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UNIT 7 DIRECT STUDY GUIDE - POLITICAL & GEOGRAPHIC CHANGES

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Question 1

1.

promised to use federal funds to improve roads and build a national university.

wanted to keep the national bank run by private bankers.

promised equal protection for all, including poor and formerly enslaved people.

Question 2

2.

The South lost economic power from protesting the tariffs and they wanted federal support.

The North sent more manufactured items to the South, who had to pay taxes on them.

The North had more manufacturing, but the South had more taxable trade with Europe.

Question 3

3.

The state wanted to charge higher taxes on cotton sold to European customers.

The state considered high tariffs passed by Congress illegal and refused to pay them.

The state refused to help pay for the construction of a road in Kentucky.

Question 4

4.

a new national bank

a much lower tariff

a new cabinet position

Question 5

5.

Tyler opposing many Whig policies

Tyler focusing on foreign relations

Harrison switching positions on policies

Question 6

6.

Bureaucrats were fired and replaced with Jackson’s supporters.

Southern states began nullifying, or refusing to obey, some federal laws.

Southerners gained a louder voice in objecting to high tariffs.

Question 7

7.

send troops to establish a new Indian Territory.

pay Native Americans to relocate in the West.

seize all weapons from native peoples in Georgia.

Question 8

8.

some members of the Five Civilized Tribes already lived in the region.

the fertile land would support farms owned by native peoples.

few white settlers wanted to move to the area.

Question 9

9.

the Choctaw

the Creek

the Cherokee

Question 10

10.

removal was legal only if the government provided food for the long journey.

are a separate community and not subject to the laws of Georgia.

were not citizens and therefore no treaties with them were binding.

Question 11

11.

He disagreed with the ruling and approved a treaty to relocate the Cherokee.

He supported the ruling but allowed settlers to push the Cherokee people off their own land.

He ignored the ruling and immediately forced the Cherokee people to relocate.

Question 12

12.

They turned to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend their claims to their land.

They agreed to sell their land and move to Indian Territory.

They lost their land and were forced to travel on the Trail of Tears.

Question 13

13.

that Native Americans should be removed from their lands

that further white settlement into native lands should be halted

that the U.S. government should honor its treaties with Native Americans

Question 14

14.

He believes this is the only way for the Native American population to survive.

He wants to preserve the natural resources on native land.

He thinks white settlers are more entitled to the land than native peoples.

Question 15

15.

It removed all Cherokee voting rights.

It required the Cherokee to give up their lands.

It stripped the Cherokee of U.S. citizenship.

Question 16

16.

The Cherokee will cease to exist.

The Cherokee will be settled.

Cherokee will attack white settlements.

Question 17

17.

The Whitmans wanted to convert the Cayuse to Christianity, angering the Cayuse.

The Whitmans unknowingly exposed the Cayuse to measles, killing many Cayuse children.

The Whitmans offered medical care to the Cayuse, but they could not treat measles.

Question 18

18.

practice their religion without fear of persecution.

escape the economic troubles in the East.

reject the treatment of enslaved people in the South.

Question 19

19.

The United States had the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.

European nations would no longer be allowed to interfere in the Americas.

Native Americans had an equal claim to lands acquired in the Adams-Onís Treaty.

Question 20

20.

establishing trading posts in Oregon Country.

creating routes and guiding settlers to the West.

preventing over trapping of beaver and other animals.

Question 21

21.

cotton and tobacco planters

religious leaders

cattle ranchers

Question 22

22.

Florida citizens could not agree on a constitution, which was required for statehood.

Florida was entering as a free state so they had to wait until a slave state could also join.

Congress was unsure that Spain would abandon its claims to the Florida Territory.

Question 23

23.

selling Texas to the United States

allowing the U.S. to annex Texas

encouraging American settlement

Question 24

24.

Tejanos outnumbered American settlers, who felt threatened by the Tejanos.

Most settlers supported slavery, which was illegal in Mexico.

Most settlers opposed slavery, which was legal in Mexico.

Question 25

25.

from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon Country.

from the Southern states to Texas.

from Independence, Missouri, to the New Mexico Territory.

