History Mini Quiz Flashcards
United States
1783 : after winning Revolutionary war with Great Britain
Louisiana Territory
1803 : purchased from France
Florida
1819 : Adam-Onis treaty with Spain
Texas
1845 : Americans settles in Spanish controlled Texas, mexico breaks from Spain, Texans break from mexico, Texas is annexed
Oregon Country
1846 : USA and Britain split Oregon
Mexican Cession
1848 : USA goes to war with Mexico over boundaries, USA wins and signs the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Gadsden Purchase
1853 : purchased from Mexico in order to build railroad tracks
Abolitionist
Stop slavery
Women’s Rights
Let women and men have equal rights
Assisting the Mentally Ill
Keeping the mentally ill out of jail
Temperance
Stopping alcohol addictions
Labor/Workers Rights
the rights and conditions of labor workers
Education
public education for kids paid with taxes
Manifest Destiny
The belief that it is the fate of the USA to control all of the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific
All of the Reforms
Assisting the Mentally Ill Womens Rights Abolitionist Temperance Labor/Workers Rights Public Education