Wednesday

 

 We are going to continue with chapter 17 today, but first let us look at the Mexican-American War and discuss the study questions that we covered in the book from yesterday.

Chapter 17

 

The Accession of "Tyler Too"

Know:    William Henry Harrison, John Tyler

1.        "Yet Tyler...should never have consented to run on the ticket."  Explain this quote from your text.

John Tyler:   A President Without a Party

Know:    "His Accidency,"  Henry Clay

2.        What proof can you give of Tyler's unpopularity?  What did Tyler do that made Whigs so angry with him?

A War of Words with England

Know:    Caroline, Creole

3.             Explain at least four causes of tension between the US and Great Britain in the 1830's and 1840's.

Manipulating the Maine Maps

Know:    Aroostook War, Lord Ashburton, Daniel Webster

4.        What was the result of the Ashburton-Webster Treaty?

The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone

Know:    Lone Star Republic

5.        How did Mexico view Texas from 1836 to 1845?

The Belated Texas Nuptials

Know:    Conscience Whigs

6.        Why did some hesitate to annex Texas?  Why was it finally admitted to the Union?

Oregon Fever Populates Oregon

Know:    54 40', Willamette Valley, Oregon Trail

7.        What change with Oregon from 1819 to 1844 caused the British to become more willing to negotiate a final boundary?

A Mandate (?) for Manifest Destiny

Know:    James K. Polk, Dark Horse

8.        What part did Manifest Destiny play in the 1844 election?

Polk the Purposeful

9.        What were Polk's four goals?  Assess his degree of success.

Misunderstandings with Mexico

Know:    John Slidell, Nueces River

10.        What were the sources of the strained relationship between the U.S. and Mexico?

American Blood on American (?) Soil

Know:    Zachary Taylor, Spot Resolutions

11.        Explain some of the reasons Congress declared war on Mexico.

The Mastering of Mexico

Know:    Stephen Kearney, John C. Fremont, Bear Flag Republic, Winfield Scott

12.        What battles were fought to defeat Mexico?

Fighting Mexico for Peace

Know:    Nicholas P. Trist, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

13.        Why did some people oppose the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Profit and Loss in Mexico

Know:    Wilmot Proviso

14.        What positive and negative outcomes resulted for the United States from the Mexican-American War?

Makers of America: The Californios

Know:    Californios, Father Junipero Serra, Franciscans, Secularization, Anglos
15.        How did the Californios gain and then lose power?

 

 

US History I: Crash Course: US History Episode #17 – War and Expansion

TRUE OR FALSE:

1. “Manifest Destiny” was the idea that America had a God-given right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (0:53)

2. By 1860, more than a million Americans had made the trek west to reach the Oregon Territory. (1:32)

3. At this time, Nevada, Texas, and California all belonged to Spain. (1:44)

6. After the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas became an independent country. (3:06)

8. Congress in the 19th century took care to keep the Senate balanced between slave states and free states. (4:04)

9. President Polk waged a war against Mexico in order to acquire California.  (4:50)

10. Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “On Civil Disobedience” while in jail for refusing to pay his taxes. (5:03)

13. Nativism was the insistence that Native Americans needed to be accorded rights equal to anyone else in the U.S. (7:00)

14. Before the Gold Rush, California didn’t have enough Americans living there to quality for statehood. (7:41)

15. Most of the 25,000 Chinese who arrived in California worked in the mining and railroad fields. (8:00)

16. Under the 1850 California Constitution, African Americans and Asian Americans could vote and testify in court. (9:40)

19. Causes of the Civil War include both manifest destiny and slavery, depending on who you ask. (12:00)

4. When Mexico gained independence, it wanted to attract Americans to settle in Texas, though it later took their land away and banned any more from coming. (2:24)

5. The Alamo was a battle between Americans in Texas and Mexican forces; it ended in a rousing victory for the Americans. (2:57)

7. Texas applied for admission to the U.S. as a slave state, but had to wait several years until Congress granted their request. (3:52)

11. Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, like James K. Polk, are looked back on as presidents who greatly expanded executive power. (5:30)

12. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo said that Mexico would get $15 million, and the United States would get land that became several states. (6:10)

17. California was admitted to the U.S. as a free state even though the law there permitted Native Americans to be held as slaves. (9:43 & 10:30)

18. The Compromise of 1850 specified that areas formerly belonging to Mexico could decide for themselves whether to enter the U.S. as slave or free states. (11:12)