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The United States paid Mexico millions of dollars for the land it had conquered during the Mexican War. |
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Americans living in California revolted against Mexico after they heard that Congress had declared war. |
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America claimed a right to California because its settlers outnumbered the Mexicans ten to one. |
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Zachary Taylor was called "Old Fuss and Feathers" because he was such a harsh disciplinarian. |
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At the outset of the Mexican War, America had a large regular army of over one hundred thousand soldiers stationed in Texas. |
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American opinion was united in support of the Mexican War. |
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America avoided war by compromising with Great Britain over the Oregon Question. |
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James Polk worked so hard during his presidency that he died within four months of leaving office. |
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John Tyler easily won the Whig nomination in 1844. |
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The Oregon Trail made travel safe and comfortable. |
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Travelers who headed West feared the breakdown of their ox-drawn carts nearly as much as Indian attacks. |
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Texas defeated Santa Anna and won its independence with an army of only eight hundred men. |
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Spain gave Stephen Austin official permission to bring American settlers to Texas. |
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The Whitmans opposed the coming of American settlers to Oregon. |
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During the 1840s many Americans believed that some "higher power" had given the whole continent to the United States. |
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| What two territories did Mexico cede to America as a result of its defeat in the Mexican War? |
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| California and New Mexico |
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| What third party arose to protest the admission of Texas as a slave state? |
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| What do we call a candidate who is largely unknown by the general public? |
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| What strategy can Congress use to pass a treaty without a two-thirds majority? |
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| What dark horse president kept all of his campaign promises? |
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| What state's boundary was settled following Webster's negotiations with Britain? |
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| What Catholic mission became the rallying cry of the Texans during their war for independence? |
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| What missionary to the Cayuse Indians attracted American settlers to Oregon? |
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| What popular idea held that it was America's destiny to stretch from sea to sea? |
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Which of the following events came last?
-Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
-Annexation of Texas
-Maine boundary settlement
-Gadsden Purchase |
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| The ____________ campaign was one of the most brilliant military campaigns in American history. |
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| The capture of __________ came last in the Mexican War. |
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For which of the following military leaders was the Mexican War not a "boot camp" for the Civil War?
-Robert E. Lee
-William Henry Harrison
-Ulysses S. Grant
-Thomas J. Jackson |
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| Why did Californians revolt against their American conquerors during the Mexican War? |
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| harsh treatment by American soldiers |
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| Which state was the "Bear Flag Republic"? |
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| Which campaign was won by a mixed American army of explorers, settlers, marines, and cavalry? |
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| What military "campaign" required hard marching but little fighting? |
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| What dispute was the immediate cause of the Mexican War? |
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All of the following contributed to the Mexican War except
-America's refusal to negotiate over purchasing California.
-Mexico's resentment over America's annexation of Texas.
-America's belief in Manifest Destiny.
-the long history of hostility between the two countries. |
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| America's refusal to negotiate over purchasing California |
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| What latitude became the border between the Oregon Territory and Canada? |
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| What president led America during the Mexican War? |
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| Why was Texas annexed by a joint resolution of Congress rather than a formal treaty? |
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| Congress lacked the necessary two-thirds support required for a treaty. |
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| Who was perhaps the hardest working president in our nation's history? |
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Which of the following was not accomplished by James Polk?
-lowering the tariff
-acquiring California
-annexing Texas
-settling the Oregon Question |
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| Who may have lost a presidential election because he hedged his position on the annexation of Texas? |
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| What state's borders were settled as a result of negotiations? |
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| Webster remained on Tyler's cabinet after everyone else resigned because he... |
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| was in the middle of negotiations with Britain. |
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| John Tyler was called "His Accidency" because he... |
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| was never elected president. |
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| The ________ Trail was a trade route between Mexico and the United States. |
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| The _______ Trail was the most important trail in the settlement of the far West. |
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Which of the following was not true of Sam Houston?
-He supported secession during the Civil War.
-He professed conversion to Christianity.
-The Indians once called him "Big Drunk."
-He was president of the Republic of Texas. |
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| He supported secession during the Civil War. |
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| Why did the Texas settlers decide to fight for independence? |
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| A Mexican army invaded Texas. |
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| What was the greatest spur to American settlement of the Oregon territory? |
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| During what decade did the United States fulfill its dream of spreading "from sea to shining sea"? |
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| America's "manifest destiny" was to... |
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| "overspread and to possess the whole of the continent." |
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