HISTORY QUIZ

QUIZ

2007

History 108 - Quiz 6

Question 1 (1 point

Which of the following was not part of the Compromise of 1850

a . repeal of all existing fugitive slave laws

b . abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia

c . admission of California as a free state

d . settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary

Question 2 (1 point

In the election of 1844 , James K . Polk

a . advocated legislation prohibiting the admission of any more slave

states to the union

b . threatened to declare war

on England

c . promised to acquire Texas and Oregon

d . lost the presidency to Henry Clay

Question 3 (1 point

The Ostend Manifesto was

a . a document in which the United States threatened to seize control of

Cuba

b . the treaty that gave Cuba its independence

c . an attempted Spanish invasion of Louisiana

d . the US demand for Texas

Question 4 (1 point

The Wilmot Proviso

a . was passed by the House of Representatives , but failed in the

Senate

b . won the support of southern Whigs

c . was passed by Congress , but vetoed by the President

d . of the above

Question 5 (1 point

President Polk 's compromise with the British on the Oregon Treaty

a . united the Democratic Party

b . angered Southern Democrats

c . angered Democrats from the Old Northwest

d . alienated Whigs

Question 6 (1 point

Two Years Before the Mast , which helped to encourage westward expansion

was written by

a . Richard Henry Dana

b . Mark Twain

c . Nathaniel Hawthorne

d . Horace Greeley

Question 7 (1 point

In the Mexican War

a . US soldiers outnumbered the Mexicans in every battle

b . the United States won every battle due to its superior leadership

and weapons

c . General Zachary Taylor arrested and executed the president of

Mexico

d . US troops were humiliated by their failure to take Mexico City

Question 8 (1 point

In the 1840s , the westward expansion of the United States

a . did not extend beyond the Mississippi River

b . included the 2000-mile long Oregon Trail to the Pacific coast

c . was prohibited by the territorial government of Mexico

d . included Canada

Question 9 (1 point

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

a . authorized the United States to pay 15 million to Mexico

b . fixed the Texas b at the Rio Grande

c . ended the United States ' war with Mexico

d . all of the above

Question 10 (1 point

In response to the Whig Party nomination of Zachary Taylor in 1848 , many "conscience Whigs " fled the party , joined with anti-slavery Democrats and

formed the

a . Liberty Party

b . Republican Party

c . Free Soil Party

d . Know-Nothing Party

Question 11 (1 point

The man most responsible for passing the Compromise of 1850 was

a . Daniel Webster

b . William Seward

c . John C . Calhoun

d . Stephen Douglas

Question 12 (1 point

Opponents of the Mexican War

a . were mostly merchants who feared the war would disrupt their

profitable trade with Mexico

b . were arrested and tried for treason

c . claimed the war was...