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A) the support of the Hudson's Bay Company.
B) the British government's belief that the Oregon Country was neither politically nor economically critical to British foreign policy interests.
C) John Tyler's election to the presidency.
D) America's acceptance of 54° 40'.
E) the threat posed to British Columbia by an alliance of Indians and French traders and pioneers.
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A) Unanimous approval of the arrangement with Britain at setting the northern border of the Oregon Country at 49 degrees.
B) Anger by nearly all Americans at Senate delays in approving the pact with Britain.
C) Northwestern states joined with antislavery forces in the North to condemn the pact.
D) Widespread fear by Americans that Great Britain would renege on the agreement and declare war to claim the rest of the territory.
E) Southern satisfaction that the legality of slavery in the Oregon Territory was now protected by the treaty.
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A) 42°.
B) 52° 40'.
C) 54° 40'.
D) 36° 30'.
E) 49°.
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A) forty-second parallel and the Columbia River.
B) Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River, and Puget Sound.
C) 36° 30' line and the Columbia River.
D) forty-ninth parallel and the 54° 40' line.
E) Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.
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A) with the arrival of Franciscan friars.
B) as a result of the influx of Anglo gold-diggers and the waning of the pastoral economy.
C) when Mexico gained control of the area in 1826.
D) when agriculture became more profitable than mining.
E) when the U.S.government made English mandatory.
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A) such a republic would check the southward surge of the American colossus, who posed a threat to nearby British possessions in the New World.
B) clashes between the independent Republic of Texas and America might create a diversionary opportunity for foreign powers to challenge American supremacy in Latin America and undermine the dormant Monroe Doctrine.
C) British merchants believed that an independent Texas could be an important free-trade area to offset the tariff-walled United States.
D) Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigrants.
E) an independent Republic of Texas could provide British abolitionists with the opportunity to free slaves in Texas and stir rebellions by other slaves throughout the South.
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A) the ideology of Manifest Destiny.
B) moral indignation expressed by southwestern American expansionists following the deaths of American soldiers at the hands of Mexican crossing the Rio Grande in April 1846.
C) the desire to gain payment for unpaid damage tort claims by American citizens against the Mexican government for damages to Americans and their property in the Southwest.
D) the impulse to satisfy Congressman Abraham Lincoln and similar political allies in Congress to enact the so-called "spot resolutions" concerning alleged Mexican incursions into American territory.
E) Polk's desire to acquire California.
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A) A, B, D, C
B) B, D, C, A
C) D, B, A, C
D) C, A, B, D
E) A, D, C, B
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A) B, D, C, A
B) A, C, B, D
C) D, B, A, C
D) C, A, D, B
E) A, D, C, B
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A) the U.S.established restrictions on foreign loans.
B) President John Tyler reversed his opposition to a national bank and signed legislation authorizing a "Fiscal Corporation."
C) anti-British passions cooled in America.
D) the Democrats led America into war for more territory.
E) several states defaulted on their bonds or repudiated them openly.
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A) securing lower tariffs.
B) a new independent treasury system.
C) acquisition of California.
D) settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute.
E) restricting the expansion of slavery in western territories.
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A) Mexicans have never forgotten that the U.S.tore away about half of their country.
B) the war resulted in a negative turning point in U.S.relations with Latin America.
C) it reinvigorated the slavery issue and debates about extending slavery in the territories and newly admitted states in the United States.
D) Latin America solidified their friendly relations with the U.S.government.
E) roughly 13,000 American soldiers died, mostly from disease.
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