Chapter 11

Quiz for Analyzing Voices: The U.S.-Mexico War: Expansion and Slavery

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Question 1

According to John L. Sullivan, how would an expanding slave trade in Texas affect slavery nationally?A. Expansion of slavery was a direct motivation for the expansion of territory brought about by the U.S.-Mexico War.
B. Exposure to Mexican culture would influence the United States to abolish slavery.
C. The expansion of slavery would be an unintended consequence of the U.S.-Mexico War.
D. Texas would siphon off the slaves of other slave states and ultimately weaken the expansion of slavery.

Question 2

Secretary of State James Buchanan asserted that the U.S. possession of San Francisco Bay and all of California was justified byA. the will of divine providence.
B. the dictates of Manifest Destiny.
C. threats of French and British occupation.
D. years of neglect by the Mexican government.

Question 3

Charles Sumner’s argument against the war with Mexico was based on his belief that the U.S. invasion wasA. a conspiracy of the slave power in Congress.
B. an illegal crossing of Mexico’s sovereign border.
C. insufficiently planned and organized.
D. too expensive in a time of national debt.

Question 4

In his editorial, poet Walt Whitman argues that slavery should beA. abolished throughout the nation.
B. expanded into the new formerly Mexican territories.
C. limited to where it already exists.
D. restricted to the southern half of the new territories.

Question 5

Sumner’s argument that the Nueces River represented the legitimate border of Mexico directly opposes the assertion made in which of the other sources represented here?A. All of the other sources
B. James Buchanan’s letter
C. John O’Sullivan’s editorial
D. Walt Whitman’s editorial