APUSH CH 17

How was the question of the Oregon boundary finally resolved between the U.S. and Britain?

Britain peacefully settled for the proposed line of 49*

All of the following fanned the flames that led to the Mexican War except

Britain's offer to purchase Cali from Mexico

Tyler was considered by contemporaries as a "Democrat in Whig clothing" for all of the following reasons except:

Favored federal funding of internal improvements like roads and canals.

Symbolically important, the 1846 Wilmot Provisio stated that

Slavery should never be established in the territories acquired from Mexico

In the 1830s, American's relationship with Britain was marked by all of the following except:

Tension over tariffs.

What was Polk's real goal once the battle with Mexico began?

To end the fighting once he captured California.

All of the following accomplishments from the 1840s are examples of America fulfilling its Manifest Destiny except

lowering tariff taxes

From a domestic standpoint, which of these was NOT a product of the war with Mexico?

A significant loss of life and a weakening of the U.S. army

The U.S. - British tension over the Maine-Canada boundary that nearly sparked a war finally settled in 1842 by

Adjusting the Canadian border so that the U.S. gained an additional 6,500 square miles

What prompted fiercely loyal Whigs to denounce their leader, President John Tyler, as "His Accidency?"

His veto of bills to establish a national bank.

What distinguished William Henry Harrison's presidency?

It was the shortest on record.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo included all of the following terms except that it

Required that the U.S. pay $25 million for its land acquisitions, mainly Cali.

How did this statement prove to be corrext?

The controversy resulting from gaining new land led to the Civil War

Who were the Californios?

The descendants of Spanish and Mexican conquerors who once ruled the region.

Manifest Destiny is best described as

The notion that America was ordained by God to spread its democratic institutions beyond its existing borders.

Which of the following did not influence the decision to annex Texas to the United States in 1845?

Whig campaigning in the 1844 election on the promise of annexing Texas.