1) American emigration to Oregon

    A) started due to reports of the fertility of the Willamette Valley.

    B) started as a result of rumors of gold discoveries.

    C) was greatly hampered by hostile Indians.

    D) resulted in intense conflict between the US and Mexico.



2) The Oregon question was finally settled with the British surrender of its claims to land south of the 54th parallel. True False

3) refers to idea of the 1840s that Americans had a "god-given" right to expand from coast to coast.

4) The person who led the biggest wave of American settlement in Texas was .

5) All of the following contributed to the growing discontent and eventual revolt of Americans in Texas except

    A) the lack of political participation of Texans in their government.

    B) the government's refusal to provide land for settlers.

    C) the Mexican government's ban on Protestant churches in Texas.

    D) the Mexican government's ban on slavery.



6) After successfully defeating the Mexican army, Texas

    A) became a self-governing province within the Mexican federation.

    B) forced the Mexican government to recognize its independence.

    C) became an independent nation, unrecognized by Mexico.

    D) was admitted to the United States.



7) Sam Houston only reluctantly became the head of the Texas army. He was more in favor of a peaceful solution to the situation and wanted to remain within the Mexican Federation. True False

8) was the head of the Mexican government during the Texas war and led the Mexican army north to put down the rebellion.

9) was a fur merchant who established the first permanent American settlement in the Oregon country.

10) Mexico's northern frontier developed

    A) with little influence or control from Mexico City.

    B) according to plans conceived and directed from Mexico City.

    C) under the predominant influence of the Catholic church.

    D) despite a failure of the Mexican government to provide incentives for settlement.



11) Manifest Destiny was based on all of the following except

    A) Anglo-Saxon racial superiority justified American absorption of inferior peoples and their lands.

    B) new lands would extend the domain of free government and free enterprise.

    C) conquest of new territory would prove American military superiority.

    D) American had a specially ordained mission in the world.



12) John Louis O'Sullivan coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny." True False