Question 1

Which of the following is true of the presidential campaign of 1844?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Liberty Party candidate drew enough votes away from Henry Clay in New York to deny Clay the state and the election. 
B)  Although James K. Polk lost all of the southern states, he won the election by carrying the Northeast and Northwest. 
C)  Henry Clay campaigned in favor of the immediate annexation of Texas. 
D)  James K. Polk appealed to the electorate as a man who would pursue expansion through negotiation rather than force. 
A)  The Liberty Party candidate drew enough votes away from Henry Clay in New York to deny Clay the state and the election. 
B)  Although James K. Polk lost all of the southern states, he won the election by carrying the Northeast and Northwest. 
C)  Henry Clay campaigned in favor of the immediate annexation of Texas. 
D)  James K. Polk appealed to the electorate as a man who would pursue expansion through negotiation rather than force. A

Question 2

Which of the following was the dominant group in the population of Texas at the time of Mexican independence in 1821?

Accepted Answer

A)  People of mixed race 
B)  Indians indigenous to the area 
C)  Immigrant Anglos 
D)  Hispanics 
A)  People of mixed race 
B)  Indians indigenous to the area 
C)  Immigrant Anglos 
D)  Hispanics B

Question 3

Which of the following is true of the "rendezvous"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was an annual, multi-day gathering of American, Indian, Mexican, and mixed-race fur trappers from throughout the West. 
B)  It was gathering in which all of the ethnic groups that lived in New Orleans competed for a story-telling prize. 
C)  It was the geographic point after which wagon trains had to depend on Native American guides to lead them safely to their destination. 
D)  After barn raisings in Midwestern farm communities, the participants would celebrate with story telling, dancing, and drinking. 
A)  It was an annual, multi-day gathering of American, Indian, Mexican, and mixed-race fur trappers from throughout the West. 
B)  It was gathering in which all of the ethnic groups that lived in New Orleans competed for a story-telling prize. 
C)  It was the geographic point after which wagon trains had to depend on Native American guides to lead them safely to their destination. 
D)  After barn raisings in Midwestern farm communities, the participants would celebrate with story telling, dancing, and drinking. A

Question 4

Which of the following was true of the Northwest Territory between 1790 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Migration into the region was slow largely due to the questionable status of slavery in the area. 
B)  The population of the region grew at a phenomenal rate. 
C)  The region's climate caused a significantly higher death rate than in the Northeastern states. 
D)  Although the population grew due to natural increase, more people actually left the region than moved into the region. 
A)  Migration into the region was slow largely due to the questionable status of slavery in the area. 
B)  The population of the region grew at a phenomenal rate. 
C)  The region's climate caused a significantly higher death rate than in the Northeastern states. 
D)  Although the population grew due to natural increase, more people actually left the region than moved into the region.

Question 5

In addition to the Bible, which of the following books did migrants to the West often take with them?

Accepted Answer

A)  Timothy Flint's Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson's compilation of essays and poems 
C)  John C. Frémont's accounts of his explorations 
D)  James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer 
A)  Timothy Flint's Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson's compilation of essays and poems 
C)  John C. Frémont's accounts of his explorations 
D)  James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer

Question 6

After passage of the Colonization Law of 1824 by the Mexican government, the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas stipulated that, to be eligible for land grants, foreigners

Accepted Answer

A)  could only use gold to pay for their land and could not buy the land on credit. 
B)  could not marry Mexican women. 
C)  had to convert to the Catholic faith. 
D)  had to be Christians and establish permanent residency. 
A)  could only use gold to pay for their land and could not buy the land on credit. 
B)  could not marry Mexican women. 
C)  had to convert to the Catholic faith. 
D)  had to be Christians and establish permanent residency.

Question 7

Wheat farming in California depended on

Accepted Answer

A)  massive irrigation projects. 
B)  skills taught to European American migrants by Native Americans. 
C)  Indian laborers held in bondage. 
D)  mechanized agriculture. 
A)  massive irrigation projects. 
B)  skills taught to European American migrants by Native Americans. 
C)  Indian laborers held in bondage. 
D)  mechanized agriculture.

Question 8

Which of the following was a characteristic of the "frontier"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a region in which anarchy reigned. 
B)  It was a boundary beyond which there was no human habitation. 
C)  It was the line between civilized society and a completely untamed and savage wilderness. 
D)  It was a meeting place of different cultures. 
A)  It was a region in which anarchy reigned. 
B)  It was a boundary beyond which there was no human habitation. 
C)  It was the line between civilized society and a completely untamed and savage wilderness. 
D)  It was a meeting place of different cultures.

