Chapter 12

Question 1

Brought American settlers to Texas

Answer 1

Stephen Austin

Question 2

Third party arose to protest the admission of Texas as a slave state

Answer 2

Liberty party

Question 3

Fought Texans and Americans

Answer 3

Santa Anna

Question 4

Slaughtered of a small Texas outpost and mission by the Mexican army; became the rallying cry during Texas’s war for independence

Answer 4

The Alamo

Question 5

The term for a candidate who is largely unknown by the general public

Answer 5

Dark horse

Question 6

“Overspread and to possess the whole of the continent”

Answer 6

Manifest destiny

Question 7

Won texan independence

Answer 7

Sam Houston

Question 8

The most important trail in the settlement of the far west

Answer 8

The Oregon trail

Question 9

“His accidency”

Answer 9

John Tyler

Question 10

Head of the Whig party

Answer 10

Henry clay

Question 11

“Dark horse” president

Answer 11

James K. Polk

Question 12

This trail was a trade route between Mexico and the United States

Answer 12

The Santa Fe trail

Question 13

Won in northern Mexico

Answer 13

Zachary Taylor

Question 14

Captured New Mexico

Answer 14

Stephen Kearny

Question 15

Explorer; bear flag republic

Answer 15

John C. Fremont

Question 16

Captured Mexico City

Answer 16

Winfield Scott

Question 17

Buena vista

Answer 17

Northern Mexico campaign

Question 18

This state’s borders were settled as a result of negotiations with Britain

Answer 18

Maine

Question 19

Santa Fe

Answer 19

New Mexico campaign

Question 20

John C. Fremont

Answer 20

California campaign

Question 21

Mexico City

Answer 21

Central Mexico campaign

Question 22

Defeat of Mexico that led to Texan independence

Answer 22

Battle of San jacinto

Question 23

Settlement of the Maine boundary dispute

Answer 23

Webster-ashburton treaty

Question 24

Narrow American victory in northern Mexico against overwhelming odds

Answer 24

Battle of buena vista

Question 25

Capture of an important Mexico port

Answer 25

Vera Cruz

Question 26

Mexican cession of the New Mexico and California

Answer 26

Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo

Question 27

The state was called the “bear flag republic

Answer 27

California

Question 28

Trail primarily by a religious sect

Answer 28

The Mormon trail

Question 29

Why did the Texas settlers decide to fight for independence?

Answer 29

A Mexican army invaded Texas

Question 30

Why John Tyler was called “his accidency “

Answer 30

He came to the presidency when William Henry Harrison died

Question 31

Why did Daniel Webster remain on tyler’s cabinet after everyone else resigned?

Answer 31

Was in the middle of negotiations with Britain

Question 32

Who was perhaps the hardest-working president in our nations history before 1860

Answer 32

James k. Polk

Question 33

Why was Texas annexed by a joint resolution of congress rather than by a formal treaty

Answer 33

Congress lacked the necessary two-thirds support required to approve a treaty

Question 34

Two factors that contributed to the Mexican war

Answer 34

Mexico’s resentment over America’s annexation of Texas / America’s belief in manifest destiny/ the history of hostility between Mexico and the United States

Question 35

Which campaign was won by an American army of explorers, marines, and cavalry

Answer 35

California

Question 36

Why did the Californians revolt against American troops during the Mexican war

Answer 36

Harsh treatment by the American soldiers

Question 37

What was the greatest spur to American settlement of the Oregon territory

Answer 37

Missionaries

Question 38

Explain why travel on the western trails were dangerous for early settlers

Answer 38

🔹attack was always present
🔹broken axle or the death of an oxen could strand people in wilderness to die
🔹at times in the year in certain places water was scarce
🔹weather
🔹to be caught in a winter snowstorm could be life threatening

Question 39

Compare and contrast Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor

Answer 39

Dressed sloppily and lacked an air of superiority his undeniable bravery and friendly manner won him the unflinching devotion of his men. However he was not a particularly good strategist and his easygoing manner did not create the most organized or disciplined camps. Scott on the other hand was nicknamed “old fuss and feathers” because of his love for military pomp and discipline. He lacked Taylor’s warmth and was not as popular with the rank and file soldiers. However he had a better grasp of strategy and his Mexican campaign was one of the most brilliant in American military history