Strayer University - HIS 104 1)As a result of the Adams-Onis Treaty, the United States gained which territory from Spain?   •          Florida - •          New Mexico - •          California -     2

Strayer University - HIS 104

1)As a result of the Adams-Onis Treaty, the United States gained which territory from Spain?

•          Florida -

•          New Mexico -

•          California -

2.         Slavery's legitimacy first became a major political issue to whites in the United States following which event?

•          the Louisiana Purchase -

•          the Missouri Compromise -

•          the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 -

3.         Which best describes how Mexican leaders reacted when large numbers of Americans settled in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s?

•          They tried to prevent American settlers from influencing Texas' Mexican culture. -

•          They feared American settlers would engage the U.S. government in an outside invasion.

•          They expected American settlers to become loyal Mexican subjects and productive citizens. –

4.         Which of the following was not a reason the United States was reluctant to annex Texas?

•          The United States did not want to fight a war with Mexico. -

•          Annexing Texas would add more slave territory to the United States and anger abolitionists. -

•          Texans considered U.S. citizens inferior and did not want to be part of their country. –

5.         The Wilmot Proviso concerned the legality of slavery in which of the following?

•          in territories acquired from Mexico -

•          in areas affected by the Land Act of 1820 -

•          in free states that slaves might try escaping to

6.         Which of the following was an important aspect of the narrative around Manifest Destiny?

•          Settlers felt that God had given them the right to the land, and any action in taking it could thus be justified. -

•          The French saw expansion as essential to creating a strong nation to beat the British in possible future wars. -

•          Collaboration and Cooperation with Native Americans should be encouraged even at the expense of economic opportunities. –

7.         Which statement best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny as it was understood in the nineteenth century?

•          Americans had a divine obligation to spread their culture westward.

•          Americans had a divine right to possess the world's greatest empire. -

•          Americans had a divine duty to distinguish themselves from Europe. –

8.         Why did settlers to the west find it necessary to ask the government for economic assistance?

•          They were met with worse weather and less rainfall than they had been led to expect. -

•          Most of the crops they grew yielded lower prices than they had cost the farmers to grow.

•          Native Americans who disputed their ownership of the land had destroyed many of their farms.

9.         How did the development of railroads impact the cattle industry?

•          It fostered competition between ranchers and farmers. -

•          It opened a large market for beef throughout the country.

•          It disturbed the grazing lands traditionally used by ranchers.

10.       What was the cause of the legal conflicts that arose between Mexican and European- American landowners in the late 1880s?

•          disputes concerning how the land should be used -

•          disputes concerning white settlers taking land that belonged to Mexican owners -

•          disputes concerning how to deal with the native peoples -