Unit 3, Chapter 17

Question 1

Tariff of 1842

Answer 1

Protective measure passed by congressional Whigs, raising tariffs to pre-compromise tariff of 1833 rates

Question 2

Caroline

Answer 2

(1837) diplomatic row between the United States and Britain
- developed after British troops set fire to an American steamer carrying supplies across the Niagra River to Canadian insurgents, during Canada’s short-lived insurrection

Question 3

Creole

Answer 3

(1841) American ship captured by a group of rebelling Virginia slaves
- slaves successfully sought asylum in the Bahamas, raising fears among southern planters that the British West Indies would become a safe haven for the runaway slaves

Question 4

Aroostook war

Answer 4

(Began 1839) series of clashes between American and Canadian lumberjacks in the disputed territory of northern Maine

Question 5

Manifest destiny

Answer 5

(1840s and 1850s) belief that he United States was destined by God to spread its “empire of Liberty” across North America
-served as a justification for mid-19th century expansion

Question 6

“54, 40 or fight”

Answer 6

(1846) slogan adopted by mid-19th century expansionists who advocated the occupation of Oregon territory, jointly held by Britain and the United States
- president Polk had pledged to seize all of Oregon, to a 53degrees to 40degrees, he settled on the 49th parallel as a compromise with the British

Question 7

Liberty party

Answer 7

(1840-1848) antislavery party that ran candidates in the 1840 and 1844 elections before merging with the free soil party
-supporters sought the eventual abolition of slavery, into the territories and abolish the domestic slave trade

Question 8

Walker tariff

Answer 8

(1846) revenue-enhancing measure that lowered tariffs from 1842 levels
- fueled trade and increased treasury receipts

Question 9

Spot resolutions

Answer 9

(1846) measures introduced by Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln, requisitioning president Polk’s justification for war with Mexico

Question 10

California bear flag republic

Answer 10

(1846) short lived California republic, established by local American settlers who revolted against Mexico
- once news of the war with Mexico reached the Americas, they abandoned the republic in favor of joining the United States

Question 11

Battle of buena vista

Answer 11

(1847) key American victory against Mexican forces in the Mexican war
- elevated general Zachary Taylor to national prominence and helped secure his success in the 1848 election

Question 12

Conscience Whigs

Answer 12

(1840s-1850d) northern Whigs who opposed slavery on moral grounds
-sought to prevent the annexation of Texas as a slave state, fearing that the new slave territory would only serve to buttress the southern “slave power”

Question 13

Treaty of Guadeloupe hidalgo

Answer 13

(1848) ended the war in Mexico
- Mexico agreed to cede territory reaching northwest from Texas to Oregon in exchange for $18.25 million in cash and assumed debts

Question 14

Wilmot proviso

Answer 14

(1846) amendment that sought to prohibit slavery from territories acquired form Mexico
- introduced by Pennsylvania congressman David wilmot, the failed amendment ratcheted up tensions between north and south over the issue of slavery