American Expansion Flashcards
Define territory
An area of land under ruling
Define Tejanos
Mexican American inhabitants of southern Texas
Define Texans
People from Texas
What is president Polks view of American expansion
He agreed with the manifest destiny and continued to try to expand America
What is the name to a belief that the US had the right and duty to expand across North America continent
Manifest destiny
Why did the US want to acquire Florida
Spain did not govern Florida and slaves were escaping to the Florida
How did the Supreme Court interpret the Indian removal act
Tribes could stay
What happened to Mexico as a result of the treaty of Guadalupe Hudalgo
They sold part of there country for the US for 18 million
Who opposed the annex of Texas
The Texas would become a slave saw the north would oppose
What happened to us as a result of the Louisiana purchase
We doubled the country in size
Who were the five civilized tribes
Cherokee, Choctaw
Seminole
Chickasaw
The southerners
Which two country’s claimed then Louisiana territory before the early 1800
France Spain
How did Mexico view slavery
It was illegal to have slaves
Describe the relationship between the Tejanos and the magician Texas
The Tejanos did not want Americans settling in there land illegally
Why did settlers want to travel to Oregan country
There was good farmland and sunny weather
