Chapter 12 Quiz

. All of the following statements about the Whig Party are true except

Former National Republicans in the urban Northeast and upper West made up the bulk of the Whig Party.

Some members of the Whig Party doubted the wisdom of uncontrolled territorial expansion.

The Whigs rejected elements of the earlier "American System": a national bank, a strong protective tariff, and government-sponsored internal improvements.

When applied to Jackson's opponents, the term "Whig" suggested that Jackson ruled like a king instead of an elected official.

. The consequences of the depression of 1837 were most severe in

East Coast cities.

southern cities.

the rural South.

western settlements.

. Artists whose work celebrated the power and beauty of the untouched American landscape were known as the

Antebellum School.

Hudson River School.

Kaaterskill School.

Native American School.

. The Hudson River School was influenced by the _______ movement sweeping Europe.

Impressionist

Romantic

Realist

Enlightenment

. In the early nineteenth century, Americans first envisioned themselves cultivating the wilderness into a homestead and then further taming the land to build all of the following except a

center of world trade.

great manufacturing empire.

modest business empire.

vast highway for the transporting of goods.

. The Sioux, Pawnee, Arapaho, Shoshone, and Cheyenne nations resided throughout the

area along the Pacific.

Northern and Central Plains.

Northwest

Southwest

. American landholders in Texas were called

calpulli.

empresarios.

fronteras.

presidios.

. By the mid-1820s, American immigrants in Texas had developed a _______ economy.

cotton

rice

sugar

wheat

. The Mexican government's policies on slavery were

erratic: slavery was sometimes banned, sometimes permitted.

indifferent: there was no official stance toward slavery.

unwavering: slavery was allowable.

unwavering: slavery was banned.

. American immigrants in Texas regarded Mexican inconsistency and resistance toward slavery as

a humane point of view.

a welcome view that could lead at last to abolition.

an area in which there was room for negotiation.

evidence of betrayal.

. The major reason for the increasing tension between Texas and the Mexican government in the 1830s was the Mexican government's

attempts to stem immigration at the US-Mexican border.

distrust of republicanism.

treatment of Native Americans.

unstable position on slavery.

. Hoping eventually to secure United States statehood, Texas first declared itself _______ on March 2, 1836.

a military occupation

a sovereign republic

a US territory

an independent territory

. How did most overland migrants travel across America during the early nineteenth century?

In large groups on horseback

As groups of individuals, mainly men, seeking fortune

On the newly finished transcontinental railroad

In families, or groups of families, with wagons

. What was the boundary between Texas and Mexico that Santa Anna had agreed to?

The Rio Grande

The Mississippi River

A straight line from the southern border of Arkansas

There was no agreed upon boundary; both sides disputed it

. Which of the following statements best describes the domestic response to the Mexican-American War?

It started very unpopular but became popular.

It was consistently an incredibly popular conflict.

Support steadily eroded over time.

Most people ignored the far-away conflict.

. By the mid-1830s, federal policy toward Native Americans had begun to shift: later removals of Native Americans aimed more overtly at relocation culminating in

confinement to reservations in Canada.

individual ownership of land, rather than tribal ownership.

prosecution for war crimes committed against white settlers.

tribal ownership of land, rather than individual ownership.

. What happened to Mexicans in California after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

They controversially lost many of their land claims.

They retained power in the territory.

They were forcibly evicted from the region en masse.

They fully assimilated into American culture.

. What did Henry David Thoreau argue in 1848 to an audience in Concord?

That he was ready to separate from the government rather than support the institution of slavery

That slavery was morally wrong but could not be immediately abandoned

That the Mexican-American War was unjust but necessary

That the government sometimes made missteps but overall supported the people's will

. What did the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight!" refer to?

A demand to raise interest rates

A plan to invade the east coast of Canada

The need to annex Mexico

A desire to fully occupy Oregon

. Which two demands did the Sioux make of the government in the mid-1840's?

That the government increase white migration west and help in the assimilation process.

That part of the Mexican cession be given to them along with horses to patrol the area.

That they be given reparations and new settlements.

That it reduce white migration westward and protect bison populations from white settlers.

. _______, the belief that white Americans had providential right to as much of North America as they wanted, was part of the beliefs of citizens and of United States policy since the founding of the republic.

Manifest destiny

Imperialism

American exceptionalism

Nativism

.

Map shows Major Trans Mississippi Indian Communities, circa, 18 50. From west of Iowa to down south the Indian communities are as follows. Omahas, Otoes, Pawnees, Otoes and Missouris, Iowas, Sawks and Foxes of Minnesota, Shawnees, Ottawas, Peorias and Kaskaskias, Weas and Piankashas, Sawks and Foxes of Mississippi, Potawatomis, Miamis, New York Indians, Osages, Cherokee Neutral Lands, Quapaws, Senecas, Seminole nation, Chickasaw nation, and Choctaw Nation. The rivers flowing across the regions where the communities live are Laramie, South Fork Platte, Republican, Solomon Fork, Grand Saline Fork, Kansas, Arkansas, Cimarron, North Fork Canadian, Washita, North Fork Red, Canadian, Verdigris, Missouri, Osage, and Neosho.

MAP QUESTION. Find "Map 12-3: Major Trans-Mississippi Indian Communities, ca. 1850." The situation depicted in the map emerged due to the policies of

Thomas Jefferson.

James K. Polk.

Andrew Jackson.

Abraham Lincoln.

.

In the painting, near the Hudson river is a hut. One boy goes near a boat in the river. Clothes hang on a clothesline outside the hut. Few women are near the hut. The place is surrounded by tall trees.

Study for Home in the Woods. The painting was most likely a reaction to which of the following contemporary developments?

Manifest destiny

Abolitionism

The Industrial Revolution

Temperance

. Over time, indigenous groups of the Great Plains such as the Cheyenne gave up farming and organized their economic life around the hunt, foraging other food as they went. This change was a result of their making peace with their former enemies, the Apaches.

True

False

. President Van Buren's proposal for an independent treasury was met with little opposition.

True

False

. Although the United States was technically neutral in the matter of an internal Canadian rebellion against Great Britain in 1837–1838, some disgruntled American workers saw the rebels as latter-day embodiments of the spirit of the American Revolution and were drawn into an alliance with them.

True

False

. The term "manifest destiny" became part of the American vocabulary when it was used by journalist John O'Sullivan in 1845.

True

False

. James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales portray Euro-American settlement of the New York back-country as a grand myth of manifest destiny in which settlement tamed the land and the newcomers forged a new, ennobled society.

True

False

. Most of the migrants who headed west were farming families of moderate means, pushed out of the Midwest by the hard times of 1837.

True

False

. By 1839, some Americans were convinced that Texas was destined to become the "land of refuge" for pro-slavery Americans.

True

False

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