HIST 2300 Unit 3 Review Quiz

HIST 2300 Review Quiz 1. “Manifest Destiny” was a term and concept created to support which of the following? a. The annexation of Texas; b. The completion of the Erie Canal; c. The Indian Removal Act; d. The Missouri Crisis; e. The Calilifornia Gold Rush. 2. The “Five Civilized Tribes” lived in which area of the United States before the Indian Removal Act? a. New England; b. The mid-Atlantic; c. The Old Northwest Territory; d. The Oregon Country; e. The southeast. 3. Which of the following was president first? a. Andrew Jackson; b. James Monroe; c. John Quincy Adams; d. Martin van Buren; e. William Henry Harrison. 4. Which of the following were among the factors that prompted substantial American migration to Texas before it was annexed by the United States and admitted to the Union as a state? a. The availability of cheap land; b. Laws that allowed the practice of enslavement; c. The Panic of 1819, which prompted some indebted Americans to move beyond the bounds of the United States law to avoid their creditors; d. A & B; e. A, B, & C. 5. Which of the following is not true of William Henry Harrison? a. He was celebrated as the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe; b. His presidency was known as “The Era of Good Feelings.” c. He and his vice president, John Tyler, were from the same county in Virginia; d. He was a member of the Whig Party; e. He died very shortly after becoming president. 6. Which of the following is true of the Panic of 1837? a. It coincided with the presidency of Martin van Buren, but it largely resulted from Andrew Jackson’s economic policies; b. It prompted substantial migration westward, particularly to Oregon; c. In response, religious leaders founded the movement known as the Second Great Awakening. d. A & B; e. A, B, & C.

7. Which of the following happened last? a. The California Gold Rush; b. The Mexican-American War; c. The Nullification Crisis; d. The Tarrif of 1828; e. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 8. The Missouri Crisis centered on which issue of controversy and importance in national policy and law? a. The Bank War; b. Indian Removal Act; c. The Monroe Doctrine; d. The Mormon War; e. Slavery. 9. Which European powers had colonies or outposts on the Pacific coast of what is now the United States in the 1820s: a. The United Kingdom; b. Russia; c. Spain; d. A & B; e. A, B, & C. 10. Which of the following was an incident that directly challenged the power of women in Washington, D. C. politics and social life? a. Camp Meetings; b. The Eaton Affair; c. The Panic of 1837; d. The Tariff of 1828; e. Transcendentalism; 11. The American missionary Narcissa Whitman promoted American migration to which of the following? a. California; b. Oregon; c. Texas; d. A & B; e. A, B, & C. 12. The Erie Canal was built in which state? a. Massachusetts; b. Missouri; c. New York; d. Ohio; e. Pennsylvania. 13. New Echota was the capital of which indigenous nation? a. The Cherokee; b. The Chickasaw c. The Choctaw;