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