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Manifest Destiny
Chapter Thirteen part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What motivated the Young America movement? | The Young America movement was motivated by the belief that it was the Manifest Destiny of the United States "to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty." |
| Which groups did not consider the "unbridled expansion" of Manifest Destiny good? | The three groups that did not conside ther "unbridled expansion" of Manifest Destiny good were the Native Americans, slaves, and Hispanics in the Southwest. |
| Migration "west" was mostly a ______ enterprise because: | Migration "west" was mostly a male enterprise because the quest for new land, a new start, and a chance to make a big strike represented primarily masculine ideals. Women felt more rooted in family, home, and community. |
| What did Joseph Smith advocate that got him into hot water? | Joseph Smith advocated polygamy, God spoke through him, autocratic suppression of dissent, and the belief that the Mormons were the only true Christians and would inherit the Earth. |
| What pledge did the Austin exodus to Mexico break? | The pledge taht the Austin exodus broke to Mexico was that they would become Roman Catholics and Mexican citizens. |
| Volumteers from which states helped Sam Houston defeat the Mexican Army and win independence? Why do you think they did? | Volunteers from Southern states helped Houston defeat the Mexican Army and win independence most likely because they believed if Texas became a part of the United States, it would also become another slave state. |
| Why did John Tyler openly support the annexation of Texas? | John Tyler openly supported the annexation of Texas because he saw it as "the only matter that will take sufficient hold of the feelings of the South to rally it on a Southern candidate.' |
| How did John Calhoun delay the annexation during Tyler's term? | The Young America movement was motivated by the belief that it was the Manifest Destiny of the United States "to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty." |
| Which groups did not consider the "unbridled expansion" of Manifest Destiny good? | James G. Birney was the first Liberty Party candidate and he took enough Whig votes from Clay in New York to give Polk victory there and in the electoral college. |
| What issue caused a breach in the Democratic Party (that would split wide open in the 1850s)? | Democratic senators from the Old Northwest accused Polk of betayal and voted against the treaty. They had supported Texas to the Rio Grande, and they expected Polk to support Oregon to 54 degrees 40' |
| What did Joseph Smith advocate that got him into hot water? | Joseph Smith advocated polygamy, God spoke through him, autocratic suppression of dissent, and the belief that the Mormons were the only true Christians and would inherit the Earth. |
| The book states that the opposition party, the Whigs, opposed the war, yet they did nothing to stop it...why? | The Whigs opposed the war yet did nothing about it because they did not want to be considered unpatriotic and share the same fate as the Federalists. |
| What five advantages did the US have over its Mexican adversaries during the war? | Volunteers from Southern states helped Houston defeat the Mexican Army and win independence most likely because they believed if Texas became a part of the United States, it would also become another slave state. |
| While the Battle of New Orleans made Andrew Jackson a national hero AFTER the war of 1812, what was unusual about the timing of Zachary Taylor's victories against Mexico? | The reason why the timing was unusual about Zachary Taylor's victories was because they were before Congress even declared war. |
| Who replaced Zachary Taylor in the war against Mexico? | General-in-Cheif Winfield Scott replaced Zachary Taylor in the war against Mexico. |
| At Taylor's last battle, who became a hero (and what did he later do for Taylor)? | Jefferson Davis became a hero at Taylor's last battle and he later married Taylor's daughter. |
| What did David Wilmot do that "opened a can of worms?" | David Wilmot offered an amendment to an army approprations bill "...that, as an express and fundamental condition of the acquistion of any territory from the Republic of Mexico...neither slavery nor invluntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of sai |
| What issue "hung like the sword of Damocles over Polk's efforts to negotiate peace with Mexico? | slavery. |
| Why was Nicholas Trist fired by Polk? | Trist was fired by Polk because Polk wanted someone new who would exact greater concessions from Mexico. |
| Who opposed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? | Half of the opposition came from Democrats who wanted more Mexican territory and half from Whigs who wanted none. |
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