Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

AP US History > Manifest Destiny Era > Flashcards

Manifest Destiny Era Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards U.S. Geography flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

During what years did the U.S. triple in size?

A

1800-1850

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is the Gadsden purchase of 1853?

A

This is the last bit of land purchases for the U.S. from Mexico. It was purchased so US could build a railroad to California, which was easier than going through the Rocky Mountains

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Why did the U.S. say they could handle the Oregon territory better than Britain?

A

US has a democratic republic which leads to freedom to make money and own land, which is different than Britain.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What’s a theocracy?

A

Governing by religion. Biggest theocracy in US was Mormons, and influence of church is still there

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What was an overland trail?

A

Any trail going from east to west. Examples are Oregon trail, Santa Fe trail, etc

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What does manifest destiny mean?

A

Extending the US from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. To extremists it meant all of North America

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What was an important aspect of all overland trails?

A

They all had rivers running next to them. Oxen would need this water when pulling the carts. The problem was that one river didn’t run all the way through the US because of the continental divide. The solution to this was South Pass in Wyoming

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What was the number one cause of death?

A

Disease. People mainly got sick because of water contamination which would lead to dissentary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What was the number two cause of death?

A

Drowning. No one knew how to swim

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What was the number three cause of death?

A

Accidents

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

How many people died crossing the plains?

A

2,000 died out of the 50,000 that crossed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What revolution set off a transportation revolution?

A

The Industrial Revolution

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What were some causes of the Transportation Revolution?

A
  • trade
  • national community feeling
  • westward movement
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Who coined the phrase, ‘Manifest Destiny’?

A

John Lewis O’Sullivan

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What does the Webster-Ashburton Treaty do?

A

This is the treaty that makes the northern border of Maine formal. Webster was the secretary of state at this time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What three groups of people were in Texas?

A

Americans, Mexicans, and Commanchees. Mexicans who lived in Texas were called Tejanos

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Who was John Freemont and what did he do?

A

He was a mountain man politician. When the Mexican War broke out he started a revolution in California. He succeeds in overthrowing the Mexican government but has to govern a defeated area

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Describe the Gold Rush

A

100,000 people came from the east for over 2 years. Most women that came were prostitutes. The land suffered from mining and farming. There were some holes left in the ground from mining, and this same land was used for farming crops

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What is the Ostend Manifesto?

A

This was a document written by fanatics that said we should take Cuba

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What was the biggest political issue from 1850-1860?

A

Slavery

21
Q

Describe why the Compromise of 1850 happened

A

This was also known as the Great Compromise. Texas wanted to be a slave state, so California wanted to be a free state, but this goes against the Compromise of 1820. Henry Clay proposes the Compromise of 1850 to allow California to be a free state. Steven Douglas pushes for it and everyone agrees

22
Q

What does the Compromise of 1850 do?

A
  • California is able to enter US as a free state
  • South gets stronger fugitive laws, which means that southerners can go north to reclaim slaves and bring them back to the south. The north will also capture the runaway slaves and help return them to their owners
  • Texas gives up all claims to Mexico
  • slave trade in DC stops
23
Q

What is the effect that Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?

A

The north actually started to care about abolishing slavery

24
Q

What is popular sovereignty and who came up with it?

A

Stephen Douglas wants to be President, so he needs votes from both north and south. He comes up with popular sovereignty which says that states should be allowed to choose whether they wanted to be a slave state or not

25
Q

What was the effect of popular sovereignty on Kansas and Nebraska?

A

Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to become states, so people who wanted it to be a free state moved to those states, and vice versa. This caused Bleeding Kansas, which was a huge riot between the free state and slave state supporters

26
Q

What is the Dred Scott Decision?

A

Dred Scott, a slave is taken to Illinois (a free state) by his master and then declares himself free. This case goes to the Supreme Court, which says that Dred Scott is still a slave because he is property

27
Q

What is Lincoln’s perspective on slavery?

A

He doesn’t like it, but says that southerners can keep slavery just not expand it to other states

28
Q

What president does the Compromise of 1850 happen under?

A

Millard Fillmore

29
Q

What president does the Nebraska Act happen under?

A

Pierce

30
Q

What president does Bleeding Kansas happen under?

A

Buchanen

31
Q

What is the first political party to oppose slavery?

A

The Free Soil Party. They say that slavery is fine where it’s at, but it can’t advance. Pretty much the Whig party renamed. This party turns into the Republican party

32
Q

What happened with Charles Summers?

A

He bad mouthed a southern senator about slavery. In return, the southern senator’s son in law, Preston Brooks , takes a cane and beats up Summers

33
Q

What were the positions of the Whig and Democrat parties on slavery, manifest destiny, and popular sovereignty?

A

The Whigs were against all of these, and the Democrats were for all of these. These things split political parties as well

34
Q

Why is the phrase ‘cotton is king’ important during this time?

A

The northerners needed cotton from the south to supply their factories, and slaves tend to the cotton on the huge plantations in the south. Senator Hammon from South Carolina pointed this out along with his opinion that the northerners were stupid.

35
Q

What was the result of Cherokee vs Georgia?

A

There wasn’t a result because the supreme court dismissed the case

36
Q

What was the result of Worcestor vs Georgia?

A

Supreme Court justice rules that the indians can’t be forcefully removed, but Jackson does it anyway

37
Q

What occurred because of immigration?

A

There were ethnic regions in big cities, such as Chinatown or Little Italy

38
Q

What two groups eventually emerge out of nativist sentiment?

A

The Know-Nothings, which eventually turn into the KKK, and the American Party

39
Q

Who were some significant artists in the Hudson Bay School of Art, particularly landscapes?

A
  • George Caitlan
  • Thomas Moran
  • Karl Boomer
  • Albert Bierstadt
40
Q

Who came up with the idea of the ‘melting pot’, and what does it mean?

A

Walter Whitman came up with this. The idea was that different cultures come together in the US, as in a melting pot, and create this ‘new man’

41
Q

Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

A

He was the first man to publish an abolitionist newspaper called ‘The Liberator’

42
Q

Who was Eli Lovejoy?

A

He was a white minister who preached against slavery. HIs church was burned down with him in it

43
Q

Who was Theodore Weld?

A

He wrote logically and with common sense about why slavery was bad

44
Q

Who was John Brown and what did he try to do?

A

He was a fanatic abolitionist who was a northerner in Kansas at the time of Bleeding Kansas. He believes that slavery cannot be done away with without violence, and therefore decides to lead the biggest slave rebellion in the south. He was counting on the slaves to help him out, but they didn’t because they didn’t want to take the risk. Buchanen sends Robert E. Lee to take care of Brown, and Brown then goes on trial for treason. He becomes a martyr for the north

45
Q

What political party is the first to be against slavery completely?

A

Liberty Party

46
Q

Who were border ruffins?

A

These were the people that went to Kansas from north and south to vote

47
Q

What is the LeCompton Constitution?

A

When Kansa first voted, they voted to make Kansas a slave state. This is the document that allows slavery in Kansas. However, this wasn’t a fair election at all

48
Q

What was Manifest Destiny used for?

A

To spread democracy, spread American ideas, and to gain money

49
Q

Who opened up Japanese trade with the US?

A

Matthew Perry

AP US History (11 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions