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The anti-mexican war congressman who demanded to know the exact spot where american blood had been shed by mexican forces was...

abe lincoln.

The manifest destiny slogan "fifty-four forty or fight" referred to...

american demands for acquiring all of the oregon territory from britain.

The crucial issue in the presidential election of 1844 was...

american expansionism or manifest destiny.

In the early nineteenth century, the british generally viewed americans as...

crude and half-civilized cheaters and violators of international law.

Besides antislavery forces, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was threatened in the us senate by...

expansionist southerners who wanted the us to annex all of mexico.

The "personal liberty laws" passed by several northern states in the 1850s were aimed at...

inhibiting federal enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.

The Free Soil Party condemned the expansion of slavery primarily because...

it destroyed opportunities for white workers to rise from wage-earning dependence to independent ownership.

The primary opposition to the annexation of texas came from...

northern "conscience whigs" fearful that texas would strengthen the power of slavery.

The wilmot proviso, proposed but never passed by congress, provided that...

slavery should never be permitted in any of the territory acquired from mexico.

Senator Stephen Douglas's fundamental attitude toward the expansion of slavery into new western territories was...

that he really did not care whether it expanded or not.

The mexicans were forced to surrender to the us when...

the american army under winfield scott captured mexico city.

The most immediate result of james polk's successful manifest destiny campaign was...

the annexation of texas to the us.

Underlying the south's opposition to admitting california to the union as a free state was...

the belief that california's admission would tip the balance of political power in the senate and the nation against them

Perhaps the most negative international consequence of the mexican war for the united states was...

the increased hostility and anti-Americanism throughout latin america.

The event that precipitated the crisis of 1850 was...

the proposal to admit california directly to the union as a free state without passing through the territorial stage.

The essential approach of the Whig party to the slavery issue in the election of 1848 and after was...

to avoid discussing the issue in hopes that it would eventually go away.

The primary purpose of the Gadsden Purchase of 1854 was...

to provide land for a "pro-slavery" southern railroad route to california.

Senator Daniel Webster's role in the debates leading up to the compromise of 1850 was...

to urge compromise and acceptance of the principle of popular sovereignty in the west.

The discovery of gold in california and the election of franklin pierce greatly stimulated interest in further american expansion into...

Central America

After Harrison's death, President Tyler pledged to carry on Harrison's proposals.

False

Antislavery forces favored the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo because they believed that new mexico and arizona would become non-slaveholding states.

False

The Great Compromiser was...

Henry Clay.

The key underlying issue that precipitated the mexican war was...

Polk's determination to acquire california for the us.

After years of tension, both mexico and the us were eager and willing to go to war in 1846.

True

America's success in the mexican war greatly stimulated the spirit of manifest destiny and the desire to acquire even more territory.

True

Among the causes of tension between the us and britain was britain's abolition of slavery in its empire in 1834.

True

Britain strongly supported an independent texas as a way of checking the power and ambitions of the us

True

Henry Clay probably lost the presidency when he attempted to straddle both sides of the issue of annexing Texas.

True

James K Polk of tennessee was the first underdog dark horse presidential candidate to succeed in winning the white house.

True

Polk's primary objective in fighting the Mexican War was to obtain California.

True

The Whig Party's official endorsement of the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law doomed its political future in the North.

True

The compromise of 1850 was forged in the face of threats by southern "fire-eaters" to secede from the Union if the South did not achieve key concessions.

True

The early american claims to oregon rested largely on the lewis and clark expedition and a handful of missionaries to the area.

True

The first American diplomatic openings to China were motivated by rivalry and fear of Britain on both sides.

True

The mexican war demonstrated the usefulness and wisdom of establishing...

a training academy for professional military officers at west point.

Which of the following was not a source of conflict between the us and britain in the 1840s?

American attempts to seize jamaica and other british colonies in the west indies.

Because of his strong commitment to manifest destiny in his successful presidential campaign of 1844, President Polk refused to compromise on the goal of acquiring all of Oregon territory for the us.

False

Despite their disagreement on a federal bank, the whig party generally rallied to the support of President Tyler.

False

Northerners generally accepted the Fugitive Slave Law provision of the Compromise of 1850 as necessary to guarantee peace and union.

False

Other latin american countries were glad to see the us defeat mexico and overthrow the aggressive dictator Santa Anna.

False

President Polk pursued an aggressive policy toward Mexico over the objections of texans, who sought a peaceful settlement of their boundary dispute.

False

Southerners were confident that the balance of power in the Senate could be maintained if northern California were admitted as a free state and southern California as a slave state.

False

The Free Soil Party opposed the expansion of slavery to the West because it believed that slavery violated blacks' fundamental human rights.

False

The Pierce administration's scheme to seize cuba and turn into new slave states was brilliantly conceived and executed.

False

The north approved the gadsden purchase in exchange for the south's agreement to organize nebraska as a free territory.

False

The two major national parties, the Whigs and the Democrats, engaged in a vigorous debate about slavery expansion in the campaign of 1848.

False

President Tyler cleverly secured the annexation of texas by joint resolution of congress rather than a treaty that required a two thirds vote.

True

Senator Stephen Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska act repealed the missouri compromise by opening those territories to "popular sovereignty" regarding slavery.

True

The 1849 gold rush thrust the question of admitting california directly into the union as a free state into the national debate.

True

The Kansas-Nebraska act deeply divided the democrats and sparked the creation of the new republican party.

True

The antislavery forces in congress who opposed the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo and the annexation of northern mexico were called...

conscience whigs.