U.S. History
Chapters 11 Quiz Study Guide
Questions will focus on the following topics and questions. Quizzes are “open note.”
Reform
2 nd
Great Awakening,
Transcendentalists: Ralph
Waldo Emerson and Henry
David Thoreau, abolition,
Garrison, “Liberator”, asylum,
Dix, women’s rights, Stanton,
Mott, education, Mann,
The Trans-Mississippi West a) Texas: Mexican independence, Austin, Santa Anna,
Texas Revolution, Alamo, San Jacinto, Sam Houston b) Mexican War: “ manifest destiny", annexation of
Texas, Slidell, Polk, San Francisco, Nueces/Rio Grande,
Taylor ; Buena Vista/Taylor, Fremont (California),
Scott/Mexico City, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo c) Oregon: Hudson Bay Company, Lee, Whitman, Oregon
Trail, Treaty of 1846 d) Utah: Smith, Mormonism, Young, Mormon Trail temperance, Sojourner Truth,
American Colonization Society
1.
What were the causes and effects of the “Second Great Awakening”?
2.
Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Texas Revolution.
3.
How did the United States acquire the Oregon?
4.
What were the causes of the War with Mexico?
5.
How did the United States win the War with Mexico so easily?
6.
Compare/contrast the journeys of the Mormons and those going to California in the early 1800s.
7.
What were the primary consequences of the war with Mexico?
U.S. History
Chapters 11 Quiz Study Guide
Questions will focus on the following topics and questions. Quizzes are “open note.”
Reform
2 nd
Great Awakening,
Transcendentalists: Ralph
Waldo Emerson and Henry
David Thoreau, abolition,
Garrison, “Liberator”, asylum,
Dix, women’s rights, Stanton,
Mott, education, Mann, temperance, Sojourner Truth,
American Colonization Society
The Trans-Mississippi West a) Texas: Mexican independence, Austin, Santa Anna, b)
Texas Revolution, Alamo, San Jacinto, Sam Houston
Mexican War: “ manifest destiny", annexation of
Texas, Slidell, Polk, San Francisco, Nueces/Rio
Grande, Taylor ; Buena Vista/Taylor, Fremont
(California), Scott/Mexico City, Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo c) Oregon: Hudson Bay Company, Lee, Whitman, Oregon
Trail, Treaty of 1846 d) Utah: Smith, Mormonism, Young, Mormon Trail
1.
What were the causes and effects of the “Second Great Awakening”?
2.
Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Texas Revolution.
3.
How did the United States acquire the Oregon?
4.
What were the causes of the War with Mexico?
5.
How did the United States win the War with Mexico so easily?
6.
Compare/contrast the journeys of the Mormons and those going to California in the early 1800s.
7.
What were the primary consequences of the war with Mexico?