Review of reading and notes for US History chapters 12&13 in preparation for the test. Manifest Destiny and a house dividing, Bob Jones Academy, teacher: Mr. Ericson
(you may see alot of similar questions twice, but that is because I go through the book as I read it then the night before the test go through and add stuff from the notes and whatever I missed from the book) Also the best way to study this set is to set the test on multiple choice and cover up the choices with the bottom of your screen, and say the answer in your head, then check to see if the answer is there. enjoy!:)
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| 614315513 | Who refused to Annex Texas | Andrew Jackson | 1 | |
| 614315514 | What did the Whigs call John Tyler | "His Accidency" | 2 | |
| 614315515 | Whose death led to John Tyler becoming president? | William Henry Harrison | 3 | |
| 614315516 | Why did the Whigs chose John Tyler to be there vice presidential candidate | So they could win votes in the South | 4 | |
| 614315517 | Who was the first president to die in office? Why was this a problem for John Tyler? | William Henry Harrison, it was a problem because since no one had ever died while in office the question of who should succede the president was never adressed | 5 | |
| 614326636 | Who was the head of the whig party at the time of John Tyler's presidency? | Henry Clay | 6 | |
| 614326637 | Who was the only member of John Tyler's cabinate not to resign? Why? | Daniel Webster, because he was dealing with the issue of the border of Maine | 7 | |
| 614326638 | What was the name of the treaty that settled the issue of the border of Maine? | Webster-Ashburton Treaty | 8 | |
| 614326639 | How much of the disputed land of Maine did the US receive as a result of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty? | 7/12 | 9 | |
| 614339294 | Who was the Whig candidate for the election of 1844? | Henry Clay | 10 | |
| 614339295 | Who was the "dark horse" candidate for the election of 1844? | James K. Polk | 11 | |
| 614339296 | Who won the election of 1844? | James K. Polk | 12 | |
| 614339297 | Where was James K. Polk form? What nickname did this earn him? | Tennessee, "Young Hickory" | 13 | |
| 614339298 | What lost Clay the election of 1844? | The fact that he said that he was not against the annexation of Texas if it didn't cause a war with Mexico | 14 | |
| 614339299 | What was the 3rd party in the election of 1844? What significant role did they play? Who was their candidate? | The Liberty Party, they possibly caused Clay the election, James Birney | 15 | |
| 614339300 | What important thing did John Tyler do before he left office? | He annexed Texas | 16 | |
| 614357435 | How did John Tyler get Texas annexed despite lack of 2/3 support in the senate? | Through a Joint resolution which only require a simple majority in both houses | 17 | |
| 614357436 | What where Polk's 4 goals? | 1.lower the tariff 2.restore the independent treasury system of Van Buren 3.settle the Oregon question 4.acquire California from Mexico | 18 | |
| 614357437 | Where did expansionists want our northern boundary to be? Where did Britain want our boundary to be? Where is our boundary | 54˚40', the Columbia River, the 49th parallel | 19 | |
| 616239975 | How long did the Mexican War last? | 1846-1848 | 20 | |
| 616239976 | What were the 5 causes of the Mexican War? | 1. The Mexican resentment over the annexation of Texas 2.The longing of many expansionists to settle CA 3.The history of resentment between Mexico and the US 4. The failure of the attempt at peace 5.The dipute over TX's southern border | 21 | |
| 616239977 | How did the Polk try to make peace between Mexico and the US | They tried $5 million to settle the disputes over TX and $30 million to purchase CA and NM | 22 | |
| 616239978 | Prior to The Mexican War what did Mexico claim as their Southern boundary with TX | The Nueces River | 23 | |
| 616239979 | What did the US claim as TX southern boundary with Mexico? | The Rio Grande River | 24 | |
| 616239980 | What did John Tyler do to spark the Mexican War? | He sent a border patrol into the disputed territory and when they were by the Mexicans attacked he was able to ask Congress to declare war | 25 | |
| 616239981 | On what day did the Mexican War begin? | May 13 1876 | 26 | |
| 616239982 | What were so reasons that people didn't want war? | 1. They thought that the government was trying to get more slave states 2. Many thought that the war was unjust | 27 | |
| 616239983 | How big was the US army right before the Mexican War? | 7,000 | 28 | |
| 616239984 | What were the 4 campaigns of the Mexican War? | 1. Taylor's campaign in northern Mexico 2. the New Mexico campaign 3.the California campaign 4.Scott's campaign in central Mexico | 29 | |
