USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A series of wars, during Tyler’s presidency, with the Natives gave America which state?
A
Texas
B
Florida
C
Georgia
D
Oklahoma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tyler brought the long, bloody Second Seminole War in Florida to an end in 1842, and expressed interest in the forced cultural assimilation of the Native Americans. On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th state, as Tyler signed legislation admitting into the Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Seminole War (1835-1842), usually referred to as the Seminole War proper, was the fiercest war waged by the U.S. government against American Indians. The United States spent more than $20 million fighting the Seminoles.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1842 Tyler did sign a tariff bill protecting northern manufacturers. The Webster-Ashburton treaty ended a Canadian boundary dispute; in 1845 Texas was annexed. The administration of this states’-righter strengthened the Presidency. But it also increased sectional cleavage that led toward civil war.

Detailed explanation-4: -Seminole Wars, (1817–18, 1835–42, 1855–58), three conflicts between the United States and the Seminole Indians of Florida in the period before the American Civil War that ultimately resulted in the opening of the Seminole’s desirable land for white exploitation and settlement.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Seminole Wars (also known as the Florida Wars) were a series of three military conflicts between the United States and the Seminoles that took place in Florida between about 1816 and 1858.

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