25. Former slave Frederick Douglass published his own anti-slavery newspaper: (1 point)
Freedom First!
The Underground Railroad
The North Star
The Lantern's Light
26. President Andrew Jackson would not annex Texas because (1 point)
it would require annexing Mexico too.
Texas would enter the Union as a slave state.
Native Americans inhabiting Texas would become American citizens.
Mexico wanted the U.S. to pay off its national debt.
27. Which president submitted a treaty to Mexico for the annexation of Texas? (1 point)
James Polk
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
28. The short-lived Bear Flag Republic became the state of (1 point)
Oregon.
Washington.
California.
Texas.
29. What deal completed the continental territory that we know as the United States today? (1 point)
The Louisiana Purchase
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
The Missouri Compromise
The Gadsden Purchase
30. Just 25 years before the Mexican American War, Mexico fought and won a war of independence from (1 point)
Portugal.
Spain.
France.
Britain.
31. If passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have banned ___________________ in all territories acquired from Mexico. (1 point)
settlement
trade
slavery
social reform
32. Who was the Free Soil Party's first presidential candidate? (1 point)
Martin Van Buren
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
David Wilmot
33. What caused a sharp spike in the population of California in the mid-1800s? (1 point)
The creation of a shipping port in San Francisco
A massive land giveaway
The completion of the transcontinental railroad
The discovery of gold
34. The invention of the _________________ helped to make the United States the world leader in cotton production. (1 point)
sewing machine
steel plow
steam engine
combustible engine
35. For what crime was John Brown executed? (1 point)
He beat two slaves to .
He killed an abolitionist.
He was responsible for the sinking of Harper's Ferry.
He ed two men who were in favor of slavery.