APUSH- Chapter 17

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°.

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

American missionaries to the Indians.

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

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 earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was by

John L. O'Sullivan.

All of the following were legacies of the U.S. war with Mexico, except

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

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.

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

attract the vote of the states' rightists.

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

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

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

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

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

1845

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.

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain

America was unlawfully invaded by the British.

When the Mexican government secularized authority in California

Californios eventually gained control of the land.

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

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.

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.

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

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

by a compromise that gave each side some territory.

John Tyler joined the Whig party because he

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.

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.

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.