Question 9

The Office of Indian Affairs

Accepted Answer

A)  oversaw the "civilizing" of Native Americans by establishing European-style villages and schools for Indian children. 
B)  cooperated with the military in the removal of Indians from western lands and protected citizens who wanted to settle in the West. 
C)  was established to help in the assimilation of Native Americans into American society. 
D)  had the duty and responsibility of protecting the cultures of Native American peoples. 
A)  oversaw the "civilizing" of Native Americans by establishing European-style villages and schools for Indian children. 
B)  cooperated with the military in the removal of Indians from western lands and protected citizens who wanted to settle in the West. 
C)  was established to help in the assimilation of Native Americans into American society. 
D)  had the duty and responsibility of protecting the cultures of Native American peoples.

Question 10

Manifest Destiny was the belief that

Accepted Answer

A)  the territorial expansion of the United States was inevitable, divinely ordained, and just. 
B)  the United States should fulfill its mission as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  the United States should pledge its support to oppressed people everywhere. 
D)  war with Canada and Mexico was necessary and desirable. 
A)  the territorial expansion of the United States was inevitable, divinely ordained, and just. 
B)  the United States should fulfill its mission as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  the United States should pledge its support to oppressed people everywhere. 
D)  war with Canada and Mexico was necessary and desirable.

Question 11

Why were Narcissa and Marcus Whitman murdered by the Cayuse Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Cayuse discovered that the Whitmans were supportive of the Cayuse being forcibly removed to Indian Country. 
B)  The Whitmans kidnapped several Cayuse children and planned to take them back to the Northeast. 
C)  The Cayuse interpreted a measles epidemic as being a deliberate assault on them by the Whitmans. 
D)  Needing food, the Whitmans killed animals that, to the Cayuse, were of spiritual significance. 
A)  The Cayuse discovered that the Whitmans were supportive of the Cayuse being forcibly removed to Indian Country. 
B)  The Whitmans kidnapped several Cayuse children and planned to take them back to the Northeast. 
C)  The Cayuse interpreted a measles epidemic as being a deliberate assault on them by the Whitmans. 
D)  Needing food, the Whitmans killed animals that, to the Cayuse, were of spiritual significance.

Question 12

After 1852, anger toward the Mormons in the Utah territory increased throughout the United States for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Mormons officially sanctioned polygamy. 
B)  The Mormons prohibited all non-Mormons from entering their state of "Deseret." 
C)  The Mormons engaged in a rebellion against the government of the United States. 
D)  The Mormons publicized their belief that Jesus was not divine and not the Son of God. 
A)  The Mormons officially sanctioned polygamy. 
B)  The Mormons prohibited all non-Mormons from entering their state of "Deseret." 
C)  The Mormons engaged in a rebellion against the government of the United States. 
D)  The Mormons publicized their belief that Jesus was not divine and not the Son of God.

Question 13

By the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851,

Accepted Answer

A)  Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory agreed to allow American migrants moving West free passage across their tribal lands. 
B)  all of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains agreed to cede their ancestral lands to the United States but were allowed to live on that land in perpetuity. 
C)  southwestern Indian tribes agreed to forgo any further allotments from the federal government in return for an expansion of their tribal boundaries. 
D)  eight northern Plains tribes agreed to respect tribal boundaries established by the United States government and to allow the government to build roads and forts within those boundaries. 
A)  Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory agreed to allow American migrants moving West free passage across their tribal lands. 
B)  all of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains agreed to cede their ancestral lands to the United States but were allowed to live on that land in perpetuity. 
C)  southwestern Indian tribes agreed to forgo any further allotments from the federal government in return for an expansion of their tribal boundaries. 
D)  eight northern Plains tribes agreed to respect tribal boundaries established by the United States government and to allow the government to build roads and forts within those boundaries.

Question 14

One of the main issues in James K. Polk's 1844 presidential campaign was the Democratic party's commitment to

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing the tariff. 
B)  reducing the sales price of western lands. 
C)  territorial acquisition and expansion. 
D)  rechartering the Bank of the United States. 
A)  increasing the tariff. 
B)  reducing the sales price of western lands. 
C)  territorial acquisition and expansion. 
D)  rechartering the Bank of the United States.

