History "From Sea to Sea" #5

Question 1

What does Manifest mean?
What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 1

Manifest - Completeness
Manifest destiny:
- our duty to control not only the continent but be a major factor in the world.
- it was our duty to do expansionism

Question 2

What was the motivation for Manifest Destiny?
What people were affected by this?

Answer 2

“God wants us to control the continent

The Indians would be pushed out of the way.

Question 3

What is expansionism?

Answer 3

The idea of moving out & acquiring more land.

Question 4

What would states have to do to be in the Union?

Answer 4

They would have to choose between being a slave state or a free state

Question 5

What was the Missouri Compromise?

What was the result?

Answer 5

1820
- a debate in Congress over slavery in the territories.
- It was a “Balance of Power” issue and a “Sectional issue”

-Missouri would be admitted into the union as a slave state, Maine as a free state.
- Slavery would be allowed in states below the 36/30 parallel

Question 6

What is the 36/30 Parallel

Answer 6

This was the line drawn up my the Missouri Comprimise to split up the slave states and the free states.

Question 7

Who was the Whig Party?
Where all their members anti-slave?

Answer 7

-They were an Anti-slavery party
-no

Question 8

What party did Andrew Jackson make?

Answer 8

The Democrats

Question 9

Who would the Whig Party nominate as their candidate

Answer 9

Henrey Clay

Question 10

Who did the Democrats nominate for their candidate

Answer 10

James K Polk

Question 11

What was Polk Presidency known for?

Answer 11

Manifest Destiny

Question 12

What would Polk get for the United states?
(Think territories)

Answer 12

He gave us the lower 48 states.

Question 13

Who was the Goddess Columbia?

Answer 13

Represented the U.S. and Manifest Destiny
Goddess of freedom and progress

Question 14

Why did Abraham Lincon want to be in the Whig Party

Answer 14

HE thought it would get him to become a territorial governor for Oregon.

Question 15

What was significant about the Oregon territories?

Answer 15

• the 49th parallel divided it
• 4 countries lay claim to it
• Neither slave nor free
• Resource rich (minerals & furs)

Question 16

Why were settlers moving south?

Answer 16

America was getting to crowded

Question 17

What where people bringing to Texas that Mexico didn’t like?

Answer 17

They where bringing slavery

Question 18

Mexicos dictator

Answer 18

Santa Anna

Question 19

What did Santa Anna want to do in Central America?
Who did he try to be?

Answer 19

Santa wanted to color all of Central America
Santa wanted to be the napoleon of Central America

Question 20

When did Texas declare independence?
This was also Andrew Jacksons’ last year in office.

Answer 20

1863

Question 21

How did Santa Anna get into power in Mexico?

Answer 21

Though a Civilian Coup

Question 22

What battle would Santa Anna win in Texas?

Answer 22

The Alamo

Question 23

Where did Sam Houston defeet Santa Anna?

Answer 23

San Jacinto in April 1836

Question 24

Where did Stephan Austin send settlers?

Answer 24

to Texas in 1822

Question 25

When Texas asked And. Jackson for help to get independence what did he say?

Answer 25

He said no

Question 26

What was Texas known for?

Answer 26

Being an independent state

Question 27

What where the 2 reasons the Mexican war happened?

Answer 27

• The U.S. wanted California and New Mexico
• The U.S. has border disputes on the Rio Grande

Question 28

Where did Santa Anna say the U.S.-Mexican border was?

Answer 28

The Nueces River

Question 29

How much did Polk offer for California and New Mexico?
Why did he offer the money even though he knew Mexico wasn’t going to take the money?

Answer 29

• 30 million bucks
• he wanted an excuse to have a war with Mexico.
  - They would sell him the land so he had to take it.

Question 30

How did Polk start the Mexican War?

Answer 30

• He sent Zachary Taylor to defend the Texan Border
• Mexico claimed it as their land.
• They attacked U.S. troops
  - this was Polk’s excuse to have the war

Question 31

What was the War Plan of Mexico?

Answer 31

to Attack on three fronts:

1. Take control of California
   - Kearney (Bear flag revolt ) and Fremont
2. Winfield Scott takes control of Mexico City = disrupting the government
3. Taylor secures the border and Monterey

Question 32

What was California having during the Mexican War?

Answer 32

The Bear Flag revolt
- wanted Californian Independence
- the people had taken over

Question 33

What Treaty ended the Mexican War?

Answer 33

• Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
• U.S. would gain New Mexico And California
• Rio Grande was the border now
• we paid Mexico 15 million for the land

Question 34

What was the Gadsden Purchase?
Why did America buy this?

Answer 34

• This was the last remaining parts of New Mexico and Arizona
• We bought this because we want to put a southern Rail ROad through there