Chapter 9 Homework
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. Who was the U.S. president during the war with Mexico?
A. John Quincy Adams
B. John Tyler
C. James K. Polk
D. Zachary Taylor
____ 2. Who was the U.S. general who led troops to the Rio Grande, inside what Mexico
perceived as its territory, and established conditions ripe for war?
A. Zachary Taylor
B. John C. Fr_mont
C. Stephen Kearny
D. Winfield Scott
____ 3. Which territory was General Stephen Kearny attempting to capture when he earned the
nickname "the Long Marcher"?
A. Texas
B. Mexico City
C. Mexico
D. New Mexico
____ 4. Which territory was declared independent when a group of Americans led by John C.
Fr_mont seized the town of Sonoma and raised a flag that featured a grizzly bear?
A. New Mexico
B. Republic of California
C. Mexico's northern provinces
D. land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande
____ 5. Who led troops 260 miles across Mexico without losing a single battle?
A. Winfield Scott
B. Stephen Kearny
C. John C. Fr_mont
D. Antonio L-pez de Santa Anna
____ 6. Which of the following agreements was the LAST to occur?
A. the Treaty of Velasco
B. the Gadsden Purchase
C. the Louisiana Purchase
D. the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
____ 7. With which of the following were the people known as "forty-niners" associated?
A. the California gold rush
B. the American landing at Veracruz
C. the controversy over California's application for statehood
D. the settlement of Oregon and establishment of its northern border
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____ 8. Industrialization in the early 19th century led to all of the following except
A. specialization.
B. greater self-sufficiency.
C. lower prices for manufactured products.
D. widening differences between North and South.
____ 9. During the 1840s, the advantage that canals had over railroads was that shipping by canal
was
A. faster.
B. cheaper.
C. more direct.
D. less affected by weather.
____ 10. The name of a man killed by an anti-Mormon mob in 1844 is
A. Black Hawk.
B. Brigham Young.
C. Joseph Smith.
D. John C. Frémont.
____ 11. "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" referred to a boundary dispute between the United States and
A. Spain.
B. Mexico.
C. Great Britain.
D. the Sauk and Fox.
____ 12. Under Mexican rule, the main appeal Texas held for American settlers was
A. cheap land.
B. legalized slavery.
C. religious freedom.
D. government protection from Native Americans.
____ 13. Of
A.
B.
C.
D.
the following, the man most in favor of seizing land from Mexico was
James K. Polk.
Daniel Webster.
John C. Calhoun.
Abraham Lincoln.
____ 14. The battle most responsible for winning Texas its freedom from Mexico took place
A. at the Alamo.
B. at Buena Vista.
C. near the Rio Grande.
D. near the San Jacinto River.
____ 15. The final borders of the lower 48 states were established in the
A. Gadsden Purchase.
B. annexation of Texas.
C. Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
D. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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____ 16. The inventor of a new rubber product that didn't freeze or melt was
A. Elias Howe.
B. Charles Goodyear.
C. Robert Fulton.
D. Samuel F. B. Morse.
____ 17. The inventor of a mechanical reaper that did the work of five farm workers was
A. John Deere.
B. I. M. Singer.
C. John C. Frémont.
D. Cyrus McCormick.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 18. How many trails are shown on the map?
A. four
B. Five
C. six
D. seven
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____ 19. Which trail ends in Salt Lake City?
A. Santa Fe Trail
B. Mormon Trail
C. Oregon Trail
D. Butterfield Trail
____ 20. What are the start and end points of the Old Spanish Trail?
A. Fort Hall and San Francisco
B. Nauvoo and Salt Lake City
C. Santa Fe and Los Angeles
D. Independence and Santa Fe
____ 21. In what territory is Santa Fe located?
A. Indian Territory
B. New Mexico Territory
C. Utah Territory
D. Unorganized territory
____ 22. Which two trails could travelers take west from Fort Hall?
A. Oregon Trail and Mormon Trail
B. Butterfield Trail and Old Spanish Trail
C. Mormon Trail and Santa Fe Trail
D. Oregon Trail and California Trail
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____ 23. What kind of bird is shown in the cartoon?
A. a chicken
B. an eagle
C. a crow
D. a hawk
____ 24. How can you tell that the bird represents Mexico?
A. The bird is wearing a banner.
B. The caption identifies the bird
C. The bird is saying this.
D. The bird is standing on an outline of Mexico.
____ 25. How is the bird "after the war" different from the bird "before the war"?
A. It has no head.
B. It has no wings
C. It has no feathers.
D. It has no feet.
____ 26. What war caused the change in the bird?
A. the battle at the Alamo
B. the Black Hawk War
C. Mexico's war for independence from Spain
D. the war between Mexico and the United States
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____ 27. What was "plucked" from Mexico as a result of the war?
A. its northern territories
B. its empresarios
C. its independence
D. its gold
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