Chapter 13 - Manifest Destiny: An Empire for Liberty Slavery?

The term manifest destiny refers to the belief that

Providence had destined the American continent to be dominated by the United States

The religious prophet and founder of the Mormons was

Joseph Smith

The Mexican commander who granted Texas independence from Mexico was

Santa Anna

The Mexican War was least popular in which of the following regions?

New England

The congressional act that opposed the extension of slavery into any territory ceded by Mexico was the

Wilmot Proviso

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

ended the United States' war with Mexico

In response to the Whig Party nomination of Zachary Taylor in 1848, many "conscience Whigs" fled the party, joined with antislavery Democrats, and formed the

Free Soil Party

California's population increased dramatically in the late 1840s due to the

discovery of gold

In 1850, southerners were most upset by the

The admission of California as a free state

Which of the following was not part of the Compromise of 1850?

repeal of all existing fugitive slave laws

The Supreme Court case Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) involved

the kidnapping of fugitive slaves.

The one issue in the Compromise of 1850 that clearly favored the South was

the Fugitive Slave Act

Anthony Burns

was a runaway slave arrested under the Fugitive Slave Act

The central theme of Uncle Tom’s Cabin is

the tragedy of the breakup of families by slavery

The four-time invader of Central America and the self-proclaimed president of Nicaragua was

William Walker

The man most responsible for passing the Compromise of 1850 was

Stephen Douglas

Abolitionists viewed the Fugitive Slave Law as all of the following except

unconstitutional

Approximately how many of the 3 million slaves actually escaped to freedom each year?

1,000

In the 1840s, the westward expansion of the United States

Women in the migration westward before the gold rush

All of the following statements regarding Brigham Young are true except he

was the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Which of the following was true of the Texas Revolution?

Many Mexican 5ejanos joined with the Anglo-Americans to fight for independence.

In the election of 1844, James K. Polk

promised to acquire Texas and Oregon

The Mexican War's first phase was carried out by which of the following?

In the Mexican War

the United States won every battle due to its superior leadership and weapons

On the issue of slavery in the territories, John C. Calhoun asserted that

the Constitution protected the right of citizens to move from place to place and to take their property with them.

Opponents of the Mexican War

claimed the war was a plot to expand slavery into new territories.

President Polk provoked a war with Mexico

all of these choices

The United States increased its size by ____ percent between 1845 and 1848.

50

All of the following fought for Texas's independence from Mexico excep

Andrew Jackson

General Winfield Scott's nickname was

"Old Fuss and Feathers."

The Ostend Manifesto had to do with which of the following?

Cuba

In the election of 1848, the idea of "popular sovereignty" was most closely identified with

Lewis Cass

All of the following statements regarding the "Conscience Whigs" are true except they

hoped to convince their party to renounce the expansion of slavery.

The idea of "one big reservation" for Native Americans in the West was replaced in the 1850s with a policy calling for

forcing Indians onto small reservations.

Most Hispanics in the West lived in

Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico.

Relations between the Mormon settlement in Utah and the U.S. government became strained, especially when

the settlement authorized polygamy

American settlers who migrated to Texas defied Mexican law by

bringing slaves

Anglo settlers in Texas declared their independence when

a conservative Mexican government attempted to consolidate authority over their settlements.

Henry Clay's position on the annexation of Texas in the campaign of 1844 is best described by which of the following statements?

Texas should be annexed only when New Mexico was ready for annexation

President Polk's compromise with the British on the Oregon Treaty

angered Democrats from the Old Northwest

The Wilmot Proviso

was passed by the House of Representatives, but failed in the Senate