APUSH Chapter 17

In what year did John O'Sullivan coin the phrase Manifest Destiny?

1845

In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United States was established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of,

49°.

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain,

America was unlawfully invaded by the British.

Arrange in chronological order the United States' acquisition of (A) Oregon, (B) Texas, and (C) California.

B, A, C

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) Bear Flag revolt, (B) Slidell mission rejected, (C) declaration of war on Mexico, and (D) American troops ordered to the Rio Grande Valley.

B, D, C, A

When the Mexican government secularized authority in California,

Californios eventually gained control of the land.

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the missions in California?

Californios were at the lowest rungs of society in the early to mid 1800s.

The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between the,

Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) annexation of Texas, (B) Webster-Ashburton Treaty, (C) settlement of the Oregon boundary, and (D) Aroostook War.

D, B, A, C

The only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was who?

Daniel Webster.

When northwesterners questioned why all of Texas was annexed but not all of Oregon, the reply was,

Great Britain was a far more powerful nation than Mexico.

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was by, who?

John L. O'Sullivan.

In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called,

Manifest Destiny.

The first Old World Europeans to come to California were,

Spanish.

All of the following were reasons why Britain was intensely interested in an independent Texas except,

Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigrants.

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, included,

United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of,

a joint resolution rather than a treaty.

The Aroostook War was,

a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada.

Britain was interested in developments in the Republic of Texas because,

an independent Texas was a potential counterweight to the future growth of a powerful United States. Texas would be an important alternative source of cotton for the British textile industry.

Those people most opposed to President James K. Polk's expansionist program were the,

antislavery forces.

The Californios' political ascendancy in California ended,

as a result of the influx of Anglo golddiggers.

The Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president to do what?

attract the vote of the states' rightists.

The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved,

by a compromise that gave each side some territory.

Why did John Tyler join the Whig party?

could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson.

President John Tyler vetoed the Whig congress's proposal to,

create a new national bank. distribute public land sales revenue to the states.

In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig candidate, Henry Clay,

favored both the postponing and the annexation of Texas.

In his quest for California, President James K. Polk,

first advocated buying the area from Mexico.

Relations between Britain and the United States in the nineteenth century could be characterized as,

generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution.

All of the following happened after President John Tyler's veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States except what?

he sent legislation to Congress for the creation of a National Bank.

The election of 1844 was notable because,

it was fought over the issue of expansionism.

President Polk's program for his administration included

lower tariffs. a new independent treasury system. acquisition of California. settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute.

One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation,

might give more power to the supporters of slavery.

The group most supportive of gaining control of all the Oregon Country was the,

northern Democrats.

Americans responded to the Oregon settlement with,

northwestern states joining with antislavery forces to condemn the pact.

Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the,

rich soil of the Willamette River Valley.

As a result of the panic of 1837,

several states defaulted on their debts to Britain.

The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that,

slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States.

The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by,

southern expansionists.

The Wilmot Proviso,

symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories.

The largest single addition to American territory was,

the Mexican Cession.

President Polk's claim that "American blood [had been shed] on the American soil" referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican and American troops near,

the Rio Grande.

Some people in Britain hoped for a British alliance with Texas because,

the alliance would give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in Texas.

In 1846, the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons except,

the impulse to satisfy those asking for spot resolutions.

One reason that the British government decided to compromise on the Oregon Country border was,

their belief that the territory was not worth fighting over.

The Spanish Franciscan missionaries treated the native inhabitants of California,

very harshly.

During the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called on several times to respond to spot resolutions, indicating where American blood had been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions were frequently introduced by,

Abraham Lincoln.

The group that was instrumental in saving the soil of Oregon for the United States was,

American missionaries to the Indians.

When the war with Mexico began, President James K. Polk,

hoped to fight a limited war, ending with the conquest of California.

One goal of Mexico in its 1846-1848 war with the United States was to,

humiliate the bullies of the North by invading the U.S. and freeing black slaves.