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Chapter 12: Westward Expansion and Slavery

Multiple Choice Quiz #1
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All but one of President Tyler's cabinet members resigned in protest when he vetoed a bill to

allow squatters to occupy and buy unsurveyed public land.establish a new national bank.prevent the expansion of slavery into any unoccupied territory.raise the tariff.distribute surplus federal funds back to the states.

Mexican authorities were so alarmed by the number of American settlers in Texas by 1830 that they

offered to sell Texas to the U.S.sent an invading army under the command of Santa Anna.required the Americans to learn and speak Spanish.canceled all land grants given to Americans.closed the Texas border to any further American immigration.

The phrase "manifest destiny" expressed a popular attitude favoring

slavery.territorial expansion.evangelical revivalism.the abolition of slavery.invasion of Mexico.

The destination of most of those who took the Oregon Trail was the

Willamette Valley.Great Salt Lake.port cities of San Diego and San Francisco.Sacramento Valley.city of Seattle.

All of the following preceded the United States' war with Mexico EXCEPT

gold was discovered in California.Zachary Taylor's forces occupied the territory just north of the Rio Grande.an emissary was sent to Mexico to try to purchase California.Mexico defaulted on debts to America.Texas was annexed to the United States.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was negotiated by

John Slidell.William Seward.Winfield Scott.Nicholas Trist.Santa Anna.

If it had passed Congress, the Wilmot Proviso would have

provided for immediate admission of California as a free state.left the question of slavery to be decided by vote of territorial legislatures.guaranteed the right to own slaves in the territory ceded by Mexico to the U.S.reopened the territory north of 36° 30' to slavery.banned slavery from the territory ceded by Mexico to the United States.

In 1849 President Taylor outraged his southern supporters with his proposal to

require public education for slaves.endorse the concept of popular sovereignty.veto the Wilmot Proviso.ban slavery from all U.S. territories.admit California as a free state.

The most upsetting proposal in the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was that it

legalized slavery in Washington, D.C.gave the southern states control of the Senate.guaranteed the protection of slave property in the territories.compelled them to cooperate in the capture of runaway slaves.raised tariff on manufactured goods.

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