APUSH Chapters 17-19
The Mexican War resulted in
-A one-third increase in the territorial size of the United States -Combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War -Increased respect for American military and naval capabilities -Deepened sectional tensions over slavery
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
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 degree
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
During the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called on several times to respond to spot resolutions, indicating where the 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
The Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president to
Attract the vote of the states' rightists
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
The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved
By a compromise that gave each side some territory
The only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was
Daniel Webster
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
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
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
The election of 1844 was notable because
It was fought over the issue of expansionism
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.
In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called
Manifest Destiny
One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation
Might give more power to the supporters of slavery
Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the
Rich soil of the Willamette River Valley
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
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 terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, included
United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico