- For what purposes did Whigs want to enhance the strength of the federal government?
For crime prevention. | ||
For national defense. | ||
For moral legislation. | ||
For economic development. |
For moral legislation.
- What policy did the new Republic of Texas follow with regard to its status among nations?
It was determined to remain independent and competitive with the United States for control of manifest destiny. | ||
It wanted to join the British Empire for trade advantages. | ||
It hoped for reconciliation with Mexico if the Constitution of 1824 was restored. | ||
It wanted annexation to the United States as soon as possible. |
It wanted annexation to the United States as soon as possible.
The completion of the last of the eastern Indian “removals” marked the beginning of a federal policy toward
Rehabilitation.
Extermination.
Reservations.
Segregation
Reservations
- What kind of economy developed rapidly in Texas in the 1820s?
An animal husbandry economy based on cattle drives to eastern markets. | ||
A mineral economy based on petroleum production. | ||
A maritime economy based on trade via the Gulf of Mexico. | ||
A cotton economy dependent on slavery. |
A cotton economy dependent on slavery.
- As a result of the coming of white Americans to the Southwest
Mexican-Americans acquired new political and civil rights. | ||
Mexican-Americans were forced to migrate to Latin America. | ||
Mexican-Americans saw a deterioration in their economic standing. | ||
Mexican-Americans were provided with many new and better opportunities. |
Mexican-Americans saw a deterioration in their economic standing.
- What stood at the center of the economy for all Plains Indians?
Skilled labor. | ||
Water supply. | ||
Bison. | ||
Horses. |
Bison.
- What term suggests the belief of white Americans that by right they should occupy the North American continent?
Manifest destiny. | ||
White man’s burden. | ||
E pluribus unum. | ||
Pax Americana. |
Manifest destiny.
- The completion of the last of the eastern Indian “removals” marked the beginning of a federal policy toward
Reservations. | ||
Rehabilitation. | ||
Extermination. | ||
Segregation. |
Reservations.
- Why did the presidency of John Tyler throw the Whig Party into chaos?
His economic policies were far ahead of his time. | ||
He reverted back to his Democratic roots. | ||
He only stayed in office for a month or so before he died unexpectedly. | ||
His maneuvers toward a war with Mexico worried most party members. |
He reverted back to his Democratic roots.
Most immigrants who followed missionaries to Oregon Territory were
Fishermen following the annual salmon runs. | ||
Farm families of modest means. | ||
Religious separatists seeking isolation in the West. |
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