Unity and Sectionalism/ War with Mexico

Native Americans were well treated on Mexican Ranchos

Match the following

• Monroe Doctrine

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

• Internal improvements

• Chief justice of Supreme Court

• Henry Clay

• Nicknamed “The Great Compromise”

• John Marshal

• Building of roads, bridges, and canals

• Sectionalism

• Loyalty to a region

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.

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

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

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

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

• Internal improvements

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

• Because of regional differences

• Gave control of Florida to the United States

• The Missouri Compromise

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

• Adams- Onis Treaty

• Building of roads, bridges, and canals