APUSH Ch. 18 Studyguide
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- The conflict between President Tyler and Whig leaders like Henry Clay took place over issues of
- Banking and tariff policy
- Among the major sources of the tension between Britain and the United Statesss in the 1840s was
- American involvement in Canadian rebellions and border disputes
- The "Aroostok War" involved
- A battle between American and Canadian lumberjacks over the northern Maine boundary
- During the early 1840s, Texas maintained its independence by
- Establishing friendly relations with Britain and other European powers
- Which of the following was not among the reasons why Britain strongly supported an independent Texas?
- Britain was interested in eventually incorporating Texas into the British Empire
- Texas was finally admiteted to the Union in 1844 as a result of
- President Tyler's interpretation of the election of 1844 as a "mandate" to acquire Texas
- "Manifest Destiny" represented the widespread American belief that
- God had destined the United States to expand across the whole North American continent
- Britain eventually lost out in the contest for the disputed Oregon territory because
- The rapidly growing number of American settlers overwhelmed the small British population
- Henry Clay lost the election of 1844 to James Polk because
- His attempt to straddle the Texas issue lost him votes to the antislavery Liberty party in New York
- The final result of the British-American conflict over the Oregon raised fears country in 1844-1846 was
- An American success in winning the goal of a boundary at "fifty-four forty"
- The immediate cause of the Mexican War was
- Mexican refusal to sell California and a dispute over the Texas boundary
- The phrase "spot resolutions" refers to
- Congressman Abraham Lincoln's resolution demanding to know the exact spot were American blood had supposedly been shed
- The main American military campaign that finally captured Mexico City was commanded by
- General Winfield Scott
- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War provided for
- American aquisition of about half of Mexico and payment of several million dollars in compensation
- The major domestic consequence of the Mexican War was
- A sharp revival of the issue of slavery