In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig Candidate, Henry Clay,

favored postponing the annexation of Texas

President Polk's claim that "American blood had been shed on American soil" referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican and American troops near

the Rio Grande

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

expansionists

During the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called upon several times to respond to "spot" resolutions indicating where American blood had been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions were frequently introduced by

Abraham Lincoln

The election of 1844 was notable because

it was fought over the issue of expansionism.

When the war with Mexico began, President Polk

hoped to fight a limited war, ending with the conquest of California

In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United States was established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of

49

The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved

by a compromise that gave each side some territory

Those people most opposed to President Polk's expansionist program were the

antislavery forces

One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation

might give more power to the supporters of slavery

Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of

President Tyler's desire to help his troubled administration

The only member of President John Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was

Daniel Webster

One reason that the British government decided to compromise on the Oregon Country border was

the fear of war with the United States

In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called

Manifest destiny

The Wilmot Proviso

symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories

The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican War included

United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico

John Tyler joined the Whig Party because he

could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson

. Some people in Britain hoped *4/4 for a British alliance with Texas because

the alliance would give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in Texas

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

the Columbia River, the 49th parallel, and the Pacific Ocean

The primary group that was instrumental in strengthening and saving American claims to Oregon were

American missionaries to the Native Americans

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

rich soil of the Willamette River Valley

The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that

slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States

The first Old World Europeans to come to California were

spanish

The Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president to

attract the vote of the states' rightists

During an 1837 Canadian insurrection against Britain,

America was invaded by the British

The Aroostook War was the result of

a dispute over the northern boundary of Maine

The group most supportive of gaining control of all the Oregon Country was the

northern democrats

In 1846, the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons except

the impulse to satisfy those asking for "spot" resolutions

In his quest for California, President James K. Polk

first advocated buying the area from Mexico

After President John Tyler's veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States,

all of the above