Test: US History - Chapter 13 - 20 Questions

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  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
  2. the "father of Texas"; tried to find a peaceful settlement to Texas' conflict with Mexico
  3. the American Party; anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic
  4. the settlers of KS were allowed to choose whether to be slave or free; this was a very bad idea
  5. coined the term "manifest destiny"

5 True/False Question

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

          

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

          

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

          

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

          

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

          

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