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APUSH Ch 17
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1) How did John Tyler become President?
A
Southern vote
B
The elected President died in office and Tyler was the Vice-President
C
A tie in the popular vote resulting in the House of Representatives vote
D
Northern vote
2) What was the Whig Platform?
A
Support the expansion of slave
B
Financial Reform
C
Annexation of Texas
D
Removal of the Bank of the US
3) Why did European countries recognize Texas independence?
A
Felt it more resembled the European lifestyle and would become a natural ally
B
Felt it provided a buffer between Mexico and the US
C
Wanted to slow or stop US expansion
D
Feared the expansion of Mexico and wanted to limit Santa Anna’s ambitions
4) On what did the US base it claims on the Oregon Territory?
A
Colonization by the Hudson Bay Company
B
Explorations by fur traders and trappers
C
Zebulon Pike’s explorations
D
Lewis and Clark’s explorations and establishment of Fort Clatsop
5) What caused the Mexican-American War?
A
Mexican encroachment on territory claimed by the US
B
American encroachment on territory claimed by Mexico
C
Attack by Mexican soldiers on US settlers in the disputed territory resulting in Americans being injured and killed
D
Attack by US forces on a Mexican troop that resulted in American deaths
6) What is Manifest Destiny?
A
A belief that the US should expand across the continent
B
A political platform created by the Whigs to spread slavery into the West
C
Manifest Destiny is a historical term created to describe US, westward expansion
D
A belief that it was God’s plan for the expansion of the US across the continent
7) Who opposed the War?
A
Democrates
B
Republicans
C
Whigs
D
Southerners
8) What was not part of the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
A
All land from Texas to the Pacific
B
Rio Grande River viewed as the Southern Boundary of the Mexican Cession
C
Columbia River viewed as the Northern Boundary of the Mexican Cession
D
$15 million
9) How did the Mexican-American war affect the US?
A
Created the states of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah
B
California became a slave state
C
Silver was discovered in California
D
Increased the size of the US by ⅓
10) What was an immediate effect that triggered mass westward movement?
A
Discovery of gold in Colorado
B
Discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill
C
Discovery of gold in Nevada
D
Discovery of gold at Tombstone
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