American Pageant Ch. 17

The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was in 1845 by

• John Tyler.

• James K. Polk.

• John L. O'Sullivan.

• Mark Twain.

All of the following happened after President John Tyler's veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the U.S. except

• he was expelled from the Whig party.

• all but one member of his cabinet resigned.

• Tyler also vetoed a Whig-sponsored high-tariff bill.

• he signed another similar national bank bill providing for a "Fiscal Corporation."

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

• Henry Clay.

• Zachary Taylor.

• Robert Walker.

• Daniel Webster.

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain

• the U.S. stayed neutral in word and action.

• the U.S. imprisoned several American violators of neutrality.

• America was unlawfully invaded by the British.

• Canada warned the U.S. to stay out of the conflict.

Relations between Britain and the U.S. in the 1830s and 1840s could be characterized as

• harmonious at the diplomatic level but full of popular resentments on both sides.

• marked by growing American economic supremacy.

• constantly on the brink of war.

• generally tense, with periods of both violence and peaceful resolution.

As a result of the panic of 1837

• the U.S. established restrictions on foreign loans.

• anti-British passions cooled in America.

• the Democrats led America into war for more territory.

• several states defaulted on their bonds or repudiated them openly.

The Aroostook War was

• a short-lived insurrection in British Canada.

• a full-scale war between Britain and the U.S.

• a small-scale clash between lumberjacks in Maine and Canada.

• a dispute over fishing rights between Britain and the U.S.

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) annexation of Texas, (B) Webster-Ashburton Treaty, (C) settlement of the Oregon boundary, and (D) Aroostook War.

• A, B, D, C

• B, D, C, A

• D, B, A, C

• C, A, B, D

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

• such a republic would check the southward surge of the American colossus, who posed a threat to nearby British possessions in the New World.

• British merchants believed that an independent Texas could be an important free-trade area to offset the tariff-walled U.S.

• Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigrants.

• 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.

Texas was annexed to the U.S. as a result of

• 2/3 Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation.

• a joint resolution enacted by a simple majority in the House and the Senate rather than the 2/3 constitutional supermajority required of all treaties with foreign nations.

• a presidential executive order by President Tyler.

• the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.