31 Americas Flashcards
The term “manifest destiny” is associated with what country?
US
Fatt Hing Chin was
Chinese immigrant to the United States who panned for gold.
1803, the United States doubled in size, after the Louisiana territory was purchased from
France
The native Americans who relocated from the eastern woodlands to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears were the
Cherokee
The last major native American victory against the United States armed forces came in 1876 at the battle of
Little big horn
last major native American resistance was defeated in 1890 at the battle of
Wounded knee
main spark for the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in 1845 was the United States’ acceptance of the new state of
Texas
The United States agreed to pay Mexico $15 million for Texas, California, and New Mexico as part of the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo
future state did NOT pass from Mexico to the United States as part of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Louisiana
Who was committed to free soil?
A. Lincoln
NOT chief factors for the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War?
the traditional argument between a British or French alliance
The U.S. Civil War changed character on 1 January 1863, after Lincoln ..
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
NOT one of the reasons for the victory of the northern states in the U.S. Civil War?
The Union had better generals.
The victory of the northern states in the U.S. Civil War meant that
the federal government would have greater authority in the American republic.
New France passed into British control after
7 years war
