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Chapter 9 Expansion And Conflict Flashcards

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During which President’s term did the boundaries of the nation stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean?

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James K Polk

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What term means Americans had a “God given right” to expand its culture across the country?

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Manifest Destiny

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Who is the American who stated the 1st settlement in Texas in 1821?

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Stephen Austin

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Who was elected president then made himself dictator of Mexico?

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Santa Anna

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Name the 3 men who shared leadership responsibilities of the command at the Alamo?

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William Travis
Jim Bowie
Davy Crockett

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Who was elected commander-in-chief of the Texan army and would become the nation’s 1st President?

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Sam Houston

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What is the name of the battle where Texas won their independence?

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San Jacinto

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What territory dis the United States want or desire with the campaign slogan “Fifty-four Forty or fight”?

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Oregon

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What state was admitted as the 28th state in the Union and caused a severe strain in the political relations between the United States and Mexico?

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Texas

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What is the name of the president who took over for William Henry Harrison in 1841 when the US boundary extended only to the western edge of the Louisiana?

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John Tyler

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Who is the American general who moved US troops to the Rio Grande knowing it would cause a war?

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Zachary Taylor

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Who is the congressman who went to the exact spot of where American blood was shed at the start of the Mexican War?

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Abraham Lincoln

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What is the name of the American general who captured Mexico City?

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Winfield Scott

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What is the name of the American who during the Mexican War captured Northern California and established the Bear Flag Republic?

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John C Fremont

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What is the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican American War?

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Guadalupe Hidalgo

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What is the name of the large area of land in what is now the south west United States - - it was taken from Mexicans as a result of the Mexican War?

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Mexican Cession

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What is the name of the 45,000 square miles of Mexican land near the Gila River that the United States purchased?

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Gadsden Purchase

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What is the name of the proposal in Congress that called for no slavery in any of the new lands acquired from Mexico?

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Wilmot Proviso

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What is the term for the type of men who became social outcast by living in the mountains and trapping beaver?

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Mountain Men

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What is the name of the road that was referred to as the “Trail of Commerce?”

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Santa Fe Trail

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What is the - - once a year meeting where St. Louis merchants send goods out to the mountains and trade for furs?

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The Rendezvous system

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What is the name of the road that was referred to as the “trail of settlement?”

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Oregon Trail

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What is the name of the agreement in the US congress that came about as a result of the acquisition of territory from the Mexican War and the question of slavery in the area?

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Compromise of 1850

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What famous book about slavery did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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What is the act that was introduced by Stephen Douglas that opened the possibility of a transcontinental railroad through the central part of the country?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What is the term that means - - the people in the territory can vote on the issue of slavery?

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Popular Sovereignty

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What is the name given to the violence in the state of Kansas between anti-slavery groups and pro-slavery groups?

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Bloody Kansas

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What is the political party that was formed out of the opposition to the expansion of slavery?

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Republican Party

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What is the name of the Supreme Court ruling that opened up the possibility of slavery in the north?

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Dred Scott Decision

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What is the name of the man who tried to start a massive slave revolt by capturing the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?

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John Brown

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