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Chapter Seventeen
Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy
1841-1848
1. Why was John Tyler often referred to as His Accidency? Why did he lack support
from his own Whig Party?

2. Describe the tensions brewing between the United States and GB in the 1830s and
1840s.

3. Describe the events leading up to the Aroostook War?

What were the provisions of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty? What was the significance
of the Mesabi Range acquired from the Treaty?

4. Describe the dilemma surrounding Texas possible annexation to the United States.

5. Describe the Oregon dispute by the early 1840s.

6. 1844 Presidential Election

Party
James Polk
Henry Clay

Electoral Vote

Generalizations on why Polk won the Election:

Popular Vote

7. What is Manifest Destiny?

8. List Polks four point mission.
#1#2#3#4To what extent was Polk successful in accomplishing his missions?
#1
#2
#3
#4
9. Describe the how the following events caused the Mexican-American War.
-Slidell Mission
-Taylor & men march from Nueces River to Rio Grande
10. Explain the role of the following individuals during the Mexican-American War.
James Polk
John Slidell
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Kearny & John Fremont
Winfield Scott
Nicholas Trist

10. List four provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

11. How did the Mexican Cession fuel the slavery controversy? What was the Wilmot
Proviso?