Lesson 15 & 16: Manifest Destiny & Life In The West Flashcards
What is Manifest Destiny?
U.S. has the right and duty to expand across to the Pacific Ocean
How did the U.S. gain land during Westward Expansion?
war, purchase, and treaties
How did American double its size?
the Louisiana Purchase
Florida Seminole Indians were attacking which state’s wealthy plantations?
Georgia
People did not want Texas to become a state because Texas would be a __________ state.
slave
How did the Americans in Texas behave when they made the deal with Mexico?
didn’t keep their promise of learning Spanish culture and some just took Mexican land illegally
Oregon got its border when ________ made a deal with Great Britain?
President Polk
Why did some want to move to Oregon?
good farmland
Mexico _________ slavery in 1830.
abolished
Polk started which war when America and Mexico were arguing over their border?
Mexican-American War
Mexico lost half of its territory as a result of which treaty?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
President Polk believed in expanding America all the way to the ________ _________.
Pacific Ocean
The Gadsen Purchase gave America good land for what?
making a railroad to connect southern California
An argument against Manifest Destiny was
America was being a bully
How was America able to build a railroad to southern California?
Gadsen Purchase
How did America explore the land they bought called Louisiana?
Louis and Clark Expedition
Who helped Louis and Clark?
Sacagawea and Native Americans
People revived the fur trapper trade in the Rocky Mountains and became known as…
Mountain Men
Early missionaries to Oregon helped establish what?
The Oregon Trail that future people could use
Women in Oregon territory out west were more respected because they worked and survived moving out west. So they helped get which right?
right to vote
How did the population of California increase?
Gold Rush (49ers)
Chinese came for the gold but were treated very
harsh and were abused
Chinese immigrants helped America with
culture and farming skills
The Mormons were being treated badly so they packed up and moved to
Utah
