EQ

Question 1

last president of Republic of Texas?

Answer 1

Anson Jones

Question 2

what was Jones known as?

Answer 2

Architect of Annexation

Question 3

terms of the 1844 Annexation treaty

Answer 3

-Texas would join as a territory

-Texas would give up all claim to public land

-U.S. would pay Texas’s 12 Million dollar debt

Question 4

why did the 1844 Annexation treaty fail?

Answer 4

Because if it happened, the slave states would outnumber the free states
(representation)

Question 5

Define Manifest Destiny

Answer 5

Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand west all throughout North America (coast to coast)

Question 6

Election of 1844 democratic candidate

Answer 6

James K. Polk

Question 7

Election of 1844 whig candidate

Answer 7

Henry Clay

Question 8

what was Polk’s stance on Annexation

Answer 8

Pro-Annexation

Question 9

what was Clay’s stance on Annexation

Answer 9

Anti-Annexation

Question 10

who won Election of 1844

Answer 10

James K. Polk

Question 11

why is joint resolution better than a treaty?

Answer 11

Joint resolution needs 51% of people to vote

treaty needs 67% of people to vote

Question 12

terms of joint resolution

Answer 12

-Texas would join as a state

• Texas would keep its public land

-Texas would keep their debt

Question 13

Democratic Party policies

Answer 13

supported slavery

supported farmers and workers

pro annexation

Question 14

Whig Party Policies

Answer 14

opposed slavery

supported big businesses

anti-annexation

Question 15

Know Nothing Party policies

Answer 15

They favored native-born Americans

tried preventing immigration from other countries

Question 16

Why was there a split in the Democratic Party?

Answer 16

North- Thought each territory should vote if they will allow slavery or not

South- Thought slavery should be allowed in ALL new territories

Question 17

How did Manifest Destiny lead to the U.S. Mexican War

Answer 17

America thought that it was god’s plan that they expand west. they wanted to take America coast to coast but Mexico’s territory was in the way. They tried to buy it, but after a Mexico no, war happened.

Question 18

U.S. thought the border was where?

Answer 18

Rio Grande

Question 19

Mexico thought the border was where?

Answer 19

Nueces River

Question 20

What started the U.S. Mexican War

Answer 20

Manifest destiny

Mexico attacked Americans on what they thought was American Soil, so they could call for war.

Question 21

who was Zachary Taylor?

Answer 21

general for war

hero of war

future president

Question 22

Treaty of Hidalgo what did U.S. get?

Answer 22

Rio Grande became border of U.S. and Mexico

U.S. got Mexican Cession

Question 23

Treaty of Hidalgo what did Mexico get?

Answer 23

$15 Million

Texas apart of U.S. though

Question 24

What area is Mexican Cession

Answer 24

Western states

modern day California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah

Question 25

What options did Mexican citizens have that lived in the Mexican Cession

Answer 25

They could become U.S. citizens or leave

Question 26

what issues were caused from treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 26

The U.S. had to determine whether or not the states would become slave states or not

Question 27

Compromise of 1850 what did North get

Answer 27

California as a new free state

Question 28

Compromise of 1850 what did South get

Answer 28

The people got to vote whether or not the new states would become slave states or not

Question 29

How did the peace plan change Texas’ border

Answer 29

Texas gave up their northwest land to the U.S.

Question 30

What did Texas get from the peace plan

Answer 30

all debt paid off($10 Million)

Question 31

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 31

U.S. paid Mexico 10 Million dollars to get land for transcontinental railroad

Finalized border between Mexico and America