Question 1

What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexico ceded parts of Texas and Utah but retained its other territories in the West. 
B)  The Mexico-U.S. border was set at the Nueces River. 
C)  The U.S. promised to vacate all of the territories it had occupied during the war. 
D)  The U.S. acquired Utah, Nevada, California and parts of Arizona and New Mexico for $15 million. 
E)  Mexico would become part of the United States. 
A)  Mexico ceded parts of Texas and Utah but retained its other territories in the West. 
B)  The Mexico-U.S. border was set at the Nueces River. 
C)  The U.S. promised to vacate all of the territories it had occupied during the war. 
D)  The U.S. acquired Utah, Nevada, California and parts of Arizona and New Mexico for $15 million. 
E)  Mexico would become part of the United States.

Question 2

Mountain men

Accepted Answer

A)  worked as miners. 
B)  knew how to farm the steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Northern Rocky Mountains. 
C)  used mountain meadows for grazing cattle. 
D)  were notorious for highway robbery of western settlers. 
E)  worked as trappers, explorers, and scouts for the U.S. Army. 
A)  worked as miners. 
B)  knew how to farm the steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Northern Rocky Mountains. 
C)  used mountain meadows for grazing cattle. 
D)  were notorious for highway robbery of western settlers. 
E)  worked as trappers, explorers, and scouts for the U.S. Army.

Question 3

What did Polk hope to get from provoking a war with Mexico?

Accepted Answer

A)  Full and certain ownership of Texas 
B)  Control of much of Mexico's territory throughout the Southwest 
C)  A morale boost by defeating the Mexicans handily 
D)  Recognition from other major nations of the world 
E)  Control of California, where gold had recently been discovered 
A)  Full and certain ownership of Texas 
B)  Control of much of Mexico's territory throughout the Southwest 
C)  A morale boost by defeating the Mexicans handily 
D)  Recognition from other major nations of the world 
E)  Control of California, where gold had recently been discovered

Question 4

Mexico tried in several ways to halt American immigration into Texas,because the Mexicans were so unhappy about

Accepted Answer

A)  the arrival of large numbers of non-Catholics. 
B)  the refusal of the immigrants to speak Spanish. 
C)  the unwillingness of the settlers to fight alongside Mexicans whenever the need arose. 
D)  the settlers' continued use of slavery. 
E)  the Americans' attitudes of cultural superiority. 
A)  the arrival of large numbers of non-Catholics. 
B)  the refusal of the immigrants to speak Spanish. 
C)  the unwillingness of the settlers to fight alongside Mexicans whenever the need arose. 
D)  the settlers' continued use of slavery. 
E)  the Americans' attitudes of cultural superiority.

Question 5

What was Polk's hidden agenda as the war with Mexico waged on?

Accepted Answer

A)  To crush the Mexican Amy and take control of all of Mexico. 
B)  To seize California and New Mexico. 
C)  To take Mexican territory without paying for any of it. 
D)  To perpetuate slavery all the way to the Pacific. 
E)  None of these choices. 
A)  To crush the Mexican Amy and take control of all of Mexico. 
B)  To seize California and New Mexico. 
C)  To take Mexican territory without paying for any of it. 
D)  To perpetuate slavery all the way to the Pacific. 
E)  None of these choices.

What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Mountain men

What did Polk hope to get from provoking a war with Mexico?

Mexico tried in several ways to halt American immigration into Texas,because the Mexicans were so unhappy about

What was Polk's hidden agenda as the war with Mexico waged on?

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Securing the New Nation, 1789-1800

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Exam 13: The Continued Move West

What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Mountain men

What did Polk hope to get from provoking a war with Mexico?

Mexico tried in several ways to halt American immigration into Texas,because the Mexicans were so unhappy about

What was Polk's hidden agenda as the war with Mexico waged on?

Three Societies on the Verge of Contact

Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660

Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700

Expansion and Control, 1700-1763

Toward Revolution, 1763-1775

The Revolution

Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789

Securing the New Nation, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814

The Market Revolution

Politics of the Market Revolution

A Regionalized America, 1830-1860

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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