Chapter 13 HIS 201 – Flashcards
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In the 1820s and 1830s, what kind of relationship did Americans have with the people of the Far West?
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Contact was limited to traders and trappers, but that interaction was beneficial to both Americans and Mexicans
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What was the main reason most European immigrants came to the United States between 1815 and 1860?
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Economic advancement
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What was the Free-Soil Party's campaign slogan?
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"Free Trade, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men"
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Which statement best describes the Germans who came to the United States before 1860?
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They were diverse, hardworking, and clannish.
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Why was John Tyler's ascendancy to the presidency a disaster for the Whig party?
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All of these choices He was a former Democrat. He was a states' rights advocate. He vetoed a bill to create a new national bank. He vetoed bills that would postpone reducing the tariff.
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The Battle of the Alamo
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Provided a rallying point for Texans in their struggles against Mexico.
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In 1860 what groups accounted for three-fourths of all foreign-born Americans?
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Irish and Germans
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In the Mexican-American War, why was the United States victorious in virtually all its encounters with Mexican forces?
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The United States possessed superior artillery and supplies.
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What did President James K. Polk want from Mexico in 1845 and 1846?
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Acquisition from Mexico of California and New Mexico
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Which of the following was not one of the responses of American workers to the economic difficulties of the 1830s and 1840s?
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They joined forces to buy factories and run them as cooperative, employee-owned companies.
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"Manifest Destiny" is the belief that the United States had
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A mission to spread American ideals across the continent
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Which statement accurately describes travel to Oregon or California on the overland trails during the 1840s?
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Emigrants cooperated closely with each other and traveled in huge wagon trains.
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Along the overland trail, how did the duties of men and women compare?
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Most women packed and unpacked the wagons in addition to performing their traditional duties.
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In the 1820s, Mexico attempted to attract American settlers to Texas by
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Providing generous land grants to recruiting agents.
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What happened once Americans began to settle in the Mexican state of Coahuila-Texas?
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All of these choices: They were initially happy to live in Texas as naturalized Mexican citizens. They brought slaves, which violated Mexico's 1829 ban on slavery and forced Mexico in 1830 to ban any further American immigration. There were a series of rebellions and eventually a bid for Texas independence from Mexico.
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Great Britain and the United States almost went to a war between in the 1840s because of a dispute over
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Claims to Oregon territory.
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Who led the American forces that helped seize California from Mexico?
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John Frémont
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According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
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The United States assumed the claims of American citizens' against the Mexican government.
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Who led the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto?
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Sam Houston
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President James K. Polk's objectives in Oregon included
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A division of the territory at the 49th parallel.
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In the 1820s, what were "California bank-notes"?
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Cattle hides
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In Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that
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Labor unions were not illegal combinations or monopolies that restrained trade.
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What was one reason that "dark horse" James K. Polk won the presidency in 1844?
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Polk convinced many northerners that the annexation of Texas would be in their best interest.
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Which of the following is an accurate statement about San Francisco during the gold rush?
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Ethnic and racial tensions were high.
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From the point of view of the Whig party in 1848, why was Zachary Taylor an ideal candidate for president?
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All of these choices: He was a Louisiana slaveholder and would therefore appeal to the South. He would have broad national appeal because he was a Mexican-American War hero. He had no connection to Clay's American System, which the party was trying to abandon.
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Why did Mexico begin to encourage settlers from America to come to its Coahuila-Texas region?
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Few Mexicans would settle this undeveloped land because of fear of Indian attacks and lawlessness there.
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According to the doctrine of "popular sovereignty, or "squatter sovereignty,"
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Residents of a territory should be allowed to decide whether or not to permit slavery.
