Chapter 13 Review APUSH (with a little AMSCO Chapter 12)

In the 1820s, most of the settlers from the U.S. who migrated to Texas were

• white southerners and their slaves

• white northerners

• free blakcs

• Far West whites

In 1836, the Battle of San Jacinto

• was a victory for General Santa Anna

• saw British troops fight alongside Mexican troops

• resulted in victory for forces led by Stephen Austin

• led to independence for Texas

Before the early 1850s, Americans who traveled west on the overland trails were generally

• wealthy

• from the eastern seaboard states

• over the age of thirty

• relatively young people who traveled in family groups

In 1844, President James K. Polk supported the acquisistion of

• Oregon

• Texas

• Cuba

• Oregon and Texas

The Mexican War resulted from

• Mexican forces attacking Americans in California

• Texas citizens attacking Mexican forces

• Mexico provoking the United States to fight

• the United States provoking Mexico to fight

In the 1840s, regional critics of President James K. Polk claied his policies favored the

• North

• South

• East

• West

The Wilmot Proviso

• banned all slavery west of the Mississippi

• passed in the House and was signed into law

• overturned the Missouri Compromise

• prohibited slavery in any land acquired from Mexico

In the 1848 elections, the new party that emerged asa political force was the

• Know-Nothing Party

• Free Soil Party

• Republican Party

• Whig Party

The Chinese who came to California during the Gold Rush

• typiclly planned to remain permanently in the state

• usually came with their families

• more often worked as merchants than miners

• had aspirations similar to those of American participants

In 1849, President Zachary Taylor favored admitting California

• as a free state

• as a slave state

• with no determination of the issue of slavery

• as a territory