chapter 15 section 2

Question 1

U.S. attitude toward European affairs

Answer 1

avoid it

Question 2

U.S. focus on

Answer 2

building their lives within the country.

Question 3

NW ordinance provided

Answer 3

form of government for settlers in northwest territory

Question 4

once 5,000 males lived in territory

Answer 4

could start its own legislature

Question 5

once 60,000 people lived

Answer 5

adopt a constitution and apply for statehood

Question 6

The Louisiana purchase

Answer 6

doubled the size of the United States

Question 7

who sold us The Louisiana purchase

Answer 7

Napoleon/France

Question 8

Florida was

Answer 8

purchased from Spain

Question 9

The texas territory disputes

Answer 9

we go to war with Mexico
win the war
win texas

Question 10

Oregon Territory

Answer 10

treaty; Great Britain gave to the U.S

Question 11

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 11

United States completed this purchase in 1853

Question 12

what year did we purchase Alaska

Answer 12

1867

Question 13

in what year was Hawaii annexed

Answer 13

1898

Question 14

competition among section or regions of the country

Answer 14

sectionalism

Question 15

northeast was

Answer 15

industrial

Question 16

south was

Answer 16

agricultural

Question 17

west

Answer 17

largely frontier

Question 18

slavery issue

Answer 18

each new state would decide to abolish or allow slavery

Question 19

what year was Abraham Lincoln elected President

Answer 19

1860

Question 20

what year did the civil war begin

Answer 20

1861

Question 21

the civil war was the first

Answer 21

modern war

Question 22

what are the characteristics of a modern war

Answer 22

involved civilians 
modern weapons
modern clothing/armor
transportation
fight goes beyond battlefield

Question 23

when did Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation

Answer 23

1863

Question 24

when did the confederacy surrender

Answer 24

April 1865