In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig Candidate, Henry Clay,
favored postponing the annexation of Texas
President Polk's claim that "American blood had been shed on American soil" referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican and American troops near
the Rio Grande
The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by
expansionists
During the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called upon several times to respond to "spot" resolutions indicating where American blood had been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions were frequently introduced by
Abraham Lincoln
The election of 1844 was notable because
it was fought over the issue of expansionism.
When the war with Mexico began, President Polk
hoped to fight a limited war, ending with the conquest of California
In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United States was established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of
49
The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved
by a compromise that gave each side some territory
Those people most opposed to President Polk's expansionist program were the
antislavery forces
One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation
might give more power to the supporters of slavery
Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of
President Tyler's desire to help his troubled administration
The only member of President John Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was
Daniel Webster
One reason that the British government decided to compromise on the Oregon Country border was
the fear of war with the United States
In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called
Manifest destiny
The Wilmot Proviso
symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican War included
United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico
John Tyler joined the Whig Party because he
could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson
. Some people in Britain hoped *4/4 for a British alliance with Texas because
the alliance would give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in Texas
The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between
the Columbia River, the 49th parallel, and the Pacific Ocean
The primary group that was instrumental in strengthening and saving American claims to Oregon were
American missionaries to the Native Americans
Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the
rich soil of the Willamette River Valley
The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that
slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States
The first Old World Europeans to come to California were
spanish
The Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president to
attract the vote of the states' rightists
During an 1837 Canadian insurrection against Britain,
America was invaded by the British
The Aroostook War was the result of
a dispute over the northern boundary of Maine
The group most supportive of gaining control of all the Oregon Country was the
northern democrats
In 1846, the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons except
the impulse to satisfy those asking for "spot" resolutions
In his quest for California, President James K. Polk
first advocated buying the area from Mexico
After President John Tyler's veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States,
all of the above