History of the Americas Questions
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Which of the following statements supports the idea that the Whigs were not happy with President Tyler?
Which president presided over the final removal of the Cherokees to Oklahoma?
Why were proslavery advocates such as John C. Calhoun opposed to the acquisition of new territories like California and Oregon?
Which 1844 treaty gained the United States the same trade rights as Britain in China?
The most comfortable and most expensive means of getting to California prior to the creation of the transcontinental railroad was __________.
A Franciscan friar noted that the California Indians "live well free but as soon as we reduce them to a Christian and community life ... they fatten, sicken, and die." This statement best supports the idea that __________.
Which treaty ceded Florida to the United States in exchange for the Sabine River as the border between Louisiana and Texas?
Which of the following could serve as evidence to support the idea that President Polk considered war a viable option when dealing with Mexico over Texas?
What was the name of the movement that resulted in California's declaration as an independent state?
What conclusion can be drawn from the fact that American missionary William Richards advised the Hawaiian king on ways to pit the power interests, including the United States, against one another?
The idea that white Americans were ordained by God to spread across the continent is known as __________.
Which development sparked the massive movement of mostly single men to California?
Why did President Pierce send James Gadsden to Mexico to negotiate for an additional piece of land south of Arizona and New Mexico?
What social factors contributed to tensions between Mexicans and American immigrants in Texas after the Mexican Revolution?
A person of Spanish descent living in California was known as __________.
Which of the following had nothing to do with the American declaration of war on Great britain. in 1812?
Which of the following offers the best explanation why the United States went to war with Mexico in 1846?
When Southern planters moved into the Old Southwest, they did not bring enough slaves to solve the labor shortage problem. The domestic slave trade became a very significant business in the American economy as it helped to alleviate that problem.
Until Eli Whitney's modification of the cotton gin, slavery in many parts of the US appeared to be dying.
Northern women organized to support the Indian Removal Act.