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| The "Arastook War" over the Maine boundary was settled by a territorial compromise in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. T or F |
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| Because the two-thirds vote necessary for a treaty of annexation could not be obtained in the Senate, Texas was annexed by a simple majority resolution of both houses of Congress. T or F |
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| In the dispute with Britain over Oregon, the United States repeatedly demanded control of the whole territory as far north as "fifty-four forty." T or F |
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| The Polk administration was frustrated by its inability to purchase California from Mexico. T or F |
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| The immediate cause of the MExican War was an attempt by Mexico to reconquer Texas. T or F |
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| False - It was a dispute over the southern boundary of Texas |
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| The immediate cause of the MExican War was an attempt by Mexico to reconquer Texas. T or F |
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| False - It was a dispute over the southern boundary of Texas |
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| Polk's primary goal in the Mexican War was to take California. T or F |
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| The overwhelming American military victory over Mexico led some Americans to call for the United States to take over all of Mexico. T or F |
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Among the major sources of the tension b/t Britain and U.S. in 1840s was:
a. American involvement in Canadian rebellions and border disputes
b. British support for American abolitionists
c. American anger at British default on canal and railroad lines
d. American intervention in the British West Indies |
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| a. American involvement in Canadian rebellions and border disputes |
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| Texas was finally admitted to the Union in 1844 as a result of |
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| President Tyler's interpretation of the election of 1844 as a mandate to acquire Texas |
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| British eventually lost out in the contest for the disputed Oregon territory because |
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| the rapidly growing number of American settlers overwhelmed the small British population |
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| The immediate cause of the Mexican War was |
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| Mexican refusal to sell California and a dispute over the Texas boundary |
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| The main American military campaign that finally captured Mexico City was commanded by |
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| The major domestic consequence of the Mexican War was |
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| a sharp revival of the issue of slavery |
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