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| 1136969601 | All of the following were requirements of the Spanish-Mexican governments regarding American settlers in Texas except | obey the laws, slavery was excluded, convert to Catholicism, become citizens, be farmers -be farmers | 1 | |
| 1136969602 | The two US states which originally started out as independent Republics were | Texas and California | 2 | |
| 1136969603 | Issues of conflict between the US and Mexico in the period from 1845-1848 included all of the following except | the refusal of the Mexican government to receive Polk's envoy John Slidell, the US annexation of Texas, damage claims by American citizens against the Mexican government, whether the southern boundary of Texas was the Neuces or Rio Grande rivers, the exclusion of mexico from the oregon boundary settlement -the exclusion of mexico from the oregon boundary settlement | 3 | |
| 1136969604 | Texas Annexation and the Mexican War resulted in all of the following except | a one third increase in the territorial size of the US, the decrease of Mexico's landholdings by 50%, combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War, increased respect for US military and naval capabilities, friendlier relations between the US and the countries of Latin America -friendlier relations between the US and the countries of Latin America | 4 | |
| 1136969605 | The Democrats in the 1844 election held all of the following campaign or platform positions except | annexation of texas, occuption of Oregon, attacked Clay for the "Corrupt Bargain", criticized Clay as a slave owner, demanded the seizure of Cuba -demanded the seizure of Cuba | 5 | |
| 1136969606 | The capture of Mexico City by US forces was accomplished in September 1847 by which officer? | Winfield Scott | 6 | |
| 1136969607 | All of the following were terms contained within the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 except | US title to Texas is confirmed by Mexico, California is transferred to the US, Territory between Texas and California up to Oregon transferred to US, US pays Mexico 15 million, Mexico must pay the 3 million in claims held against it by US citizens -Mexico must pay the 3 million in claims held against it by US citizens | 7 | |
| 1136969608 | The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is a clear example of the implementation of which of the following policies? | Manifest Destiny | 8 | |
| 1136969609 | The only group in white southern society who strongly opposed slavery and the planter slave-owning class were the | Appalachain mountain whites | 9 | |
| 1136969610 | All of the following were major southern defenses of slavery except | slavery on plantations were treated better than northern factory workers, it was sanctified in the Bible by both Paul and Abraham, slavery was economically necessary for the southern lifestyle, all great civilizations like the Greeks and Romans were built upon slavery, slavery best prepared the African American for ultimate freedom -slavery best prepared the african american for ultimate freedom | 10 | |
| 1136969611 | one of the primary effects of the Fugitive Slave Law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 was | a sharp rise in northern antislavery feeling especially among former moderates | 11 | |
| 1136969612 | Hinton R. Helper's book The Impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from the use of slave labor were the | non-slaveholding southern whites | 12 | |
| 1136969613 | the abolitionist message was not accepted by the North before the 1850s because of which of the following factors? | realization that the economy of the North was closely tied to cotton production in the South | 13 | |
| 1136969614 | What was the intended purpose of the Gadsden Purchase? | route for a transcontinental railroad from the South to California | 14 | |
| 1136969615 | All of the following were unresolved political issues facing the country in 1848 except | the problem of the Texas debt and who was to pay it, the question of the vast territory of Deseret and the peculiar social system of the Mormons, California's free-state Constitution and the issue of its admittance into the Union, the passage of the Wilmot Proviso by the House and its rejection by the Senate, the boundary of Texas and Oregon -the boundary of Texas and Oregon | 15 |
