front 1 Why did the Whigs put John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president? | back 1 To attract the vote of the states' rightists |
front 2 All of the following were true of Whigs' gripes with John Tyler except: | back 2 He was impeached by the House of Representatives. |
front 3 How was the British-American dispute over the border of Maine and Canada solved? | back 3 By a negotiated political compromise that gave each side some territory along the disputed border |
front 4 Why did the British government desire a political and military alliance with the independent Republic of Texas? | back 4 Such an alliance would limit the ability of the United States to achieve political and economic dominance of Latin America. |
front 5 What was one argument against annexing Texas to the United States? | back 5 It might give more power to the supporters of slavery. |
front 6 What group was instrumental in saving Oregon for the United States? | back 6 American Christian missionaries to the Indians |
front 7 What was the most immediate result of James Polk's Successful Manifest Destiny campaign? | back 7 The annexation of Texas to the United States |
front 8 What did the Manifest Destiny slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" refer to? | back 8 American demands for acquiring all of the Oregon territory from Britain |
front 9 All of the following were true of the Walker Tariff of 1846 except that it did which of the following? | back 9 Proved to be a poor revenue producer |
front 10 Which of the following was a term of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? | back 10 The United States would pay Mexico $15 million. |
front 11 Why did the Wilmot Proviso increase tensions between the North and the South? | back 11 It sought to prohibit slavery. |
front 12 All of the following is true about the Battle of Buena Vista except: | back 12 It ended the war with Mexico. |