Which statement was true of most white antislavery reformers? A) They supported the American Colonization Society. B) They longed for a world in which race did not exist as a social category. C) They rejected the idea of social equality between whites and blacks. D) They rejected the idea of civil equality for blacks. […]
John O’Sullivan __________. A) was the first white to see the Grand Canyon B) was Frémont’s mapmaker C) coined the term “manifest destiny” D) opposed Jefferson’s Indian removal policies ANSWER Answer: C
During the Mexican-American War, northern Whigs began to characterize the war as a(n) __________. A) unwinnable conflict B) racist plot against a weaker nation C) southern conspiracy to expand slavery D) Mexican scheme to claim disputed gold fields on the Colorado ANSWER Answer: C
It seems clear that when President Polk sent troops to Texas in 1845, he __________. A) hoped to provoke a war with Mexico B) had no idea what was going to happen C) believed that he was preventing a war with Mexico D) thought it was an inconsequential decision ANSWER Answer: A
From 1800 to 1850, the land area of the United States __________. A) more than doubled B) more than tripled C) more than quadrupled D) remained unchanged ANSWER Answer: B
The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian Territory to American settlers __________. A) as slave territories B) under the Wilmot Proviso C) if they would agree to kill all Indians on sight D) under the principle of popular sovereignty ANSWER Answer: D
Which of these states seceded after the Civil War began? A) South Carolina B) Arkansas C) Maryland D) Texas ANSWER Answer: B
How did enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law galvanize abolitionist support in the North? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: terms of the Fugitive Slave Law; reaction of free black communities; personal liberty laws; Anthony Burns
During the Civil War, the tribes in Indian Territory __________. A) sided with the Union B) stayed neutral C) had their own civil war as they split between Union and Confederacy D) became a well-disciplined brigade under Stonewall Jackson ANSWER Answer: C
Sherman’s march to Savannah was primarily designed to __________. A) make it easier for slaves from the Deep South to escape B) cut off Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama from the rest of the Confederacy C) destroy Confederate coastal ports D) obtain stored cotton for the industrial mills of the North ANSWER Answer: B