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lesson 12
chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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americans believe they could build a new, better society founded by/on what | democratic party |
who had a booming economy and population in the 1840 | The US |
The US needed space for who | farmers, ranched, business, and families |
The US looked where | to the east |
some believed it was Americans manifest or obvious fate, to settle all land to the where | Pacific |
who was the democratic elected in 1844 | James k polk |
who did polk avoid war with | briatin over oregon and negotiated treaty for lanf south of the 49th parralell |
oregon organized as territory when | 1848 |
when did texan annex | 1845 and this action angered santa anna |
mexicao has lost texas but controlled other areas in present day where | southwest |
the mission system was important to Cali carrying out hope for what | farming and ranching operations |
about how many settlers were in cali in the early 1820s | 3200 |
who were from the united states and started t arriev in small number | anglos |
who did polk order to march into the burden region around the rio grande in mexico | General zachary taylor |
when people were kicked out of their lands and had to bring what with them | manifest destiny |
how many americans were in cali in 1846 | 500 |
How did Mexico react to the annexation of Texas? | withdrawing its ambassador and suggesting that annexation would be tantamount to a declaration of war. |
How did the slavery issue get tied up with “manifest destiny” in the 1840s and 1850s? | Americans did not know if the institution of slavery would be allowed in the new territories. |
Writing in 1845, _________promoted the idea that it was the manifest destiny of the U.S. to settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean. | James o sulivan |
what was the question about what would be allowed in new territories | slavery |
who was elected in 1844 | James k. Polk |
the United States and Mexico were engaged in what | border disputes |
what was the bear flag revolt | US naval forces invaded California and claimed it for the US |
Beuna Visa | General Taylor's forces defeated the Mexican army under Santa Anna |