| 616239985 | What was Taylor's nickname? Why was he given this "title"? | "Old Rough and Ready", because he was always sloppy and very casual | 30 | |
| 616239986 | What were some factors that undermined Taylor's victories? | 1.the defeat wasn't enough to force the Mexican government into Mexico City 2.because so many Whigs were talking about running him for president, the Democrats fired him to try and keep him from becoming to well know and popular | 31 | |
| 616239987 | How did Santa Anna become leader of Mexico again during the Mexican War? Did he keep his promise? | He convinced Polk that he would restore peace if he was aloud to leave Cuba, no | 32 | |
| 616239988 | What battle did Taylor win against the newly restored to power Santa Anna despite being horribly out-numbered | Battle of Buena Vista | 33 | |
| 616239989 | Who lead the New Mexico Campaign? | Stephen Kearny | 34 | |
| 616239990 | What was CA called when it was an independent nation? | "The Bear Flag Republic" | 35 | |
| 616239991 | Who lead the CA campaign? | Frèmont | 36 | |
| 616239992 | With whom did the Democrats replace Taylor with? | Scott | 37 | |
| 616239993 | What was Scott's nickname, how did he earn this "title" | "Old Fuss and Feathers", by being uppity, formal, and always very neat and precise | 38 | |
| 616239994 | Where did Scott's army land during the Mexico campaign? | Var Cruz | 39 | |
| 616239995 | What was the treaty that ended the Mexican War? | The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | 40 | |
| 616239996 | What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do? | 1. We paid Mexico $15 million and assumed all the diets they owed to Americans 2. Mexico recognized our southern boundary as the Rio Grande River 3. We got CA and NM | 41 | |
| 616239997 | What was the name of the purchase we made from Mexico that gave usa chunk of territory bordering the Southwestern US? | The Gadden purchase | 42 | |
| 636998828 | What was the idea of manifest destiny? | That America was providentially ordained by God to take over the entire North American continent | 43 | |
| 636998829 | Who originally spurred the settlement of OR territory? | The missionaries | 44 | |
| 636998830 | Name 2 famous couples who were missionaries to OR territory in the 1830s & 40s. Who were more successful? What tribe of Indians did each couple witness to? | Marcus and Narcissa Whitman & Henry and Eliza Spalding. The Spaldings. The Spaldings to the Nez Perce and the Whitmans to the Cayuse. | 45 | |
| 636998831 | Who led the settlement of TX? The revolt? | Stephen Austin, and Sam Housten | 46 | |
| 636998832 | In what year did Stephen Austin start settling TX? | 1822 | 47 | |
| 636998833 | In what year did the TX revolution take start? | 1835 | 48 | |
| 636998834 | Who was leader of Mexico at the time of the TX revolution? | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | 49 | |
| 636998835 | What Catholic mission was turned into a fort and defended by very few people in what is now a legendary battle? How many men defended it? How many men did they kill? Name some famous men who died defending the fort. | The Alamo 183 600-1,500 Davy Crockett, Bowie, and Travis | 50 | |
| 636998836 | What battle occurring after the Alamo did the Texians capture Santa Anna and force him to sign a treaty? | The Battle of San Jacinto | 51 | |
| 636998837 | What was TX known as before it joined the US and after it was freed from Mexico? | The Republic of Texas | 52 | |
| 636998838 | What were the 3 main trails to the West? | Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, and Santa Fe Trail | 53 | |
| 637173607 | What was the Wilamot proviso | It proposed that the US prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico | 54 | |
| 637173608 | What were the Calhoun resolutions? | Basically said that only once a territory became a state did it have the right to limit slavery | 55 | |
| 637173609 | Define:Popular sovereignty. Who were the prominent men of this proposal concerning slavery? | The people decide on stuff (in this case slavery), Lewis Cass and Stephen Douglas | 56 | |
| 637173610 | Who were the candidates and what were their parties in the election of 1848? Who won? | Democrats: Lewis Cass Whigs: Zachary Taylor Free-soilers: Martin Van Buren Zachary Taylor! | 57 | |
| 637173611 | What Swiss settler in CA sparked the gold-rush? When did he discover the gold? What were the men who came in search of these riches called? | John Sutter, 1848, 49ers | 58 | |
| 637173612 | What were the 5 points to Clay's Compromise of 1850? | 1. CA be admitted as a free state 2. The slave trade-but not slavery-be abolished in the District of Columbia 3. a federally enforced fugitive slave act 4. the protection of slavery in the District of Columbia 5. the new territories of Mexico and Utah be organized without reference or restrictions to slavery | 59 | |
