History

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

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

The doctrine of Manifest Destiny:

A)was used to recruit Americans to migrate to Texas to protect slavery and U.S. interests.
B)was used to justify U.S. expansion westward in the 1840s.
C)developed as a southern and western reaction to the Panic of 1837.
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)the central government's refusal to provide an adequate political participation for settlers.
C)a ban on slavery.
D)a ban on Protestant churches.

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)migrating away from the main corridor of travel.
C)refusing to trade with the emigrants.
D)attacking the wagon trains.

Texas was finally annexed:

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

Under President James K. Polk, the United States:

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

The Mexican War began when:

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

The Wilmot Proviso:

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

Brigham Young led his followers west in 1847:

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

John C. Calhoun argued that:

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

The Compromise of 1850 included all these provisions EXCEPT:

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

In the early 1850s:

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