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How did John Tyler become President?
a) Southern vote
b) Northern vote
c) A tie in the popular vote resulting in the House of Representatives vote
d) The elected President died in office and Tyler was the Vice-President

What was the Whig Platform?
a) Annexation of Texas
b) Removal of the Bank of the US
c) Financial Reform
d) Support the expansion of slave

Why did European countries recognize Texas independence?
a) Felt it provided a buffer between Mexico and the US
b) Wanted to slow or stop US expansion
c) Felt it more resembled the European lifestyle and would become a natural ally
d) Feared the expansion of Mexico and wanted to limit Santa Anna’s ambitions

On what did the US base it claims on the Oregon Territory?
a) Colonization by the Hudson Bay Company
b) Zebulon Pike’s explorations
c) Explorations by fur traders and trappers
d) Lewis and Clark’s explorations and establishment of Fort Clatsop

What caused the Mexican-American War?
a) American encroachment on territory claimed by Mexico
b) Mexican encroachment on territory claimed by the US
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

What is Manifest Destiny?
a) A belief that the US should expand across the continent
b) A belief that it was God’s plan for the expansion of the US across the continent
c) A political platform created by the Whigs to spread slavery into the West
d) Manifest Destiny is a historical term created to describe US, westward expansion

Who opposed the War?
a) Democrates
b) Southerners
c) Republicans
d) Whigs

What was not part of the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
a) $15 million
b) Columbia River viewed as the Northern Boundary of the Mexican Cession
c) Rio Grande River viewed as the Southern Boundary of the Mexican Cession
d) All land from Texas to the Pacific

How did the Mexican-American war affect the US?
a) Increased the size of the US by ⅓
b) California became a slave state
c) Created the states of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah
d) Silver was discovered in California

What was an immediate effect that triggered mass westward movement?
a) Discovery of gold in Colorado
b) Discovery of gold in Nevada
c) Discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill
d) Discovery of gold at Tombstone

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