ChPter 30 Flashcards
The term “manifest destiny” is associated with what country?
The United States
In 1803, the United States doubled in size, after the Lousianna 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
The last major Native American resistance was defeated in 1890 at the battle of?
Wounded knee
The main spark for the outbreak of the Mexican American War in 1845 was the United States acceptance of the new state of?
Texas
In 1848, the United States agreed to pay Mexico $15 million for what was then Texas, California, and New Mexico as part of the treaty of ?
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Which of the following leaders was committed to the idea of “free soil”?
Abraham Lincoln
Which of the following was NOT one of the chief factors for the outbreak of the U.S. civil war?
The traditional argument between a British or French alliance ( 4) Their recognition of the sanctity of private property. ( 3 )
The U.S. Civil war changed character on 1 January 1863, after?
Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation
Which of the following is not one of the reasons for the victory of the northern states in the U.S. Civil War?
The union had better generals.
New France passed into British control after?
The Seven Years War
The U.S invasion of Canada in the war of 1812?
Was repelled; stimulated a new sense of Canadian unity against an external threat
Farr Hing Chin was?
A Chinese immigrant to the United States who panned for gold.
Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were joined together as the Dominican of Canada? Their first prime minister was?
The British North American act of 1867.
John McDonald