Chapter 14: The Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1830s-1850s

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	Americans took control of the fur trade away from the British Canadians during the War of 1812.

	True False

The American fur trade was largely over by:

the 1840s.the 1830s.the 1850s.the 1820s.

Which of the following expeditions mapped the overland trails to Oregon and California?

Stephen Long.John C. Fremont.Lewis and Clark.Zebulon Pike.

"Manifest Destiny" referred to the theory that:

if America did not expand, other nations would steal the trade routes to the Far East.Americans were meant to become full cultural and business partners with the Indians.whether to join the Union would be decided by the citizens of each territory.Americans had a God-given right to bring the benefits of democracy to other, more backward people.

All the great overland trails started at:

Council Bluffs.Fort Laramie.Santa Fe.the Missouri River.

	Danger of Indian attack on prairie wagon trains was a major problem on the Overland Trails.

	True False

	President Polk used several secret strategies to insure that Mexico would give up its Texas, New Mexico, and California provinces.

	True False

	Critics of the Mexican-American War accused President Polk of misleading Congress.

	True False

He justified the individual's moral right to oppose an immoral government.

Henry David ThoreauRalph Waldo EmersonJames G. BirneyAbraham Lincoln

	Descendants of Spanish Mexican pioneers were called Californios.

	True False

	The first outsiders to penetrate the isolation of Spanish California were Russians.

	True False

The focal point for American settlement in California during the 1840s was:

John C. Fremont.Fort Ross.Johann Sutter.Mission Sonoma.

The essence of the unsuccessful Wilmot Proviso was that there must be:

adequate compensation to Mexico's citizens.popular sovereignty applied to slavery in any formerly Mexican territory.an even number of slave and free states created.no extension of slavery.

At the minimum, the concept of "free soil" meant:

no slavery in new territories and states.new states would choose slavery or freedom by popular sovereignty.no slavery west of the Missouri River.extending the Missouri Compromise line to California.

	The Free Soil movement promoted the idea of settling freed slaves on Western land.

	True False

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Self-Study Quiz: Pretest

Americans took control of the fur trade away from the British Canadians during the War of 1812.

The American fur trade was largely over by:

Which of the following expeditions mapped the overland trails to Oregon and California?

"Manifest Destiny" referred to the theory that:

All the great overland trails started at:

Danger of Indian attack on prairie wagon trains was a major problem on the Overland Trails.

President Polk used several secret strategies to insure that Mexico would give up its Texas, New Mexico, and California provinces.

Critics of the Mexican-American War accused President Polk of misleading Congress.

He justified the individual's moral right to oppose an immoral government.

Descendants of Spanish Mexican pioneers were called Californios.

The first outsiders to penetrate the isolation of Spanish California were Russians.

The focal point for American settlement in California during the 1840s was:

The essence of the unsuccessful Wilmot Proviso was that there must be:

At the minimum, the concept of "free soil" meant:

The Free Soil movement promoted the idea of settling freed slaves on Western land.