Period 5: Years 1848-1877

Brinkley Textbook Chapter 13

Period 5 will cover Chapter 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 in the green Brinkley textbook.

Test from the green Brinkley book Chapter 11-13 will be______

Directions: Your answers to the questions below must be handwritten on your own paper and turned in the day of the test for full credit. All answers must be in complete sentences unless otherwise directed (list or define). Staple this to your handwritten answers and turn in the day of the test.

  1. Analyze the poster on page 338 and read the texts on page 339. Write one question that is “the issue” regarding slavery in the 1840’s and 1850’s.
  2. Explain Manifest Destiny as described by John’ O Sullivan.
  3. Why did the Mexican government originally want American settlers to come to Texas?
  4. Who was the president of Mexico and why type of government did he run?
  5. What resulted at the Battle of San Jacinto?
  6. Define annexation.
  7. Why did it take nearly 10 years to make Texas a state in the United States?
  8. How was the OregonTerritory ruled from 1818 to the 1840’s?
  9. Describe a typical pioneer’s journal traveling West (include the trail names they might have traveled)
  10. Describe the goals of James K. Polk. What was meant by his slogan “54 40 or fight!”
  11. How did the Mexican War start (use the map on page 349 to help you understand the border issue that leads to the war)
  12. What territory does the BearFlagRepublic refer to?
  13. Detail the following: Think cause and effect, not just the “what is it?”
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Wilmot Proviso
  • Mexican Cession
  • “squatter sovereignty” or “popular sovereignty”
  • Free Soil Party
  • 49’ers
  1. List the provisions of the Compromise of 1850.
  2. List the “old” leaders of the Senate and the “new” ones, including their beliefs
  3. Why did the North oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?
  4. What was the reason for the Gadsden Purchase?
  5. Summarize the Kansas Nebraska Controversy after reading the section of the same name.
  6. What was meant by “Bleeding Kansas”?
  7. What happened at the Pottawatomie Massacre?
  8. Summarize the Brooks-Sumner incident.
  9. Summarize Roger Taney’s opinion in the Dred Scott Decision.
  10. Detail each side of the Lincoln Douglas debate. What was the ultimate result of this debate?
  11. Study the map on page 363. Answer the question in the inset.
  12. What was the purpose of lyceums in America during this time?