Unity and Sectionalism/ War with Mexico

Native Americans were well treated on Mexican Ranchos

(a)  

Match the following

• Monroe Doctrine

• Building of roads, bridges, and canals

• Internal improvements

• Loyalty to a region

• Sectionalism

• Nicknamed “The Great Compromise”

• Henry Clay

• Which of the following called for a stop to European colonization of the Americas?

• John Marshal

• Chief justice of Supreme Court

What did Junipero Sera do?

• Invented the light bulb
• Discovered the Mississippi River
• Climbed Mount Everest
• Founded a chain Missions

The United States did not attain its goal of capturing Mexico City.

(a)  

What did President James K. Polk use as grounds for declaring war against Mexico?

• Alaska Purchase
• A Mexican attack on American forces.

• Louisiana Purchase
• California Gold Rush

At one time, Mexico was claimed by Spain

(a)  

What was the reason William Becknell’s route to Mexico became popular?

Mexico believed that the Rio Grande formed the Texas-Mexico border

(a)  

What was the final step of President Polk’s plan to defeat Mexico?

• Capture Mexico City

• Bombardment of Veracruz
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Battle of Buena Vista

Match the following

• Adams- Onis Treaty

• Building of roads, bridges, and canals

• The Missouri Compromise

• How was the balance between the north and the south preserved in the Senate?

• Internal improvements

• Gave control of Florida to the United States

• Because of regional differences

• What happened as a result of the formation of the Second bank of the United States?