APUSH Chapter 17 - Check Your Understanding

On February 2, 1848, Nicholas P. Trist signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which contained all of the following terms except: a. Mexico would pay the United States $3,250,000 in reparations b. The United States would acquire approximately one-half of Mexico's total landmass, including California c. Mexico officially recognized American title to Texas

a. Mexico would pay the United States $3,250,000 in reparations

The Manifest Destiny slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" referred to a. the American demand that Britain hand over fifty-four islands and forty ships in the Caribbean b. American demands for acquiring all of the Oregon territory from Britain c. American demands that Canada hand over land along the Maine and Minnesota boundaries d. expansionist calls to create forty new states by 1854 e. American demands for acquiring California and New Mexico from Mexico

b. American demands for acquiring all of the Oregon territory from Britain

According to the map, where did General Winfield Scott arrive in Mexico after setting sail in 1846? a. Chihuahua b. Matamoros c. Corpus Christi

b. Matamoros

One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation a. could involve the country in a series of ruinous wars in America and Europe b. might give more power to the supporters of slavery c. would lead to tensions and possible war with the British d. offered little political or economic value to America e. was not supported by the people of Texas

b. might give more power to the supporters of slavery

All of the following were true of the Walker Tariff of 1846 except that it a. reduced the average rates of the Tariff of 1842 from about 32 percent to 25 percent b. was followed by boom times and heavy imports c. had the strong support of low-tariff southerners d. resulted in loud complaints from the Clayites, especially in New England and the middle states e. proved to be a poor revenue producer

e. proved to be a poor revenue producer

True or False: Following the U.S. victory in the Mexican War, Latin America developed a newfound respect and admiration for the winning tactics of the "Colossus of the North"

False

The British government desired a political and military alliance with the independent Republic of Texas because a. such an alliance would limit the ability of the United States to achieve political and economic dominance over Latin America b. Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigres c. this area would provide an excellent base from which to attack the United States d. Mexican efforts to attack the United States would be stopped e. the alliance would help to support the Monroe Doctrine

a. such an alliance would limit the ability of the United States to achieve political and economic dominance over Latin America

According to the map, where did the U.S. Navy establish blockades during the war? a. Around the ports of Los Angeles and Monterey b. Around the port of Yerba Buena c. Along the east and west coasts of southern Mexico

c. Along the east and west coasts of southern Mexico

The group that was instrumental in saving the soil of Oregon for the United States was a. Mormon settlers from Utah b. the Hudson's Bay Company c. American Christian missionaries to the Indians d. U.S. naval forces in Puget Sound e. the Lewis and Clark expedition

c. American Christian missionaries to the Indians

The Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president to a. have him instead of President William Henry Harrison actually run the executive branch b. reward him for his strong support of the Whig party platform c. win northern votes d. attract the vote of the states' rightists e. respond to the Democrats' expansionist appeal

d. attract the vote of the states' rightists

In the early nineteenth century, the British generally viewed Americans as a. a serious competitor for empire and world power b. admirable protectors of the interests of slaveholders c. clever and inventive creative geniuses and entrepreneurs d. crude and half-civilized cheaters and violators of international law e. models for the democratic future that they too were bound to follow

d. crude and half-civilized cheaters and violators of international law

The British-American dispute over the border of Maine and Canada was solved a. by the Caroline incident b. when America was given all the disputed territory in question as a result of a binding arbitration decision made by three neutral countries c. by the total victory of the United States in the Aroostook War in 1842 d. by admitting Maine into the Union and New Brunswick into Canada e. by a negotiated political compromise that gave each side some territory along the disputed border

e. by a negotiated political compromise that gave each side some territory along the disputed border

All of the following were true of Whigs' gripes with John Tyler except a. Whigs attempted repeatedly to get him to approve a centralized bank b. he was impeached by the House of Representatives c. his entire cabinet resigned in a body, except Secretary of State Webster d. they condemned Tyler as "His Accidency" and as an "Executive Ass" e. Tyler's hostility to a centralized bank was notorious

b. he was impeached by the House of Representatives

All of the following caused tension between the United States and Britain except a. settlers swarming into the still-disputed Oregon Country b. memories of the two recent Anglo-American wars c. British authors were granted rich royalties by American copyright law d. British travelers wrote acidly of American tobacco spitting, slave auctioneering, lynching, eye gouging, and other unsavory features of the rustic Republic e. Britain's abolition of slavery in its empire in 1834

c. British authors were granted rich royalties by American copyright law

John Tyler joined the Whig party because he a. thought the Democrats were too politically connected to influential southern gentry interests b. thought that it was the easiest way to become president c. could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson d. believed in its pro-bank, pro-protective tariff, and pro-internal improvements position e. believed it better represented Virginia's interests

c. could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson

The most immediate result of James Polk's successful Manifest Destiny campaign was a. a rush of American settlers into the Pacific Northwest b. the abolition of all tariffs and barriers to trade c. American acquisition of California d. the Mexican War e. the annexation of Texas to the United States

e. the annexation of Texas to the United States