American Yawp Chapter 12

1. The idea of Manifest Destiny meant which of the following?

All of the above

Seminole Indians were aided by what group during the Second Seminole War?

Free blacks and escaped slaves

Why did Andrew Jackson, and most Americans, support Indian Removal?

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?

All of the above

Which of the following Native American groups most troubled Mexican authorities?

Comanche

What was the "cult of true womanhood?"

Social standards that emphasized piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness

What was Mexico's position on slavery immediately prior to the Texas Revolution?

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

Why didn't the United States immediately annex Texas?

Both because of concerns regarding war with Mexico and imbalance of adding a large slave state

What was the specific spark that ignited the Mexican-American War?

Mexican cavalrymen attacked U.S. soldiers in the disputed territory of the Nueces Strip

What term best describes newspaper coverage of the Mexican-American War?

Divided

What were the consequences of the Mexican-American War?

All of the above

The discovery of gold caused San Francisco's population to grow from about 500 in 1848 to almost ______ by 1853?

50,000

The Monroe Doctrine was created partially as a response to which of the following international threats?

All of the above

What was the primary goal of American foreign policy in the antebellum era?

Expansion of economic opportunity

Which of the following nations experienced the most successful American filibustering endeavor?

Cuba