Chapter 13 & 14

Question 1

Development of Republican Party

Answer 1

Many northerners who were against slavery joined the new Republican Party, and they were weak in slave states.

Question 2

The Mexican-American War - Causes

Answer 2

Annexation of Texas, didn’t accept Rio Grande as boundary between Texas and Mexico(disputed territory), and westward expansion of the U.S.

Question 3

Manifest Destiny

Answer 3

America belief that the fate of the U.S. was to expand its border to the other coast.

Question 4

U.S. advantages in Mexican-American War

Answer 4

Better equipped and better led

Question 5

Zachary Taylor’s role in the Mexican-American War

Answer 5

Led his troops into disputed territory and declared they shed American blood on American soil.

Question 6

Definition of cede

Answer 6

To give up (land)

Question 7

Mexican Cession

Answer 7

Land Mexico gave up to the U.S. because of the Mexican-American War

Question 8

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 8

Ended war between Mexico and the U.S.

Question 9

Significant effects of the Mexican American War

Answer 9

Mexico lost half its territory and weakened itself, and America could carry out Manifest Destiny.

Question 10

James Polk election and connection with Texas annexation

Answer 10

Polk was elected because he favored annexation for Texas like most Americans