Ch 17 APUSH

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. a. B, D, C, A b. A, C, B, D c. D, B, A, C d. C, A, D, B e. A, D, C, B

A

The Wilmot Proviso a. symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories. b. gained House and Senate approval in 1846. c. settled, once and for all, the issue of slavery in California. d. allowed slavery in the territory taken from Mexico in 1848. e. left open the issue of slavery in New Mexico and Utah.

A

The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by a. southern expansionists. b. anti-Texas southerners. c. Henry Clay. d. eastern business interests. e. radical abolitionists.

A

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of a. two-thirds Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation. b. 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. c. a presidential executive order by President Tyler. d. the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. e. a political compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time.

B

The largest single addition to American territory was a. the Louisiana Purchase. b. the Mexican Cession. c. the Oregon Country. d. the Old Northwest . e. Alaska.

B

The primary reason that the British government decided to compromise with the United States on the Oregon Country border was a. the support of the Hudson's Bay Company. b. the British government's belief that the Oregon Country was neither politically nor economically critical to British foreign policy interests. c. John Tyler's election to the presidency. d. America's acceptance of 54° 40'. e. the threat posed to British Columbia by an alliance of Indians and French traders and pioneers.

B

4. ____ represented the group in North America that expressed the most vigorous support for the United States gaining political control of all of the Oregon Country. a. Southern Democrats b. Whigs c. Northern Democrats d. Indians living in the Willamette River valley e. Protestant missionaries

C

In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig candidate, Henry Clay a. opposed the annexation of Texas. b. called for immediate annexation of Texas. c. alienated both proponents and opponents of annexing Texas by issuing seemingly contradictory written statements about his view on annexing Texas. d. ignored the issue of the annexation of Texas. e. favored dividing Texas into several states.

C

The Spanish Franciscan missionaries treated the Indian inhabitants of California a. according to the strict moral principles of their founder St. Francis. b. fairly respectfully with the exception of refusing to convert them to Christianity because of their "heathen status." c. extremely harshly, as Indian inhabitants of California were required to toil endlessly as poor farmers and herders and often came down with serious, deadly diseases. d. much better than they treated their African slaves. e. as cultural and intellectual equals.

C

When the war with Mexico began, President James K. Polk a. advocated taking all of Mexico. b. believed the British would intervene on behalf of the Americans. c. hoped to fight a limited war, ending with the conquest of California. d. supported a large-scale conflict. e. denied any intention of expanding slavery.

C

Which of the following represents an accurate description of the response by Americans generally or a subsection of Americans to the Oregon settlement with Great Britain? a. Unanimous approval of the arrangement with Britain at setting the northern border of the Oregon Country at 49 degrees. b. Anger by nearly all Americans at Senate delays in approving the pact with Britain. c. Northwestern states joined with antislavery forces in the North to condemn the pact. d. Widespread fear by Americans that Great Britain would renege on the agreement and declare war to claim the rest of the territory. e. Southern satisfaction that the legality of slavery in the Oregon Territory was now protected by the treaty.

C

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 a. San Francisco. b. the Nueces River. c. Santa Fe. d. the Rio Grande. e. San Antonio.

D

The Aroostook War was a. a short-lived insurrection in British Canada. b. a battle between Native Americans and settlers in northern Maine. c. a full-scale war between Britain and the United States. d. a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada e. a dispute over fishing rights between Britain and the United States.

D

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was in 1845 by a. John Tyler. b. James K. Polk. c. Ralph Waldo Emerson. d. John L. O'Sullivan. e. Mark Twain. I

D

When northwesterners questioned why all of Texas was annexed but not all of Oregon, Oregon settlement supporters such as Sen. Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri responded that a. Oregon was far more expensive than Texas to defend. b. Oregon land was less desirable than that of Texas. c. Polk and his supporters in the Senate were far more interested in Texas as a bulwark for slavery. d. Great Britain was a far more powerful nation than Mexico. e. None of these choices are correct.

D

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) annexation of Texas, (B) Webster-Ashburton Treaty, (C) settlement of the Oregon boundary, and (D) Aroostook War. a. A, B, D, C b. B, D, C, A c. D, B, A, C d. C, A, B, D e. A, D, C, B

E

As a result of the panic of 1837 a. the U. S. established restrictions on foreign loans. b. President John Tyler reversed his opposition to a national bank and signed legislation authorizing a "Fiscal Corporation." c. anti-British passions cooled in America. d. the Democrats led America into war for more territory. e. several states defaulted on their bonds or repudiated them openly.

E

In his quest for California, President James K. Polk a. advocated war with Mexico from the beginning. b. argued strongly for annexation, because Americans were the most numerous people in the area. c. was motivated by his knowledge of gold deposits there. d. sought British help to persuade Mexico to sell the area to the United States. e. first advocated buying the area from Mexico.

E

In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called a. continentalism. b. isolationism. c. American Super Imperialism. d. Divine Mandate. e. Manifest Destiny.

E

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 a. 42°. b. 52° 40'. c. 54° 40'. d. 36° 30'. e. 49°.

E

Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the a. rich soil of the Willamette River Valley. b. expectation of fighting British troops. c. potential profits in the fur trade. d. discovery of gold and silver in the Cascade Mountains. e. None of these choices are correct.

E

The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between the a. forty-second parallel and the Columbia River. b. Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River, and Puget Sound. c. 36° 30' line and the Columbia River. d. forty-ninth parallel and the 54 ° 40' line. e. Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.

E

The first Old World Europeans to come to California were a. Russians. b. French. c. Dutch. d. English. e. Spanish.

E

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848), ending the Mexican War, included a. a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico. b. United States annexation of all the territory south of the Rio Grande. c. the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States. d. a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States. e. United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.

E

When the Mexican government secularized authority in California a. missionaries gained power. b. slavery became an accepted practice. c. convicts brought in by Spain were expelled. d. California's Indians received better treatment. e. Californios eventually gained control of the land from the Franciscan missions. I

E

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Californios? a. They were descendants of the Spanish and Mexican conquerors who had once ruled California. b. In terms of social and political status, they deferred to the very powerful Franciscan missionaries until Mexico overthrew Spanish rule in 1821. c. The political and economic power and social status of the Californios received a major boost when Mexico's "secularization" program eroded the substantial power of the Franciscan missions and their leading priests. d. The Californios saw their social status and economic and political power significantly eroded following the American victory in the Mexican War. e. The Californios found themselves consistently at the lowest rungs of California society, even below the Indians, during the early to mid-1800s.

E