manifest destiny

Question 1

John O’Sullivan

Answer 1

-coined term
-manifest destiny-america’s given destiny to expand

Question 2

Caroline affair

Answer 2

-small canadian revolt 1837
american ship:caroline
-carrying supplies to canadian insurgents
-violation of neutrality

Question 3

creole

Answer 3

-1841
-tense episode between america and britain
-britain offered refuge in bahamas
-creole ship taken over by slaves

Question 4

aroostook war

Answer 4

-1840s
-maine dispute
-britain turned into war
-fought between americans and canadians

Question 5

webster ashburton treaty

Answer 5

-1842
-lord ashburton
-negotiate maine boundary dispute
-compromise: british get less land but get road

Question 6

clayton bulwer treaty

Answer 6

-1850
-conflicted monroe doctrine
-decided neither america nor britain could make military settlements or exclusive control of waterway
-helped americans at first but then impedes progress

Question 7

the oregon question

Answer 7

-conflict between america and britain
-both america and britain occupying land in peace until america wanted all of it
-treaty of 1818-live peacefully
-issue resolved peacefully by britain giving land

Question 8

54 40 or fight

Answer 8

-conflict over oregon with britain
-wanted all land over california or else they will fight
-polk slogan
-america doesnt do 54 40 or fight

Question 9

annexation of texas

Answer 9

-mandate by polk
-used joint resolution to annex

Question 10

desire for california

Answer 10

-polk wants to buy california

Question 11

border dispute-nueces river/rio grande

Answer 11

-mexico owned texas
-southwestern boundary of territory had been nueces river
-texans claimed rio grande as southern border, given more land

Question 12

“spot resolutions”

Answer 12

-lincoln damns justification for war with mexico
-didn’t believe polks justification (that blood was shed on american soil)
-asks for exact spot blood was shed

Question 13

mexico war-cause/significance

Answer 13

-mexico viewed texas as mexico, dispute over rio frande/nueces river
-sent john slidell in attempt to buy ca
-sent armed troops into mexico, forcing attack
-polk claims american blood was shed
-requests congress to declare war
-1846-1848
-northern whigs opposed to war
-lincoln+spot resolution
-william proviso+question over slavery in new territory

Question 14

treaty of guadalupe-hildalgo

Answer 14

-ends mexican war
-signed by nicholas trist
-mexico gives us texas, oregon, california
-us pays $15 million for it
-good compromise for pro slavery & pro-expansion so passes through senate

Question 15

wilmont proviso (david wilmont)

Answer 15

-1846
-amendment banning slavery in new territory from mexico
-meant to limit power of south
-didn’t pass senate, adopted to state legislatures in all but one free state

Question 16

john tyler

Answer 16

-president in 1841 when harrison died
-whig with democratic views, expansionist democrat

Question 17

james k. polk

Answer 17

-annexes texas

Question 18

zachary taylor

Answer 18

-general during mexican war
-hero of buena vista
-won for president without establishing firm stances on major issues

Question 19

millard fillmore

Answer 19

-vp to taylor
-replaces for taylor
-compromise of 1850
-not re-elected, later nominee for know-nothing party

Question 20

franklin pierce

Answer 20

-nominated by democrats (1852)
-pro-slavery/southern
-defeats winfield scott
-election beginning of end of whigs

Question 21

john c. fremont

Answer 21

-first republican candidate
-didn’t win
-lost to buchanan

Question 22

winfield scott

Answer 22

-general of mexican war
-negotiated treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo
-unsuccessful run for president against pierce in 1852

Question 23

john slidell

Answer 23

-sent by polk to buy california for 25 million

Question 24

nicholas trist

Answer 24

-sent by polk during mexican war
-santa anna demanded bribe, polk was mad and called trist
-treaty of guadalupe-hildago hastily formed

Question 25

henry clay

Answer 25

-compromise of 1850
-defeated by polk for lack of opinion in election of 1844