Chapter 17

Daniel Webster

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

he was expelled from the Whig party.

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

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

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

B, A, C

Arrange in chronological order the United States' acquisition of (A) Oregon, (B) Texas, and (C) California.

Abraham Lincoln

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 respond to "spot resolutions", demanding to know where American blood had been shed to provoke the war.

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.

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

Manifest Destiny

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

49 degrees

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

alienated both proponents and opponents of annexing Texas by issuing seemingly contradictory written statements about his view on annexing Texas.

In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig candidate, Henry Clay

rich soil of the Willamette River Valley.

Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the

the Rio Grande

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

generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution.

Relations between Britain and the United States in the 1830s and 1840s could be characterized as

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

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada

The Aroostook War was

slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States

The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that

John L O'Sullivan

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

it was fought over the issue of expansionism.

The election of 1844 was notable because

southern expansionist

The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by

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

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

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

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