History 172 Final Multiple Choice Exam Questions And Answers
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HIST 172
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HIST 172
The vast majority of the 100,000 "49ers" who migrated to CA in 1849 in search of gold were from
Latin America
china
Sonora and northern Mexico
the eastern US - ANS the eastern US
Why was James K. Polk interested in aquiring California after his election in 1844?
-because of th...
History 172 Final Multiple Choice Exam
Questions And Answers
The vast majority of the 100,000 "49ers" who migrated to CA in 1849 in search of gold were
from
Latin America
china
Sonora and northern Mexico
the eastern US - ANS the eastern US
Why was James K. Polk interested in aquiring California after his election in 1844?
-because of the two natural harbors in San Francisco and San Diego.
-because of gold in California.
-because of its fisheries.
-because Russia wanted it, too. - ANS because of the two natural harbors in San Francisco
and San Diego.
The "Five Civilized Tribes" of the Southeast included all of the following EXCEPT the:
Chickasaw
Sioux
Cherokee
Creek - ANS Sioux
Which of the following was NOT one of the three harbors on the Pacific that President Polk
wished to claim from Britain and Mexico?
San Diego
Puget Sound
Santa Cruz
San Francisco - ANS Santa Cruz
Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have
prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico.
extended the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific.
given legal sanction to the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
, divided Texas into five slave states. - ANS prohibited slavery in any territory won from
Mexico.
Identify the author of the following primary source quote:
"The presence of United States troops on the edge of the disputed territory furthest from the
Mexican settlements, was not sufficient to provoke hostilities. We were sent to provoke a fight,
but it was essential that Mexico should commence it . . . To this day I regard the war which
resulted as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation. It was an
instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies, in not considering
justice in their desire to acquire additional territory."
Ulysses S Grant Memoirs (1885)
Andrew Jackson (1830)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Chief John Ross - ANS Ulysses S Grant Memoirs (1885)
Texas was annexed by the United States in
1821
1845
1865
1836 - ANS 1845
By the mid-1820s, Americans had established direct links with which Mexican province?
Texas
All of these answers are correct.
New Mexico
California - ANS All of these answers are correct.
Which of the following is true about American settlers in Mexico's northern province of Texas in
the 1820s-1830s?
-They mostly came from overcrowded New England.
-They intended to spread the cotton culture and buy slaves for their new cotton plantations.
-They wanted to escape the cotton trade.
-They relied on the help of Mexicans to turn their farms productive. - ANS They intended to
spread the cotton culture and buy slaves for their new cotton plantations.
Identify the author of the following primary source quote:
"Will you then, by resistance, compel us to resort to arms? God forbid! Or will you, by flight,
seek to hid yourselves in mountains and forests, and thus oblige us to hunt you down?
Remember that, in pursuit, it may be impossible to avoid conflicts. The blood of the white man or
the blood of the red man may be spilt, and, if spilt, however accidentally, it may be impossible
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