Extra Quiz: Chapter 17
1. William Henry Harrison's death in 1841 made him the first president to:
2. John Tyler was nicknamed "His Accidency" because he:
3. The Oregon Trail primarily carried settlers toward the:
4. "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" was a slogan demanding all of:
5. Brigham Young led the Mormons to settle in the:
6. Texas won independence from Mexico in the year:
7. Northern politicians long resisted annexing Texas mainly because they feared:
8. James K. Polk is often described by historians as a:
9. Polk sent envoy John Slidell to Mexico City hoping to:
10. The disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande was claimed by both:
11. The young congressman who publicly doubted Polk's justification for war was:
12. Zachary Taylor won key victories for the U.S. in:
13. American settlers in California briefly declared an independent state called the:
14. Winfield Scott's campaign captured Mexico City after storming the fortress of:
15. Congressman David Wilmot proposed banning slavery in territory won from:
16. The Wilmot Proviso ultimately:
17. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the U.S. paid Mexico approximately:
18. The treaty recognized which river as the Texas-Mexico border?
19. Gold was discovered in California at Sutter's Mill just:
20. The influx of "forty-niners" caused California's population to:
21. California's rapid growth forced it to draft a constitution and apply for statehood as a:
22. California's statehood bid reignited the national debate over:
23. Overall, Manifest Destiny in this era mainly led to:
24. Zachary Taylor's war fame helped him win the presidency in:
25. By 1848, U.S. territorial expansion had brought the nation to the shores of the:
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