Chapter_17_Manifest_Destiny_and_Its_Legacy_1841_1848 (1)
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Chapter_17_Manifest_Destiny_and_Its_Legacy_1841_1848 (1)

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

 

41. All of the following were reasons why Britain was intensely interested in promoting an independent Republic of Texas except

  a. such a republic would check the southward surge of the American colossus, who posed a threat to nearby British possessions in the New World.
  b. clashes between the independent Republic of Texas and America might create a diversionary opportunity for foreign powers to challenge American supremacy in Latin America and undermine the dormant Monroe Doctrine.
  c. British merchants believed that an independent Texas could be an important free-trade area to offset the tariff-walled United  States.
  d. Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigrants.
  e. an independent Republic of Texas could provide British abolitionists with the opportunity to free slaves in Texas and stir rebellions by other slaves throughout the South.

 

ANSWER:   d
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone

 

42. Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

  a. two-thirds Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation.
  b. a joint resolution enacted by a simple majority in the House and the Senate rather than the two-thirds constitutional supermajority required of all treaties with foreign nations.
  c. a presidential executive order by President Tyler.
  d. the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
  e. a political compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time.

 

ANSWER:   b
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Belated Texas Nuptials

 

43. Arrange in chronological order the United States’ acquisition of (A) Oregon, (B) Texas, and (C) California.

  a. A, B, C
  b. C, B, A
  c. B, A, C
  d. B, C, A
  e. A, C, B

 

ANSWER:   c
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   The Belated Texas Nuptials
Polk the Purposeful
Fighting Mexico for Peace

 

44. Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the

  a. rich soil of the Willamette River Valley.
  b. expectation of fighting British troops.
  c. potential profits in the fur trade.
  d. discovery of gold and silver in the Cascade Mountains.
  e. None of these choices are correct.

 

ANSWER:   a
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Oregon Fever Populates Oregon

 

45. The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats’ 1844 presidential candidate was secured by

  a. southern expansionists.
  b. anti-Texas southerners.
  c. Henry Clay.
  d. eastern business interests.
  e. radical abolitionists.

 

ANSWER:   a
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   A Mandate for Manifest Destiny

 

46. The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between the

  a. forty-second parallel and the Columbia River.
  b. Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River, and Puget Sound.
  c. 36° 30′ line and the Columbia River.
  d. forty-ninth parallel and the 54° 40′ line.
  e. Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.

 

ANSWER:   e
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Oregon Fever Populates Oregon

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