Chapters 14-15

Question 1

The idea that states should decide for themselves whether to be free or slave was known as ___.

Answer 1

Popular Sovereignty

Question 2

The President during the Mexican War was ___, whose nickname was ___.

Answer 2

James K. Polk; Old Rough and Ready

Question 3

The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was propsed by Senator ___, from ___ (state), whose nickname was ___.

Answer 3

Stephen Douglas; Illinois; the Little Giant

Question 4

The treaty that ended the Mexican War was ___.

Answer 4

the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 5

The three years of the Mexican War were ___ to ___.

Answer 5

1846 to 1848

Question 6

The idea that the United States would control all territory between Canada and Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans was known as ___.

Answer 6

Manifest Destiny