History 1301 Final Exam Study Guide Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

History 1301 Final Exam Study Guide Exam Questions with Complete Solutions What was an important forum for black abolitionists? - Answer-The Negro Convention movement What did the abolitionist movement do? - Answer-Brought the slavery issue to the forefront of public consciousness, helped slaves to escape bondage and gave black abolitionists a voice. What marked the practice of transcendentalism in the 1840s and who was it headlined by? - Answer-Memorable experiments and living on a higher plane. by Ralph Waldo Emerson Who is most associated with Walden Pond, where he lived? - Answer-Henry David Thoreau What raised the possibility of war between the United States and Great Britain in 1846 - Answer-A question over possession of Oregon territory Anti-slave and pro-slave balances of power in congress were maintained by what? - Answer-Addition of Oregon and the annexation of Texas to the United States What resulted in the Mexican War? - Answer-Texas' claim to the territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River as well as the annexation of Texas to the United States The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Mexican Cession did what? - Answer-Ended the Mexican War and gave the United States huge gains in territory