Liberty University Online Academy HIUS 316 QUIZ 7 Question 1)According to Howe, the American reactions to the Revolutions of 1848 were?       Question 2   The Whigs in 1848 Ran as their candidate for the office of President:       Question 3   The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:         Question 4   The Gold Rush of 1849:       Question 5   German immigration in the 1840s:           Question 6   According to Howe, the “spot resolution”:         Question 7   According to Howe, Potato Famine:       Question 8   Wilmot Proviso:       Question 9   Elections of 1848:        Question 10       The main US negotiator responsible for negotiating of the Treaty with Mexico was:        Question 11         Who delivered an impassioned speech against Polk at the close of the Mexican-American War which compared Polk to Cain— “the blood of this war, like the blood of Abel, is crying to Heaven against him

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HIUS 316

QUIZ 7

Question 1)According to Howe, the American reactions to the Revolutions of 1848 were?

• Question 2

The Whigs in 1848 Ran as their candidate for the office of President:

• Question 3

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:

• Question 4

The Gold Rush of 1849:

• Question 5

German immigration in the 1840s:

• Question 6

According to Howe, the “spot resolution”:

• Question 7

According to Howe, Potato Famine:

• Question 8

Wilmot Proviso:

• Question 9

Elections of 1848:

•  Question 10

The main US negotiator responsible for negotiating of the Treaty with Mexico was:

•  Question 11

Who delivered an impassioned speech against Polk at the close of the Mexican-American War which compared Polk to Cain— “the blood of this war, like the blood of Abel, is crying to Heaven against him.”

•  Question 12

What happened to the ninety-thousand Hispanics living in territory annexed by the United States at the close of the Mexican American War?

•  Question 13

As a result of the Mexican-American War, America gained territory that would eventually become the following states:

•  Question 14

The American diplomat who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and signed it on behalf of the Polk administration had been recalled by Polk and technically had no

authority to negotiate with Mexico.

•  Question 15

James K. Polk extended the territory of the United States more than any other president in American History.

•  Question 16

What was one reason the President encouraged the Gold Rush?

•  Question 17

According to Howe, the election of 1848

•  Question 18

The Mexican-American War contributed to the election of a Whig war hero as president, despite Polk’s political maneuvering to prevent this.

•  Question 19

At the close of the Mexican-American War some Democrats pushed for an “All Mexico” policy in which America would annex all of Mexico and its territories.

• Question 20

Why was the Nashville Convention called? Who participated and what did it achieve?

 Nashville Convention was the none slave states met to determine their best course