Question 26

26.

ordered General Taylor to blockade the Santa Fe Trail, cutting off key supply routes to Mexico.

persuaded Mexico to sign a treaty stating that the Rio Grande formed the border of Texas.

lied to Congress, claiming that Mexico had attacked U.S. troops on American soil.

Question 27

27.

resolved the question of whether western states would allow slavery.

forced Native Americans in the West to sell lands to American settlers.

gave the United States complete control of the Oregon Country.

Question 28

28.

It gave the United States control of the Bear Flag Republic.

It nearly doubled the size of the United States.

It created a territory in the West for free African American settlement.

Question 29

29.

accidents on the journey

simple food and entertainment

Native American attacks

Question 30

30.

It is the duty of all Americans to support westward expansion.

Compared to people living in Eastern cities, pioneers have an easier life.

The benefits of migrating west outweigh the difficulties of the journey.

Question 31

31.

It was a comfortable journey

They arrived in Oregon in summer

They were exposed to extreme weather

Question 32

32.

She had only a short amount of time to record an entry in her journal.

Her suffering was so extreme that she could not describe it properly.

There was not much writing paper available for her to record her thoughts.

Question 33

33.

large numbers of people migrated to California in 1849 to find gold.

it cost forty-nine dollars for a miner to purchase a land claim.

the population of San Francisco increased to 49,000 almost overnight.

Question 34

34.

miners

vigilantes

farmers

Question 35

35.

Women established societies, and children attended schools in the camps.

Legal authorities maintained a high level of safety in the camps.

Violence and alcohol abuse were common in mining camps.

Question 36

36.

moved on to other mining rushes.

stayed to farm or run businesses.

found enough gold to live comfortably.

Question 37

37.

They had been prevented from owning property in the United States and knew that Utah  was part of Mexico at the time.

Utah was a refuge from persecution and a place to practice their religion freely.

Utah’s rich farmland and good soil would provide enough crops to become self-sufficient.

Question 38

38.

Mormon missionaries converted California-bound miners, who then stayed to work in Utah.

Mormon communities welcomed refugees from California boomtowns that were lawless

Mormon miners traveled to California in search of gold and returned with their wealth.

Question 39

39.

Few women migrated to California

California cities flourished

Boomtowns were violent places

Question 40

40.

strengthened the economic and political position of Californios.

forced many California merchants to go out of business.

brought a large group of Asian immigrants to the United States.

Question 41

41.

Prospectors carried these items to protect themselves in lawless boomtowns.

Prospectors used these tools to build houses for their families.

Prospectors were wealthy and could pay inflated prices for goods.

Question 42

42.

Miners could easily afford the tools and provisions they needed to prospect for gold.

Businesses could charge more for goods in mining towns than they could charge in the East.

Most forty-niners brought their own tools and supplies with them.

Question 43

43.

vote to end the power of the Whig Party in Congress.

endure the risks of the Oregon Trail to reach fertile farmland and new opportunity.

become missionaries to Native American peoples in the territories.

Question 44

44.

the signing of the Treaty of New Echota, which gave Cherokee lands to the United States.

the deaths of thousands of Cherokee people in camps and along the Trail of Tears.

the end of the Second Seminole War in Florida, forcing the Seminole to flee to the forests.

Question 45

45.

Iowa emerged as a free-state candidate for admission.

the native Seminole had been relocated to Indian Territory.

the United States won a brutal war with Spain to capture the region

Question 46

46.

The lengthy siege allowed Texas time to gather troops and supplies to continue their fight  for independence.

It ended America’s war with Mexico when U.S. troops overran the Alamo and defeated Santa Anna’s army.

Mexico’s attack on U.S. soldiers at the Alamo was the event that began America’s war with  Mexico.

Question 47

47.

Mormons moved to the region to escape religious persecution.

Thousands of Native Americans from the Southeast were relocated there.

The fertile land in California was inexpensive and abundant.

Question 48

48.

The bank was essential to the economic growth of the nation.

The bank favored wealthy Easterners and limited western growth.

The bank should not support states where slavery was allowed.

Question 49

49.

granite

furs

timber

Question 50

50.

Cherokee

Creek

Choctaw