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20 Cards in this Set
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Who was America's first multimillionaire?
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John Jacob Astor
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Which hero of the Battle of San Jacinto became the first president of Texas?
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Sam Houston
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In the election, Polk expressed his aggressive policy towards Britain over the Oregon Territory with the campaign slogan
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"Fifty-four forty or fight"
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President Polk accepted the 49th parallel as the Oregon Territory boundary because
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He had a war with Mexico on his hands.
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The primary Amrican military campaign that led to the capture of Mexico City was commanded by
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Winfield Scott
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The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the
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Mexican-American War
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In 1830, California, Texas, and New Mexico were all under the sovereighnty of
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Mexico
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What third political party swung the presidential election of 1844?
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The Liberty Party
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All of the following were source of tension between Mexico and American Settlers in Texas EXCEPT
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The trade and commerce that was brought into Mexico by the Americans.
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James K. Polk went to war with Mexico to
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force cession of New Mexico and California to the United States.
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The United States expected the Mexican-American War to
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be of a relatively short duration.
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It banned slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico
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The Wilmot Proviso
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Who won the election of 1848?
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Zachary Taylor
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Why was the Wilmot Proviso defeated in congress?
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There was a deadlock in the Senate with equal numbers of Northern and Southern Senators.
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All of the following political parties had candidates in the election of 1848 EXCEPT the
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Republicans
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American advantages in the Mexican War included
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Better leadership, artillery, and naval capacity.
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The term "Great American Desert" referred to which geographical location?
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The Southern Great Plains
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The Wilmot Proviso was an attempt to
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Ban the expansion of slavery into the newly acquired territory from Mexico.
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Concerning unjust laws, Henry David Thoreau advocated
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Refusing to obey unjust laws and suffering the legal consequences.
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In the aftermath of the Mexican War, the main issue that gripped the United States was
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The expansion of slavery
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