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Manifest Destiny 3
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1) Who was the Whig candidate in the 1848 election?
A
Andrew Jackson
B
Martin Van Buren
C
William Henry Harrison
D
Zachary Taylor
2) What does the word popular sovereignty mean?
A
people vote to decide the issue of slavery in states
B
people of a state have no input in the issue of slavery
C
slavery is legal in all US states
D
slavery is not permitted in the new territory
3) What document introduced by a Pennsylvania congress banned slavery in the newly acquired land?
A
Compromise of 1850
B
Wilmont Priviso
C
popular sovereignty
D
Kansas-Nebraska Act
4) Which statement is FALSE?
A
President Zachary Taylor owned a large plantation with more than 100 slaves
B
The Free Soil Party won the Presidential Election of 1848
C
President Zachary Taylor was against the southern position regarding slavery
D
Slavery was the key issue in the Presidential Election of 1848
5) Who proposed the idea of popular sovereignty?
A
Martin Van Buren
B
Henry Clay
C
Lewis Cass
D
David Wilmont
6) Which of the following statements if FALSE?
A
Texas did not become a US state for 10 years.
B
If Texas was admitted as a slave state, it would have upset the balance between the North and South.
C
The US added Texas as a state immediately after they gained independence from Mexico in 1836.
D
Both Presidents Adams and Jackson offered to purchase Texas from Mexico, but refused.
7) What cause the US to declare war on Mexico?
A
the Mexican Army crossed the Rio Grande River
B
the US Army crossed the Nueces River
C
the Mexican Army crossed the Nueces River
D
the US Army crossed the Rio Grande River
8) What is the reason the US wanted to go to war with Mexico?
A
If attacked the US would fight!
B
The US government was angry with Mexico for their attacks against the Texans
C
The US wanted the country to grow, but the Mexican government refused to sell land to the US
D
No reason, the US knew they would win because the Mexican Army was weak
9) Which of the following is NOT a part of the Treaty of Guadalupe HIdalgo?
A
US government made Texas an official state
B
US and Mexican border was established at the Rio Grande River
C
US gained more than a million square miles of territory
D
US would pay 15 million dollars to Mexico and assume another 3.5 million in debt owed to the US
10) How much did the US pay for the strip of land known as the Gadsden Purchase?
A
nothing, it was given to the US after the War with Mexico
B
10 million dollars
C
180,000 dollars
D
25 million dollars
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