Chapter 13 Reading Quiz

Acquisition of part of _____ territory raised the issue of the extension of slavery.

• Oregon

• British

• French

• Mexican

Presidents Jackson and Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the U.S. because

• the Texas Republic's congress preferred to stay independent.

• the population in Texas was too small to justify it.

• Henry Clay wanted to add it, and he was their sworn enemy.

• the presence of slaves there would reignite the issue of slavery.

Where did the bulk of the fighting occur in the Mexican War?

• Texas

• California

• central Mexico

• New Mexico

Under the constitution of independent Texas

• slavery was banned.

• people of African heritage were denied civil rights.

• Native Americans gained equal rights.

• any race could purchase land.

Which American naval officer negotiated a treaty that opened two Japanese ports to U.S. ships in 1854?

• Winfield Scott

• Alfred Mahan

• Chester Nimitz

• Matthew Perry

From 1848 to 1860, most of the railroad construction was in what region?

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Midwest

What 1854 document called for the U.S. to seize or purchase Cuba?

• the Monroe Doctrine

• the Ostend Manifesto

• the Wilmot Proviso

• the Fremont Manifesto

In the 1850s, adventurer William Walker became famous for

• filibustering in Central America.

• his pro-slavery novels that heightened sectionalism.

• creating a utopian community in nothern California.

• defying fellow whites in his native region and becoming a prominent abolitionist.

James Polk had four clearly defined goals when he entered the White House. Which was NOT one of his goals?

• reduce the tariff

• settle the slavery dispute

• settle the Oregon dispute

• bring California into the Union

Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?

• The Methodist Church, the nation's largest denomination, called on all its members to free their slaves.

• Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

• Members of the abolitionist Republican Party insisted on debating slavery.

• President John Tyler's anti-slavery policies caused a major pro-slavery backlash.