Chapter 18

Question 0

John Tyler

Answer 0

• “democrat in Whig clothing”

- didn’t agree with Whig leaders on many key issues (Clay’s American sys.)

Question 1

William Henry Harrison

Answer 1

President that only served 30 days before dying of pneumonia

Question 2

What were clay and Webster?

Answer 2

Strong nationalists (supported American system)

Question 3

Aroostook war

Answer 3

(1838)
- fights between US & Canadian lumberjacks
- needed interference

Question 4

Webster-ashburton treaty

Answer 4

(1842)

• lord ashburton married rich American heiress
• gave US more land than Britain

Question 5

Junipero Serra

Answer 5

Established 21 Franciscan missions in California

Question 6

Captain Robert gray

Answer 6

Named Columbia river after his ship

Question 7

John Slidell

Answer 7

Envoy sent by Polk to offer $25 million are for California and territory to the east

Question 8

General Kearny

Answer 8

Captured Santa Fe, New Mexico

Question 9

Captain Fremont

Answer 9

Already in CA when war broke out, overthrew Mexican rule for 25 days

Question 10

General Taylor

Answer 10

Fought way through rio grande river; “Hero of Buena Vista”

Question 11

General Scott

Answer 11

“Old fuss and feathers”

-captured Mexico City

Question 12

The wildly proviso

Answer 12

• no slavery in new territories of Mexico

- demonstrated growing sectional divide over slavery