Quiz for Beyond America's Borders: Filibusters: The Underside of the Manifest Destiny

Quiz for Beyond America's Borders: Filibusters: The Underside of the Manifest Destiny

Filibusters: The Underside of Manifest Destiny

Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. In the mid-nineteenth century, many of the men who joined private armies as filibusters did so because they saw themselves as carrying on the work of

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Correct. The answer is D. Many men who became filibusters saw themselves as carrying on the work of manifest destiny. In particular, they wanted to extend America’s reach beyond Texas, California, and Oregon. Most of their efforts were focused in Central America and the Caribbean.
Incorrect. The correct answer is D. Many men who became filibusters saw themselves as carrying on the work of manifest destiny. In particular, they wanted to extend America’s reach beyond Texas, California, and Oregon. Most of their efforts were focused in Central America and the Caribbean.

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2. Why did the U.S. government usually chastise filibusters, despite the chance they offered to acquire new American territory?

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Correct. The answer is A. The U.S. government feared that private invasions conducted by filibusters would jeopardize legitimate diplomatic efforts to promote trade and acquire territory. Furthermore, filibusters violated the U.S. Neutrality Act of 1918.
Incorrect. The correct answer is A. The U.S. government feared that private invasions conducted by filibusters would jeopardize legitimate diplomatic efforts to promote trade and acquire territory. Furthermore, filibusters violated the U.S. Neutrality Act of 1918.

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3. George Fitzhugh, a well-known champion of slavery in the United States, defended filibusters by comparing them to

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Correct. The answer is A. After the U.S. government cracked down on filibusters, George Fitzhugh defended them, suggesting, “They who condemn the modern filibuster . . . must also condemn the discoverers and settlers of America, of the East Indies of Holland, and of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.”
Incorrect. The correct answer is A. After the U.S. government cracked down on filibusters, George Fitzhugh defended them, suggesting, “They who condemn the modern filibuster. . .must also condemn the discoverers and settlers of America, of the East Indies of Holland, and of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.”

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4. How did slavery serve to promote the practice of filibustering in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century?

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Correct. The answer is B. Slave owners were particularly interested in the prospect of filibustering to acquire new land to expand slavery beyond the southern U.S. border. Especially during the 1840s and 1850s, when northerners began to insist on containing slavery’s spread into the North and West, southerners joined filibustering expeditions with the hope that they could acquire new land for cotton plantations.
Incorrect. The correct answer is B. Slave owners were particularly interested in the prospect of filibustering to acquire new land to expand slavery beyond the southern U.S. border. Especially during the 1840s and 1850s, when northerners began to insist on containing slavery’s spread into the North and West, southerners joined filibustering expeditions with the hope that they could acquire new land for cotton plantations.

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5. During the Civil War, southerners’ support of filibusters backfired on the Confederacy by

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Correct. The answer is C. After the outbreak of the Civil War, the Confederacy paid a price for its association with filibustering. Central Americans, who had defended their countries from numerous filibustering expeditions, had only bitter associations with American southerners. Not a single Central American nation recognized Confederate independence.
Incorrect. The correct answer is C. After the outbreak of the Civil War, the Confederacy paid a price for its association with filibustering. Central Americans, who had defended their countries from numerous filibustering expeditions, had only bitter associations with American southerners. Not a single Central American nation recognized Confederate independence.