APUS ch. 17 quiz
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- John Tyler joined the Whig party because
- he could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson.
- The Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president to
- attract the vote of the state's rightists.
- After President John Tyler's veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States, he was expelled from the Whig party, all but one member of his party resigned, an attempt was made to the House of Representatives to impeach him, and
- Tyler vetoed a Whig-sponsored high-tariff bill.
- The only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was
- Daniel Webster.
- During an 1837 Canadian insurrection against Britain, America was invaded by the
- British.
- As a result of the panic of 1837, several states
- defaulted on their debts to Britain
- The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved by a compromise that
- gave each side some territory.
- The Aroostook War was the result of a dispute over the northern boundary of
- Maine.
- Arrange the following in chronological order:
- Aroostook War, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, annexation of Texas, and settlement of the Oregon boundary.
- Some people in Britain hoped for a British alliance with Mexico because the alliance would
- give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in Texas.
- 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.
- Arrange the following in chronological order of the United State's acquisition:
- Texas, Oregon, and California.
- The primary group that was instrumental in strengthening and saving American claims to Oregon were
- American missionaries to the Indians.
- Most Americans who migrated to the Orange County
- were attracted by the rich soil of the Willamette River Valley
- The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by
- southern expansionists.
- The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between
- the Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.
- In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called
- Manifest Destiny.
- . In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, favored both
- the annexation of Texas and the postponement of that annexation.
- The election of 1844 was notable because
- it was fought over numerous issues.