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1
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When the American Revolution ended what did the US acquire?

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New land

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2
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What did Congress need to come up with a system for?

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Organizing all the new

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3
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What determined how the Northwest Territory would be governed?

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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4
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What divided land into 6 mile plots?

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The Land Ordinance

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What are the 4 things the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 said?

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  1. Population = 60,000 they could apply to be a state
  2. Slavery would be outlawed
  3. Rivers would be open for all
  4. Freedom of religion
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What did the Northwest Ordinance provide?

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procedures

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What did the white settlers acquire to much of?

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Mississippi River

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What were the six regions in the Oregon territory

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Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Canada

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T or F the soil along the Pacific Coast was NOT fertile

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False

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10
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T or F further inland you WILL find denser forests

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True

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11
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What were the Mountain Men?

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Hunters

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What four countries claimed Oregon in the early 1800’s?

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Russia, Spain, Britain, the US

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What did the US and Britain agree to?

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splitting Oregon

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14
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What season did the Wagon trains leave?

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Spring

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15
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Why was timing important for the journey West?

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They had to avoid heavy snowfall

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16
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How many miles a day would they have to travel to make it West?

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15

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17
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How many people reached Oregon between 1840 and 1860?

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50,000

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18
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Why did Spain give Moses Austin a land grant?

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To bring settlers to Texas

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19
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How many families did Austin bring in?

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300

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20
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What did the old three hundred start?

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Cotton plantations

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21
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By 1830 about how many Americans lived in Texas?

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20,000

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22
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What did Mexico do in 1830?

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Baird American immigrants

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23
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Why did Mexico begin to enforce laws?

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Because they were previously ignored

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24
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T or F one law required all Texans to be Catholic

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True

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T or F another law banned slavery
True
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Who was in charge of Mexico in between 1824 and 1836?
Santa Anna
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What year did Texas become an independent country?
1836
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Who became the Republic's first president?
Sam Houston
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What did the Mexican government refuse to recognize?
The treaty that Santa Anna signed
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What did Mexicans believe about Texas?
It was still apart of Mexico
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T or F Texas was nearly bankrupt
True
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What did people think was going to help Texas's problems?
Annexation by the USA
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T or F The argument of Texas being annexed by the USA was NOT and argument
False
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Were the Northerners opposed of Texas being Annexed by the USA?
Yes
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What did Northerners FEAR WOULD HAPPEN if Texas was annexed by the USA?
Texas would be a slave state
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Why did congress refuse to annex Texas?
They were afraid of conflict of Mexico
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How many years was Texas collecting immigrants from the USA?
9 years
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Why did thousands of Americans move to Texas in 1837?
Panic of 1837
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Who also moved to Texas in the Panic of 1837
Thousands of Americans, people from Germany and Switzerland
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By 1840 about how many people lived in Texas?
140,000
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What states thought the New West Territory was known as the New Mexico Territory?
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado
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In the mid-1840's about how many people lived in California?
700
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What did the American government offer the Mexican government?
To buy California
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What did President James K Polk believe about the California territory?
There would be great riches
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What was Manifest Destiny?
Where the USA would spread their culture across the continent
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T or F Manifest Destiny DID NOT have a negative side
False
47
T or F Many Americans used the belief of Manifest Destiny to justify taking land
True
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T or F Many settlers DID NOT move West to start a new life
False
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T or F The USA NEVER annexed Texas
False
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Why did the Mexicans worry about California?
When the USA annexed Texas
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T or F there was never a border dispute
False
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T or F James Polk URGED the American government to declare war on Mexico
True
53
Did congress declare war on Mexico after James Polk urged them too?
Yes
54
T or F ALL Americans approved of declaring war on Mexico
False
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Who refused to pay taxes as a protest to the war?
Henry David Thoreau
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Did the American government put Henry David Thoreau in prison?
Yes
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Which 2 American general attacked Mexico on many fronts?
Taylor and Scott
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Who led a revolt in California?
John Freemont
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Which American general captured Mexico City and brought into the war?
Scott
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What treaty ceded California and New Mexico Territory to the USA?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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How much did the USA for the Mexicans ceding he territories?
15 million
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Who founded the Mormon church?
Joseph Smith
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After an angry mob killed Joseph Smith who was the new leader?
Brigham Young
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T or F For years the Mormons moved out to Utah where they settled
True
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T or F The Mormons DID NOT make a trail
False
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In 1848, who discovered gold at their sawmill?
John Sutter
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Why were thousands of Californians rushing to John Sutters sawmill?
Hoping to strick at rich
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Who were the fourty-niners?
The people who went to John Sutters sawmill in 1849
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Why did California's small camps explode into thriving cities?
For the greed of gold
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T or F Chinese, African, Native Americans and Asian immigrants DID NOT come to California
False
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Why were the Chinese, African, Native Americans and Asian immigrants ran out of the mines?
For the greed of gold

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