Chapter 12: Westward ExpansionName:
- Please explain the American Express painting by John Gast (1872) on page 316. How is this picture an ideal representation of Manifest Destiny and the westward movement?
- Make a list of the reasons why John Tyler was an ineffective president
- The Preemption Act of 1841:
- Why did Daniel Webster stay in Tyler’s cabinet?
- Why do you think Daniel Webster’s generosity in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty paid off in the long run?
- What happened at the same time Americans were settling the Texas plains?
- By 1830 there were some ______white Americans in Texas, about ______slaves, and only a few thousand Mexicans.
- How did American slaver holders get around owning slaves in Mexico after slavery was outlawed in 1829?
- Why the was the Alamo such a military debacle for the Texans?
- Why was adding the Texas Territory/Republic such a controversial move? Why did Jackson hesitate?
- Why was the TexasRepublic attractive to the British?
- Why did Clay (Whig) and Van Buren (Democrat) oppose annexation?
- Northern and Western senators refused to vote for annexation. In June of 1844, the Senate rejected the treaty, ____ to ____.
- In your own words, define Manifest Destiny.
- What New York Journalist coined the phrase manifest destiny?
- Make a list of the dangers and discomforts on the trail
- Fertility and the Frontier: What was the contrast between Europeans and Americans?
- What role did Indians play in territorial California?
- List the groups that explored/settled the Oregon Country.
- Why were very few of the travelers West classified as poor families?
- “Behind the dreams of the Far West as an American Eden lay the commercial importance of the three major west coast harbors:” Name them
- What did James K. Polk of Tennessee support and oppose?
- What cost Henry Clay the election of 1844?
- Debating the Past: In your opinion, did the frontier change women’s roles? Support your answer.
- Make a list of what Polk accomplish during his Presidency?
- Why was the Oregon Compromise so popular?
- Analyze the Political Cartoon of President Polk on page 327. In you opinion is it accurate?
- What kind of deal was John Slidell prepared to offer Mexico on his secret mission?
- Why was the Mexican War a lop-sided engagement from the very beginning?
- What political party were both Taylor and Winfield Scott?
- In what region was the War with Mexico deemed unpopular amongst Americans?
- What was Polk’s three part strategy?
- How was Winfield Scott a prime candidate for the Presidency?
- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:
- How did William Lloyd Garrison feel about the war?
- The Constitution did not give the federal government any control over slavery in the states. But Congress had ______in the territories.
- The Wilmot Proviso:
- Calhoun’s resolutions could never pass the ______and Wilmot’s Proviso had no chance in the ______.
- Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan suggested popular sovereignty, but it was known more vulgarly as “______”
- What is the name of the NFL football team from San Francisco?
- Why was California allowed to move so quickly in its request for statehood?
- List the main outcomes of the Compromise of 1850 (page 336-337)
- Only ___ senators and ___ representatives voted for all these bills.