through the 1850s d. Mexico abolished slavery in 1829 8. Why didn’t the United States immediately annex Texas? a. The U.S. feared that doing so would provoke a war with Mexico, as Mexico never fully acknowledged Texas independence b. Concerns about the imbalance of adding a large slave state c. Both because of concerns regarding war with Mexico and imbalance of adding a large slave state d. The United States did annex Texas as soon as the Revolution was completed 9. What was the specific spark that ignited the Mexican-American War? a. The United States annexed Texas and mexico invaded b. The Unted States withdrew its ambassador from Mexico and Mexico invaded c. America soldiers invaded Mexico in hopes of forcing the sale of Califonia d. Mexican cavalrymen attacked U.S. soldiers in the disputed territory of the Nueces Strip 10. What term best describes newspaper coverage of the Mexican-American War? a. Vague b. Divided c. Supportive d. All of the above 11. What were the consequences of the Mexican-American War? a. Added American territory b. Elevated Zachary Taylor to the presidency c. Provided a training round for future Civil War commanders d. All of the above 12. The dicovery of gold caused San Francisco’s population to grow from about 500 in 1848 to almost ________ by 1853? a. 2,000 b. 5,000 c. 20,000 d. 50,000 13. The Monroe Doctrine was created partially as a response to which of the following international threats? a. Incursions form the Russians in the northwest portions of the North American continent b. Fears of a Spanish reconquest of South America c. Concerns over British abolitionists in the Caribbean d. All of the above 14. What was the primary goal of American foreign policy in the antebellum era? a. Acquisition of territory beyond the North American continent b. Expansion of economic opportunity c. Promotion of democratic revolutions d. Growth of the trans-Atlantic slave trade 15. Which of the follwoing nations experienced the most successful American filibustering endeavor? a. Cuba b. Nicaragua c. Mexico d. Belize