Unit 4: Manifest Destiny

1. Unit 4: Manifest Destiny Review

2. This writer was an influence to such significant historical figures as King and Gandhi. • Henry David Thoreau

3. He was the author of Last of the Mohicans. • James Fenimore Cooper

4. He was the editor of The Liberator. • William Lloyd Garrison Helloooo!

5. What was the nickname given to cotton, mainly because it was such a profitable crop? • King Cotton

6. Who was the hero of the Northern campaign of the Mexican War? • Zachary Taylor

7. He was the leader of the Mexican army during the Texas War for Independence. • Santa Anna

8. Who first uttered the term “manifest destiny,” describing America’s destiny to control the continent from coast to coast? • John Louis O’Sullivan

9. What were the boundaries of the Oregon Country prior to the Oregon Treaty? • 54 40 to 42 degrees

10. What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican War and what group of Americans opposed the treaty? • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo • Abolitionists

11. During which president’s administration was Texas annexed to the U.S.? • John Tyler

12. Who’s campaign slogan was “54,40 or Fight!” and of which political party was he a member? • James K. Polk • Democratic

13. In what year did Stephen Austin become the president of the Republic of Texas? • Austin never did. He was an influential empresario but he was never the president of Texas.

14. Besides “Remember the Alamo!”, what was the other battle cry of the Texas War for Independence? • “Remember Goliad!”

15. He is remembered as “His Accidency.” • John Tyler

16. This man was the voice of restraint when Texans began agitating for independence? • Stephen Austin

17. This western Missouri city was the main “jumping off” place for the Oregon Trail. • Independence, MO

18. According to the Oregon Treaty of 1846 with Britain, where would the northern border of the U.S. be? • The Forty Ninth Parallel

19. He was the hero of the southern campaign of the Mexican War. • Gen. Winfield Scott

20. He was known as “The Pathfinder” and was a hero of the California campaign of the Mexican War. • John C. Frémont

21. This trail ran from Missouri to New Mexico. • The Santa Fe Trail

22. During this uprising, more than 50 whites were killed in a Virginia slave revolt. • Nat Turner’s Rebellion

23. This California-bound wagon train was stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and lost nearly half of its people. • The Donner Party

24. He was the winner of the Battle of San Jacinto. • Sam Houston

25. The Mexicans claimed this river as the border between Mexico and Texas. • The Nueces

26. Where specifically was gold discovered in California? • John Sutter’s Mill on the American River

27. America was the world mileage leader in this type of transportation by 1860. • Railroads • America’s first big business

28. These attached houses were the typical home of the urban family of the antebellum period. • Row Homes

29. Many a Civil War soldier wished that this medical development was available to battlefield physicians. • Anesthesia

30. So…if I fall and bump my head, does that mean I have a new personality according to this antebellum “science?” • Phrenology

31. This type of newspaper was a response to a corps of newly literate readers who wanted human interest news. • The Penny Press

32. This form of entertainment typically demeaned blacks. • Minstrel Shows

33. This style of painting focused on wild but not always realistic landscapes. • Hudson River School

34. This author of The Scarlet Letter was known for his pessimistic view of humanity. • Hawthorne

35. They constituted the largest social group in the South. • Non-slaveholding Yeoman Farmers

36. What fraction of slave owners held 5 or less slaves? • 1/2

37. This transcendentalist stressed self-reliance. • Ralph Waldo Emerson

38. His book Impending Crisis of the South called on non-slaveholders of the South to end the Peculiar Institution. • Hinton Helper

39. This type of slave resistance was uncommon but highly feared. • Violent revolt

40. This “language” helped slaves overcome communication barriers due to the hundreds of African dialects spoken. • Pidgin English

41. These immigrants were thought to be hard-working, but too clannish. • Germans

42. What did the Mexican government attempt to prohibit in Texas? • Slavery

43. What did Polk most want to gain from Mexico in the Mexican War? • California

44. In his famous proviso, what did David Wilmot propose? • That there should be no slavery in new territories acquired by the U.S. in a war with Mexico

45. On what grounds did John C. Calhoun argue that slavery could not be prohibited. • Slaves are property & people cannot be deprived of their property

46. If you had the money, you would probably prefer taking this type of ship to Oregon or California, rather than risking your life on the trails. • Clipper Ships

47. He stuck around in Tyler’s cabinet to complete negotiations on the border dispute between Maine and Canada. • Sec. of State Daniel Webster

48. This political party was xenophobic. • Know-Nothing (American Party)

49. Which foreign country’s economy was closely tied to the availability of cotton? • Great Britain

50. Who was labeled by the South as partially to blame for Nat Turner’s rebellion? • William Lloyd Garrison