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Questions 7-8 refer to the excerpt below. "I have made known my decision upon the Mexican Treaty .... I would submit it [to] the Senate for ratification ... "The treaty conformed on the main questions of limits and boundary to the instructions given ... though, if the treaty was now to be made, I should demand more territory ... "I look, too, to the consequences of its rejection. A [Whig] majority of one branch of Congress [the House] is opposed to my administration .... And if I were now to reject a treaty made upon my own terms ... the probability is that Congress would not grant either men or money to prosecute the war ... I might at last be compelled to withdraw them [ the army], and thus lose the two provinces of New Mexico and Upper California, which were ceded to the United States by this treaty." -President James K. Polk, Diary, 21st February, 1848 4. The major opposition to the Mexican War was based on the belief that (A) Thoreau's ideas about non-violence were correct (B) it would expand slavery (C) the nation could not pay for a war (D) the British would intervene 5. President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following? (A) Many Southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory (B) Many Whigs opposed the treaty and were willing to continue the war (C) The United States was in a dispute with Great Britain over the Canadian border (D) The treaty called for the United States to give up the territories known as Upper California and New Mexico 6. Answer a, b, and c. a) Briefly explain why ONE of the following best supports the view that a belief in a manifest destiny played a decisive role in U.S. politics and policies during the 1840s. • annexation of Texas • "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" • Mexican Cession b) Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options, demonstrating why that option is not as good as your choice. c) Briefly explain ONE criticism of this belief in manifest destiny during the 1840s.
Transcribed Image Text:Questions 7-8 refer to the excerpt below. "I have made known my decision upon the Mexican Treaty .... I would submit it [to] the Senate for ratification ... "The treaty conformed on the main questions of limits and boundary to the instructions given ... though, if the treaty was now to be made, I should demand more territory ... "I look, too, to the consequences of its rejection. A [Whig] majority of one branch of Congress [the House] is opposed to my administration .... And if I were now to reject a treaty made upon my own terms ... the probability is that Congress would not grant either men or money to prosecute the war ... I might at last be compelled to withdraw them [ the army], and thus lose the two provinces of New Mexico and Upper California, which were ceded to the United States by this treaty." -President James K. Polk, Diary, 21st February, 1848 4. The major opposition to the Mexican War was based on the belief that (A) Thoreau's ideas about non-violence were correct (B) it would expand slavery (C) the nation could not pay for a war (D) the British would intervene 5. President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following? (A) Many Southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory (B) Many Whigs opposed the treaty and were willing to continue the war (C) The United States was in a dispute with Great Britain over the Canadian border (D) The treaty called for the United States to give up the territories known as Upper California and New Mexico 6. Answer a, b, and c. a) Briefly explain why ONE of the following best supports the view that a belief in a manifest destiny played a decisive role in U.S. politics and policies during the 1840s. • annexation of Texas • "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" • Mexican Cession b) Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options, demonstrating why that option is not as good as your choice. c) Briefly explain ONE criticism of this belief in manifest destiny during the 1840s.
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