Question 15

Even though the West was often depicted in popular literature of the early nineteenth century as a violent place, in the minds of many Americans it also symbolized the nation's core value. That value was

Accepted Answer

A)  materialism. 
B)  idealism. 
C)  communalism. 
D)  freedom. 
A)  materialism. 
B)  idealism. 
C)  communalism. 
D)  freedom.

Question 16

By the 1850s, San Francisco

Accepted Answer

A)  had lost its pre-eminence to new metropolitan centers in California. 
B)  was merely a small rural settlement. 
C)  enjoyed prosperity almost exclusively due to the cotton trade. 
D)  had become the West Coast gateway to the interior. 
A)  had lost its pre-eminence to new metropolitan centers in California. 
B)  was merely a small rural settlement. 
C)  enjoyed prosperity almost exclusively due to the cotton trade. 
D)  had become the West Coast gateway to the interior.

Question 17

Which of the following is true of fur trappers in the Appalachian West?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had little interaction with Indians in the region. 
B)  They often put inferior pelts on the market, which severely hurt their chances of selling in the international marketplace. 
C)  They often married Indian women. 
D)  They suffered severe economic setbacks in the 1820s. 
A)  They had little interaction with Indians in the region. 
B)  They often put inferior pelts on the market, which severely hurt their chances of selling in the international marketplace. 
C)  They often married Indian women. 
D)  They suffered severe economic setbacks in the 1820s.

Question 18

Most people traveling overland to California and Oregon followed which of the following routes?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Northwest Passage 
B)  The Oregon Trail. 
C)  The Santa Fe Trail 
D)  The South Pass 
A)  The Northwest Passage 
B)  The Oregon Trail. 
C)  The Santa Fe Trail 
D)  The South Pass

Question 19

Which of the following are generally recognized as having been the first white migrants along the Oregon Trail?

Accepted Answer

A)  Laura and Almanzo Wilder and Rose and Gillette Lane 
B)  Narcissa and Marcus Whitman and Eliza and Henry Spalding 
C)  Bill Cody and Wyatt Earp 
D)  Elizabeth and Charles Finney 
A)  Laura and Almanzo Wilder and Rose and Gillette Lane 
B)  Narcissa and Marcus Whitman and Eliza and Henry Spalding 
C)  Bill Cody and Wyatt Earp 
D)  Elizabeth and Charles Finney

Question 20

Why did Narcissa and Marcus Whitman fail in their efforts to convert the Cayuse Indians to Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Cayuse saw the doctrine of the Trinity as illogical. 
B)  The Whitmans assumed an air of cultural superiority over the Cayuse. 
C)  The Cayuse found it impossible to accept the doctrine of transubstantiation. 
D)  The Whitmans insisted on holding religious services in their home, which conflicted with the religious practices of the Cayuse. 
A)  The Cayuse saw the doctrine of the Trinity as illogical. 
B)  The Whitmans assumed an air of cultural superiority over the Cayuse. 
C)  The Cayuse found it impossible to accept the doctrine of transubstantiation. 
D)  The Whitmans insisted on holding religious services in their home, which conflicted with the religious practices of the Cayuse.

Exam 13: The Contested West, 1815-1860

Which of the following is true of the presidential campaign of 1844?

Which of the following was the dominant group in the population of Texas at the time of Mexican independence in 1821?

Which of the following is true of the "rendezvous"?

Which of the following was true of the Northwest Territory between 1790 and 1860?

In addition to the Bible, which of the following books did migrants to the West often take with them?

After passage of the Colonization Law of 1824 by the Mexican government, the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas stipulated that, to be eligible for land grants, foreigners

Wheat farming in California depended on

Which of the following was a characteristic of the "frontier"?

The Office of Indian Affairs

Manifest Destiny was the belief that

Why were Narcissa and Marcus Whitman murdered by the Cayuse Indians?

After 1852, anger toward the Mormons in the Utah territory increased throughout the United States for which of the following reasons?

By the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851,

One of the main issues in James K. Polk's 1844 presidential campaign was the Democratic party's commitment to

Even though the West was often depicted in popular literature of the early nineteenth century as a violent place, in the minds of many Americans it also symbolized the nation's core value. That value was

By the 1850s, San Francisco

Which of the following is true of fur trappers in the Appalachian West?

Most people traveling overland to California and Oregon followed which of the following routes?

Which of the following are generally recognized as having been the first white migrants along the Oregon Trail?

Why did Narcissa and Marcus Whitman fail in their efforts to convert the Cayuse Indians to Christianity?

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A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783

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The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

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