10. SLAVERY EXPANDS SOUTH AND WEST, 1830

**Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 10.4 Richard Carton Woodville, War News from Mexico, 1848**

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 10.4: Richard Carton Woodville, War News from Mexico, 1848

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What message does the name of the hotel convey about the people gathered in the image?

Most Americans supported the war in Mexico.

Few Americans knew anything about the war.

Americans were opposed to the war because of racism.

Diverse Americans were interested in the war.

2. Who does the image depict as being on the outskirts of American society?

Soldiers

Antiwar advocates

Africans and women

Immigrants

3. Why was the war so interesting to such a broad spectrum of society?

It dealt with important issues like manifest destiny and slavery.

There was not much else in the news in 1848.

It was the first American war since the Revolution.

Americans enjoyed the violence and bloodshed.

4. What does the image imply about the role of hotels and taverns in the nineteenth century?

They were political headquarters for politicians.

They treated all people equally.

They were social centers.

They printed newspapers.

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