APUSH - Ch 11 Territorial Expansion 1820-1854

Question 0

Santa Anna (in terms of Texas)

Answer 0

• sought to bring settlers under control

- Texans rebelled

Question 1

Manifest Destiny

Answer 1

-it was our right to move west

Question 2

Battle of the Alamo

Answer 2

• major losses for Texas

- became rallying cry

Question 3

Lone Star Republic

Answer 3

-established when Texas gained independence in 1836

Question 4

Texas Annexation

Answer 4

• Jackson didn’t want to annex it due to sectional tensions

- no one did until Polk did in 1844

Question 5

Mexican-American War

Answer 5

• annexation of Texas angered Mexico

- led to war

Question 6

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 6

-gave Southwest to U.S. for $15 million

Question 7

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 7

-attempt to ban slavery in territories ceded by Mexico

Question 8

California Gold Rush

Answer 8

-thousands of people migrated West for gold

Question 9

Gadsden Purchase (1853)

Answer 9

-added land from Mexico to build southern route of transcontinental railroad

Question 10

Webster-Ashburn Treaty

Answer 10

-settled border between Minnesota and Maine with Canada

Question 11

Oregon Territory Settlement

Answer 11

-compromise set at 49th parallel

Question 12

Ostend Manifesto

Answer 12

• secret attempt to buy Cuba

- angered northerners