Manifest Destiny Test
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| A. Joseph Smith advocated polygamy, God spoke through him, autocratic suppression of dissent, and the belief that the Mormons were the only true Christians and would inherit the Earth.B. General-in-Cheif Winfield Scott replaced Zachary Taylor in the war against Mexico.C. The Whigs opposed the war yet did nothing about it because they did not want to be considered unpatriotic and share the same fate as the Federalists.D. David Wilmot offered an amendment to an army approprations bill "...that, as an express and fundamental condition of the acquistion of any territory from the Republic of Mexico...neither slavery nor invluntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of saiE. Jefferson Davis became a hero at Taylor's last battle and he later married Taylor's daughter.F. Democratic senators from the Old Northwest accused Polk of betayal and voted against the treaty. They had supported Texas to the Rio Grande, and they expected Polk to support Oregon to 54 degrees 40'G. The reason why the timing was unusual about Zachary Taylor's victories was because they were before Congress even declared war.H. Trist was fired by Polk because Polk wanted someone new who would exact greater concessions from Mexico.I. The three groups that did not conside ther "unbridled expansion" of Manifest Destiny good were the Native Americans, slaves, and Hispanics in the Southwest.J. The pledge taht the Austin exodus broke to Mexico was that they would become Roman Catholics and Mexican citizens.K. Volunteers from Southern states helped Houston defeat the Mexican Army and win independence most likely because they believed if Texas became a part of the United States, it would also become another slave state.L. John Tyler openly supported the annexation of Texas because he saw it as "the only matter that will take sufficient hold of the feelings of the South to rally it on a Southern candidate.'M. Half of the opposition came from Democrats who wanted more Mexican territory and half from Whigs who wanted none.N. The Young America movement was motivated by the belief that it was the Manifest Destiny of the United States "to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty."O. Migration "west" was mostly a male enterprise because the quest for new land, a new start, and a chance to make a big strike represented primarily masculine ideals. Women felt more rooted in family, home, and community. |
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