Manifest Destiny/Reform Era

What was an effect of the Mexican-American War?

• U.S. pays Mexico $15 million for land

• California becomes a slave state

• Size of the U.S. increases by 50 percentages

• Mexico pays $3 million to U.S.

One of the results of the discovery of gold in California was --

• an economy based only on mining

• a ban on immigration to the state

• a decline in population once the gold rush was over

• a population boom that led to statehood

What was the turning point of the Texas Revolution?

• Battle Of San Jacinto

• Battle Of Gonzales

• Battle Of The Alamo

• Battle Of San Antonio

Why was the Gadsden Purchase a significant event in U.S. history?

• The purchase added Alaska to the U.S., providing the nation with rich natural resources

• The purchase added Florida to the U.S., giving the nation easy access to trade with the Caribbean

• The purchase added the Louisiana Territory to the U.S., opening a vast are for settlement

• The purchase added the southern parts of Arizona & New Mexico to the U.S. to complete a Transcontinental Railroad

Which factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the U.S. in the mid-1800s?

• An opportunity for free land in the Midwest

• Economic opportunities in the West

• The prospect of religious freedom

• The possibility of a free education

As a result of the U.S. obtaining the Oregon Territory, the U.S. achieved its goal of --

• acquiring land for a southwestern railroad

• reserving western territory for Native Americans

• expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean

• gaining Mexican Cession lands

Who was behind the 19th Century effort to make attendance in public schools a requirement for every child in the U.S.?

• Horace Mann

• Dorothea Dix

• Susan B. Anthony

• John James Audubon

What effect did the book, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, have on American society in the 1850s?

• Americans began rioting to protest the publishing of the book

• Americans started questioning the morality of slavery

• Most Americans began to commit acts of civil disobedience in order to protest slavery

• The institution of slavery was abolished

Which individual started the abolitionist newspaper called the North Star?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

The network of people who arranged transportation & hiding places for fugitive slaves was known as the --

• Freedom Road

• Underground Railroad

• Reform Movement

• Liberator