5 Written Questions

1. 14th president of the US; favored the Kansas-Nebraska Act
2. the antislavery party; made of antislavery Whigs and northern Democrats
3. American general; invaded northern Mexico; later elected president
4. escaped slave; one the most powerful antislavery speakers and writers
5. Mexican general at the Alamo; later the president of Mexico

5 Matching Questions

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Sam Houston
3. Ostend Manifesto
4. John Sloat
5. The Compromise of 1850

1. a led the US Navy in capturing Monterey, CA
2. b secret plan to take Cuba from Spain
3. c the first anti-slavery president; his election caused the South to secede
4. d won independence for Texas at the battle of San Jacinto
5. e With CA ready to become a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. ended the Mexican-American War; gave the US lots of territory for only $15million
   1. Texas Annexation
   2. The Gold Rush
   3. Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
   4. Dred Scot v. Sanford
2. the "father of Texas"; tried to find a peaceful settlement to Texas' conflict with Mexico
   1. Sam Houston
   2. Steven Austin
   3. Texas Annexation
   4. Stephen Douglas
3. the American Party; anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic
   1. John Sloat
   2. The Gold Rush
   3. Sam Houston
   4. Know Nothings
4. the settlers of KS were allowed to choose whether to be slave or free; this was a very bad idea
   1. Zachary Taylor
   2. Kansas-Nebraska Act
   3. Thomas O Larkin
   4. James K Polk
5. coined the term "manifest destiny"
   1. John L O'Sullivan
   2. John C Freemont
   3. Steven Austin
   4. John Sloat

5 True/False Question

1. James K Polk → won independence for Texas at the battle of San Jacinto
   

   True        False

2. John C Freemont → led the US Navy in capturing Monterey, CA
   

   True        False

3. Stephen Douglas → created the Kansas-Nebraska Act; lost the election of 1860 to Lincoln
   

   True        False

4. Thomas O Larkin → Leader of American interests in California; helped take Monterey and later Southern CA
   

   True        False

5. The Gold Rush → the "father of Texas"; tried to find a peaceful settlement to Texas' conflict with Mexico
   

   True        False