Chapter 11.3

Question 1

Election of 1844

Answer 1

Polk was elected for president because he supported the manifest destiny

Question 2

Oregon territory

Answer 2

Shared between the US and Britain however the US wanted a boundary established. “54-40 or fight”. In 1846 the US signs a treaty with Britain extending the existing boundary between the two all the way through Oregon

Question 3

What year did the US congress accept Texas as a slave state and the 28th state to enter the Union? What was the problem?

Answer 3

1845; problem was that Mexico still claimed Texas as its own

Question 4

Border issue between Mexico and Texas

Answer 4

Mexico claimed the border to be the Nueces River and Texas and the US said it was the Rio Grande

Question 5

John Slidell

Answer 5

Sent to Mexico by Polk to settle the dispute. Slidell offered Texas $25 million for Texas, California, and New Mexico. Mexico said NO!!!

Question 6

What did Polk and Taylor say

Answer 6

War-lets do this

Question 7

Polk and Taylor

Answer 7

Polk sent Taylor to the disputed area in Texas, which invites a skirmish from the Mexicans. Polk claims the Mexicans attacked the US on American soil and asks for a declaration of war. The US declares war on Mexico

Question 8

What year did the US declare war on Mexico

Answer 8

April 27, 1846

Question 9

Fredrick Douglass

Answer 9

Former slave turned abolitionist(didn’t want slavery). He thought the war was an opportunity to expand slavery

Question 10

What state did the US capture without a single shot

Answer 10

New Mexico

Question 11

Bear flag revolt

Answer 11

John C. Freemont, an explorer, led a revolt against the Mexican government in California. The Rebels claimed California as a republic. Within 2 weeks, Americans controlled California

Question 12

Start of the Mexican American war

Answer 12

The US led by Taylor and Scott led the charge to Mexico against Santa Anna. Scott will eventually capture Mexico City in September 1847

Question 13

Which treaty ended the war? When?

Answer 13

Treaty of Guadeloupe hidalgo

February 2, 1848

Question 14

Results of treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo

Answer 14

•Mexico recognized Texas as part of the US and the rio grande as the border between Texas and Mexico.• Mexican cession• US will pay Mexico $15 million for this new land and $3.25 million in claims that the US had against Mexico

Question 15

Mexican cession

Answer 15

The US relieved California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming

Question 16

Gadsden purchase

Answer 16

US bought a strip of land in southern New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico for $10 million because they were trying to put in railroads. The Is now extended from sea to shining sea

Question 17

Manifest destiny and who created it

Answer 17

Created by John O’Sullivan;
The expansion of the US was not only a good thing but it was inevitable. People wanted the US to expand from sea to shining sea