Chapter 12 and 13 Test Flashcards
What was property that can’t be taken away?
Chattel Property Privacy
What was the result of the Germans not socializing outside of their own neighborhood?
They had little political influence
Why did most of the Irish move to the US in the decade after 1845?
The potato famine
Who signed a resolution in 1845 that invited Texas to become the 28th state in America?
President Tyler
Which treaty did Spain drop out of America with?
The Florida treaty of 1819
Which treaty did Russia drop out of America with?
Treaties of 1824 and 1825
The disputed territory in Oregon Country became an issue in which election?
Election of 1844
Who won the election of 1844?
James K. Polk
Which Tariff for Revenue bill reduced the rates of the Tariff of 1842 from 32% to 25%?
The Walker Tariff of 1846
Who led 1,700 troops to Santa Fe.?
General Stephen W. Kearny
Who won many victories including a great victory over a large Mexican force at Buena Vista?
General Zachary Taylor
Who succeeded in battling his way up to Mexico City by September 1847: And was the 1st choice of Abe Lincoln to lead the Union Army in the Civil War?
General Winfield Scott
Who was the chief clear of the State Department and signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb 2, 1848?
Nicholas P. Trist
Which treaty gave Texas to America and yielded the area stretching westward to Oregon and the ocean, for a cost of $15 million?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Who were officers destined to become generals in the civil war?
Captain Robert E. Lee and Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant
