Chapter 15—The Civil War
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. At the outset of the war, what did both northerners and southerners predict?
a. The war would be long and bloody.
b. The outcome would be determined by whichever side could convince European countries to come to its aid.
c. Slavery would be ab...
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. As Americans relentlessly moved westward across the continent:
a. Native Americans prospered as they assimilated to Anglo American society.
b. western migrants found refuge from the market revolution.
c. the frontier kept alive the democratic promise of making it on their own.
d. Americans were able to avoid the issue of slavery in national politics.
e. they convinced their neighbors and Native American tribes of their peaceful intentions and
anti-imperialist principles.
ANS: C REF: p. 221
2. Which of the following statements is true of the situation with Texas prior to its statehood?
a. Texas became a Mexican colony in 1810 after Mexico declared its independence from
Spain.
b. During the 1820s, Americans in Texas grew to outnumber Mexicans there two to one.
c. Although Mexico had previously abolished slavery, Americans brought their slaves with
them in defiance of Mexico's wishes.
d. The new American settlers enrolled their children in the local schools so they could learn
to speak Spanish fluently.
e. Many Americans in Texas became assimilated into Mexican society.
ANS: C REF: p. 222
3. Mexico tried in several ways to halt American immigration into Texas, because the Mexicans were so
unhappy about
a. the arrival of large numbers of non-Catholics.
b. the refusal of the immigrants to speak Spanish.
c. the unwillingness of the settlers to fight alongside Mexicans whenever the need arose.
d. the settlers' continued use of slavery.
e. the Americans' attitudes of cultural superiority.
ANS: D REF: p. 222
4. The commander-in-chief of the newly-created Texas army was
a. Sam Houston.
b. William B. Travis.
c. Jim Bowie.
d. Davy Crockett.
e. Stephen F. Austin.
ANS: A REF: p. 223
5. Texas won its independence from Mexico at the Battle of
a. San Antonio.
b. Horseshoe Bend.
c. the Alamo.
d. San Jacinto.
e. Houston.
ANS: D REF: p. 223
6. Which of these peoples never had a territorial claim on the Oregon Territory?
a. The British
b. The Dutch
c. The Spanish
d. The Americans
, e. The Russians
ANS: B REF: p. 223
7. The British slowly began to withdraw from the Oregon Territory after
a. the United States demonstrated its willingness to fight for the area.
b. the beaver population declined in that region.
c. several Native American tribes went on the warpath.
d. many more Americans settled in the area.
e. the French showed a renewed interest in the region.
ANS: B REF: p. 219
8. Congress set out to organize Oregon into a formal U.S. territory after
a. killing most of the Native Americans there.
b. reading news reports of the minerals to be found there.
c. a group of Cayuse Indians killed 14 settlers, including a doctor who refused to treat
Indians.
d. gold was discovered there.
e. the British began to make moves toward leaving.
ANS: C REF: p. 224
9. Which of the following statements was true of the Mormon movement?
a. The founder of the Mormons was Brigham Young.
b. The Mormons spent about five of their early years of development in Commerce, Illinois,
which they renamed "Nauvoo."
c. Before their murders, Joseph and Hyrum Smith had advocated a move to the area of the
Great Salt Lake.
d. Initially, Joseph Smith and his Mormon followers refused to practice polygamy while
developing their sect in Illinois.
e. Despite serious efforts by the Smith brothers and Young, the Mormon congregation grew
slowly and failed to prosper for the first few years; only after the Smith murders did
people begin to flock to the new faith.
ANS: B REF: p. 224
10. Why did Mormon leaders advocate a move to the Great Salt Lake?
a. It appeared that no other group wanted to settle there.
b. Brigham Young had read advertisements about land there in various journals, and it
appeared that those already there were fairly liberal.
c. The area was technically Mexican property and the U.S. government had no jurisdiction
there.
d. The Mexican government had entered into a treaty that stated the Mormons would be left
strictly alone.
e. The angel Moroni had shown Brigham Young the route that must be followed.
ANS: C REF: p. 225
11. All of the following happened as a result of the discovery of gold in California, except
a. About 80,000 fortune seekers arrived in California in 1849 alone.
b. Half of the migrants to California came from across the globe.
c. Many of the "forty-niners" ended up staying in California even if their searches for gold
did not come to fruition.
d. As new settlers, migrants to California formed diplomatic relationships with Native
Americans.
e. Most of the booming settlements of the gold rush days later decayed into ghost towns.
ANS: D REF: p. 226
, 12. Which of the following was not one of the native tribes of the Western Plains?
a. Arapahoe
b. Blackfoot
c. Cheyenne
d. Sioux
e. Choctaw
ANS: E REF: p. 227
13. In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, the U.S. government
a. agreed to pay cash restitution to the Plains tribes for disruptions to the buffalo grounds.
b. set aside a portion of land for a reservation for the Sioux.
c. relocated the Plains Indians away from a new transportation corridor that had been put in
use.
d. wrung an agreement from the Plains Indian tribes to give up a large part of their tribal
lands.
e. agreed not to allow white settlers to make war against the Plains tribes.
ANS: A REF: p. 227
14. Mountain men
a. worked as miners.
b. knew how to farm the steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Northern Rocky Mountains.
c. used mountain meadows for grazing cattle.
d. were notorious for highway robbery of western settlers.
e. worked as trappers, explorers, and scouts for the U.S. Army.
ANS: E REF: p. 222
15. Which of the following is not true about the first phase of Western settlement?
a. The haphazard manner in which westward movement took place forced politicians in the
East to bring some form of governing order to the West.
b. Independent-minded settlers did not welcome the imposition of eastern ideals.
c. By taking responsibility for the actions of white settlers, the federal government
committed itself to defending their course of westward expansion.
d. Native Americans were victims of American western settlers who liked to take matters
into their own hands.
e. Congress took the lead in defining the course of Western expansion prior to the 1840s.
ANS: E REF: p. 227
16. During the 1840s, it became apparent that
a. many Americans opposed the idea of taking on new territories.
b. slavery was uppermost in the minds of all those pushing for expansion.
c. the federal government was not anxious to expand American territory, but would try to
carry out the will of the people.
d. many American voters strongly supported the idea of expansion.
e. the West was destined to belong to the United States.
ANS: D REF: p. 227-228
17. As was so often the case during the first half of the 1800s, whatever the issue, the main problem with
admitting Texas to the Union came down to concern about
a. independence.
b. sovereignty.
c. representation.
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