AP US History Chapter 17 Questions Flashcards

5613698620	T/F: After President Harrison's death, Vice President John Tyler carried on the strong Whig policies of party leaders like Clay and Webster	False, Tyler turned away from the Whig policies of Clay and Webster	0
5613711446	T/F: By the 1840s, American relations with British Canada were largely peaceful	False, there continued to be border disputes and tensions between the United States and British Canada	1
5613732872	T/F: The Aroostook War, over the Maine boundary, was settled by a territorial compromise in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty	True	2
5613722143	T/F: A primary motive driving Americans to annex Texas was fear that the Lone Star Republic would become an ally or protectorate of Britain	True	3
5613741976	T/F: Texas was annexed by a simple majority resolution of both houses of Congress because the two-thirds vote necessary for a treaty of annexation could not be obtained in the Senate	True	4
5613747863	T/F: The British claim to the disputed Oregon country was considerably strengthened by the thousands of British settlers in the region supported by the Hudson Bay's Company	False, they brought few actual settlers to OR; it was Americans who largely settled there	5
5613759961	T/F: In the election of 1844, Clay lost to Polk partly because he tried to straddle the Texas annexation issue and thus lost antislavery support	True	6
5613767936	T/F: Polk's victory in the election of 1844 was interpreted as a mandate for Manifest Destiny and led directly to the annexation of Texas and a favorable settlement of the Oregon dispute	True	7
5613772867	T/F: President Polk proved unable to implement his four-point program for his presidency because of strong opposition from anti0imperialist Whigs	False, he fulfilled every four major goals	8
5613777277	T/F: The immediate cause of the Mexican War was an attempt by Mexico to reconquer Texas	False, it was a dispute over the southern boundary of Texas	9
5613782386	T/F: Polk's primary objective in fighting the Mexican War was to obtain California for the United States	True	10
5613787739	T/F: The overwhelming American military victory over Mexico led some expansionist Americans to call for the United States to take over all of Mexico	True	11
5613791113	T/F: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo added Texas to the territory of the United States	False, it was already apart of the US	12
5613796904	T/F: The outcome of the Mexican War became a source of continuing bad feeling between the United States and much of Latin America	True	13
5613802221	T/F: The Wilmot Proviso prohibiting slavery in territory acquired from Mexico enabled the slavery issue to be temporarily removed from national policies	False, it forced the slavery controversy to the center of national politics	14
5613808707	The conflict between President Tyler and Whig leaders like Henry Clay took place over issues of	banking and tariff policy	15
5613812144	Among the major sources of the tension between Britain and the United States in the 1840s was	American involvement in Canadian rebellions and border disputes	16
5613815360	The Aroostook War involved a	battle between American and Canadian lumberjacks over the northern Maine boundary	17
5613818741	During the early 1840s, Texas maintained its independence by	establishing friendly relations with Britain and other European powers	18
5613827712	Britain strongly supported an independent Texas other than	Britain was interested in eventually incorporating Texas into the British Empire	19
5613836803	Texas was finally admitted to the Union in 1844 as a result of	President Tyler's interpretation of the election of 1844 as a mandate to acquire Texas	20
5613843869	Manifest Destiny represented the widespread nineteenth century American belief that	God had destined the United States to expand across the whole North American continent	21
5613851584	The British finally agreed to concede to the United States the disputed Oregon territory between the Columbia River and the 49th parallel because	they did not really want to fight a war over territory that American settlers might overrun	22
5613856572	Henry Clay lost the election of 1844 to James Polk primarily because	his attempt to straddle the Texas annexation issue lost him votes to the antislavery Liberty party in New York	23
5613860218	The direct cause of the Mexican War was	Mexico's refusal to sell California to the United States	24
5613867283	President Polk was especially determined that the United States must acquire San Francisco from Mexico because	the harbor of San Francisco Bay was considered the crucial gateway to the entire Pacific Ocean	25
5613871374	The phrase "spot resolutions" refers to	Congressman Abraham Lincoln's resolution demanding that President Polk specify the exact spot, on American soil, where American blood had supposedly been shed	26
5613881761	The brilliant American military campaign that finally captured Mexico City was commanded by General	Winfield Scott	27
5613886048	The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War provided for	American acquisition of about half of Mexico and payment of several million dollars in compensation	28
5613888431	The major domestic consequence of the Mexican War was	a sharp revival of the issue of slavery	29