Chapter 14 Flashcards
Who introduced the spot resolution?
Lincoln
Officers in the Mexican War…..Stephen W. Kearny….Zachary Taylor….Winfield Scott…John C. Fremont.
SK - Santa Fe
ZT - Northern Mexico
WS - Mexico City
JF - CA
In 1846 the US went to war with Mexico NOT because of…
the impulse to satisfy those asking for spot resolutions
Some people in GB hoped for a GB alliance with TX because…
the alliance would give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in TX
The election of 1844 was notable because…
it brought the slavery issue into politics
In the 1840s, the view that God wanted them to claim the west was…
Manifest Destiny
Chronological order
Annexation of TX
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Aroostook War
Settlement of the Oregon boundary
US state chronological order
Oregon…Texas…CA
One argument against annexing TX to the US was that the annexation….
might give more power to the supporters of slavery
When the war with Mexico began, Polk…
advocated taking all of Mexico
Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the…
rich soil of the Willamette River Valley
The Californios’ political ascendancy in CA ended…
as a result of the influx of Anglo golddiggers
The area in dispute between the US and GB in 1845 lay between….
the 49th parallel and the 54-40 line
The GB-US dispute over the border of Maine was solved…
by a compromise that gave each side some territory
When the Mexican gov’t secularized authority in CA…
Californios eventually gained control of the land
