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Manifest Destiny Flashcards

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

A

New land

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

A

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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5
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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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6
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What did the Northwest Ordinance provide?

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procedures

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7
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What did the white settlers acquire to much of?

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Mississippi River

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8
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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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9
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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?

A

Hunters

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12
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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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13
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What did the US and Britain agree to?

A

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?

A

Cotton plantations

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21
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By 1830 about how many Americans lived in Texas?

A

20,000

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22
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What did Mexico do in 1830?

A

Baird American immigrants

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23
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Why did Mexico begin to enforce laws?

A

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

A

True

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25
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T or F another law banned slavery

A

True

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26
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Who was in charge of Mexico in between 1824 and 1836?

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Santa Anna

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27
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What year did Texas become an independent country?

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1836

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28
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Who became the Republic’s first president?

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Sam Houston

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29
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What did the Mexican government refuse to recognize?

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The treaty that Santa Anna signed

30
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What did Mexicans believe about Texas?

A

It was still apart of Mexico

31
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T or F Texas was nearly bankrupt

A

True

32
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What did people think was going to help Texas’s problems?

A

Annexation by the USA

33
Q

T or F The argument of Texas being annexed by the USA was NOT and argument

A

False

34
Q

Were the Northerners opposed of Texas being Annexed by the USA?

A

Yes

35
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What did Northerners FEAR WOULD HAPPEN if Texas was annexed by the USA?

A

Texas would be a slave state

36
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Why did congress refuse to annex Texas?

A

They were afraid of conflict of Mexico

37
Q

How many years was Texas collecting immigrants from the USA?

A

9 years

38
Q

Why did thousands of Americans move to Texas in 1837?

A

Panic of 1837

39
Q

Who also moved to Texas in the Panic of 1837

A

Thousands of Americans, people from Germany and Switzerland

40
Q

By 1840 about how many people lived in Texas?

A

140,000

41
Q

What states thought the New West Territory was known as the New Mexico Territory?

A

Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado

42
Q

In the mid-1840’s about how many people lived in California?

A

700

43
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What did the American government offer the Mexican government?

A

To buy California

44
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What did President James K Polk believe about the California territory?

A

There would be great riches

45
Q

What was Manifest Destiny?

A

Where the USA would spread their culture across the continent

46
Q

T or F Manifest Destiny DID NOT have a negative side

A

False

47
Q

T or F Many Americans used the belief of Manifest Destiny to justify taking land

A

True

48
Q

T or F Many settlers DID NOT move West to start a new life

A

False

49
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T or F The USA NEVER annexed Texas

A

False

50
Q

Why did the Mexicans worry about California?

A

When the USA annexed Texas

51
Q

T or F there was never a border dispute

A

False

52
Q

T or F James Polk URGED the American government to declare war on Mexico

A

True

53
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Did congress declare war on Mexico after James Polk urged them too?

A

Yes

54
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T or F ALL Americans approved of declaring war on Mexico

A

False

55
Q

Who refused to pay taxes as a protest to the war?

A

Henry David Thoreau

56
Q

Did the American government put Henry David Thoreau in prison?

A

Yes

57
Q

Which 2 American general attacked Mexico on many fronts?

A

Taylor and Scott

58
Q

Who led a revolt in California?

A

John Freemont

59
Q

Which American general captured Mexico City and brought into the war?

A

Scott

60
Q

What treaty ceded California and New Mexico Territory to the USA?

A

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

61
Q

How much did the USA for the Mexicans ceding he territories?

A

15 million

62
Q

Who founded the Mormon church?

A

Joseph Smith

63
Q

After an angry mob killed Joseph Smith who was the new leader?

A

Brigham Young

64
Q

T or F For years the Mormons moved out to Utah where they settled

A

True

65
Q

T or F The Mormons DID NOT make a trail

A

False

66
Q

In 1848, who discovered gold at their sawmill?

A

John Sutter

67
Q

Why were thousands of Californians rushing to John Sutters sawmill?

A

Hoping to strick at rich

68
Q

Who were the fourty-niners?

A

The people who went to John Sutters sawmill in 1849

69
Q

Why did California’s small camps explode into thriving cities?

A

For the greed of gold

70
Q

T or F Chinese, African, Native Americans and Asian immigrants DID NOT come to California

A

False

71
Q

Why were the Chinese, African, Native Americans and Asian immigrants ran out of the mines?

A

For the greed of gold

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