11th APUSH~ Chapter 17 Test

When was the peak of the Manifest Destiny

1842-1853

In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United States was

49'

During the debate in Congress over President Polk's requested congressional declaration of war against Mexico, the Polk administration was frequently called on by____ to "spot resolutions," demanding to know where American blood had to been shed to provoke the war.

Abraham Lincoln

The only members of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his politics was

Daniel Webster

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was in 1845 by

John L. Sullivan

All of the following were legacies of the US war with Mexico, except

Latin America solidified their friendly relations with the U.S. government

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

Manifest Destiny

President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following

Many southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory

By going to war with Mexico, the United States gained the territory labeled as the

Mexican Cession

_______represented the group in North America that expressed the most vigorous support for the United States gaining political control of all the Oregon Country

Northern Democrats

All of the following were reasons why Britain was intensely interested in promoting an independent Republic of texas except

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

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848), ending the Mexican War, included

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

President Polk accepted a compromise with Britain on the Oregon dispute because the

United States was facing problems with Mexico

One attempt to prevent slavery in the territories was the

Wilmot Proviso

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

a joint resolution enacted by a simple majority in the House and Senate rather than the two-thirds constitutional super majority required of all treaties with foreign nations

The Aroostook War was

a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada

Those people most adamantly opposed to President James K. Polk's expansionist program in Texas and the Southwest were the

abolitionists

In his quest for California, President James K. Polk

first advocated buying the area to the United States

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

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

The major opposition to the Mexican War was based on the belief that

it would expand slavery

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 bonds or repudiated them openly

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 Wilmot Proviso

symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories

The primary reason that the British government decided to compromise with the United States of the Oregon Country border was

the British government's belief that the Oregon Country was neither politically nor economically critical to British foreign policy

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

Which of the following served as a major cause of the war with Mexico

the annexation of Texas

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

the impulse to satisfy Congressman Abraham Lincoln and similar political allies in Congress to enact the so-called "spot resolutions" concerning alleged Mexican incursions into American territory