History

The Sioux Indians suffered less from European diseases than did other tribes because:

A) they had a natural resistance to the diseases.
B) their nomadic lives made them less susceptible to epidemics.
C) they were never exposed to European diseases.
D) they used native plants to limit the extent of epidemics.

The doctrine of Manifest Destiny:

A) was used to justify U.S. expansion westward in the 1840s.
B) developed as a southern and western reaction to the Panic of 1837.
C) was used to recruit Americans to migrate to Texas to protect slavery and U.S. interests.
D) developed in the 1820s as a popular response to the Monroe Doctrine.

All of the following contributed to the growing discontent and eventual revolt of the American settlers in Texas EXCEPT:

A) the government's refusal to provide land for settlers.
B) a ban on slavery.
C) a ban on Protestant churches.
D) the central government's refusal to provide an adequate political participation for settlers.

Plains Indians responded to the increasing numbers of emigrants on the Overland Trail by:

A) demanding compensation from both the government and the emigrants.
B) refusing to trade with the emigrants.
C) attacking the wagon trains.
D) migrating away from the main corridor of travel.

Texas was finally annexed:

A) by treaty with Texas when John Tyler first forced the issue.
B) by joint resolution after Polk became president.
C) by treaty with Mexico at the end of the Mexican War.
D) by joint resolution after the election of 1844.

Under President James K. Polk, the United States:

A) went to war with England to gain the Oregon Territory.
B) reached a compromise with the British over the Oregon Territory.
C) purchased the Oregon Territory from Great Britain.
D) delayed dealing with the British over the Oregon question until the war with Mexico was over.

The Mexican War began when:

A) the United States annexed Texas.
B) American and Mexican troops clashed in the disputed territory.
C) Taylor crossed the Nueces River and occupied Mexico City.
D) the Bear Flag revolt broke out in California.

The Wilmot Proviso:

A) stipulated Mexicans in the ceded territories would have rights of American citizenship.
B) voted supplies for American troops but opposed acquiring any territory.
C) was an attempt to prohibit slavery from any territory acquired from Mexico.
D) condemned Polk for starting the Mexican war.

Brigham Young led his followers west in 1847:

A) because government officials had ordered him to be arrested.
B) in order to fulfill biblical prophecy.
C) as the result of a split with other church leaders.
D) to escape persecution and interference with the church.

John C. Calhoun argued that:

A) slavery should be prohibited from all the territories.
B) slavery could never exist in the territory acquired from Mexico.
C) popular sovereignty should decide slavery's status in the territories.
D) slavery was legal in all the territories.

The Compromise of 1850 included all these provisions EXCEPT:

A) establishment of a Texas-New Mexico boundary.
B) the Wilmot Proviso.
C) organization of the Utah and New Mexico territories.
D) a new fugitive slave law.

In the early 1850s:

A) most Southerners rejected the Compromise of 1850.
B) most Northerners rejected the Compromise, but most Southerners supported it.
C) the Whig and Democratic parties both repudiated the Compromise in the 1852 election.
D) Americans generally supported the Compromise of 1850