| 637173613 | Who was the successor of Zachary Taylor? What was important about this? | Millard Fillmore, Taylor didn't support the compromise of 1850, but his Fillmore did, rather convenient... | 60 | |
| 637173614 | Who won the election of 1852? What was his party? Who was the other candidate and what was his party? | the Democratic Franklin Pierce the Whig Winfield Scott | 61 | |
| 637173615 | What was the Fugitive Slave law? | It was the law that returned runaway slaves back to their masters | 62 | |
| 637173616 | Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 63 | |
| 637173617 | Who were "Fire-Eaters"? | extremist southerners who adcovated the South's leaving the Union in order to preserve the "Southern way of life" | 64 | |
| 637173618 | Who was a famous conductor of the underground railroad? | Levi Coffin | 65 | |
| 637173619 | Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Why did he propose this? | Stephen A. Douglas, he wanted the transcontinental railroad to go through Illinois, his state | 66 | |
| 637173620 | What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do? | 1. Organize the unorganized territory into Kansas and Nebraska (KS west of the MO and NE west of IO) 2. popular sovereignty would decide slavery in these territories 3. because of number 2 36*30' line repealed | 67 | |
| 637173621 | What political party collapsed due to the Kansas-Nebraska act? What party seemed to replace it originally, which party did? | Whigs, the know-nothings, the republicans | 68 | |
| 637173622 | Why was the American party called the Know-nothing party? | When asked about the nature of the secret order that the party came from they would respond that they knew nothing | 69 | |
| 637173623 | Who were the candidates in the election of 1854 and what were their parties? Who won? | Democrats: James Buchanan Republicans: John Fremont Americans: Millard Fillmore Buchanan! | 70 | |
| 637173624 | What were the three events of bleeding Kansas? | 1. the sacking of Lawrence 2. Brooks- Sumner Episode 3. Pottawatomie massacre | 71 | |
| 637173625 | What was the Sacking of Lawrence (bleeding KS)? | Pro-slavery "border ruffians" sacked the town of Lawrence and burned it to the ground | 72 | |
| 637173626 | What was the Brooks-Sumner Episode (bleeding KS)? | Senator Sumner insulted Senator Brooks cousin while he wasn't there so Brooks beat Sumner up with his cane | 73 | |
| 637173627 | What was the Pottawatomie massacre (bleeding KS)? | When crazy John Brown decided to attack several pro-slavery families and cut them to pieces after being infuriated by the Brooks-Sumner Episode and the sacking of Lawrene | 74 | |
| 637173628 | Why did Dred Scott think he should be free | because he traveled to IL with his master where slavery was illegal | 75 | |
| 637173629 | What was the name of the case where Dred Scott tried to win his freedom? Who was chief justice at the time? | Dred Scott v. Sandford, Roger Taney | 76 | |
| 637173630 | What was Douglas' "Doctrine" and what did it do? | "Free Port Doctrine"- Douglas arguing (after the Dred Scott case) tha ta territory could still prohibit slavery bu refusing to adopt laws establishing and protecting it | 77 | |
| 637173631 | What is Abraham Lincoln most famous for? (hint: free-be!) | Being Honest | 78 | |
| 637173632 | What was the name of the famous debates between Lincoln and Douglas? How many were there and in what state were they held? Who won the senate seat? | Lincoln-Douglas debates, 7, IL, Douglas | 79 | |
| 637173633 | What does John Brown do in his 2nd appearance? | He does the raid on Harper's Ferry, where he tries to capture an arsenal and start a slave revolt | 80 | |
| 637173634 | Who were the candidates in the election of 1860 and what were their parties? Who won? | Northern Democrats: Douglas Southern Democrats: Breckinridge Republicans: Abreham LIncoln Constitutional Union: John Bell | 81 | |
| 637173635 | What did the South threaten to do if the Lincoln won? Did they follow through? | Secede, yes | 82 | |
| 637173636 | Who was 1st to secede? What document did they write declaring their secession? | SC, The Ordinance of Secession | 83 | |
| 637173637 | Who was president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis | 84 | |
| 637173638 | Who made an attempt at compromise when the south was trying to secede? What did he propose? Did it work? | John Crittenden, a series of amendments that would have extended the 36*30' line for western territories and would guarantee the protection of slavery where it already existed. no | 85 | |
| 637173639 | Where was the 1st shot fired of the Civil War? By which side? | At fort Sumter by the South | 86 |
