Quarter 3 Review Flashcards
Why is the Gadsden Purchase the best purchase ever?
Helped the US build southern transcontinental railroad
“Fifty Four Forty or Fight!” was about…
Getting more Oregon Territory from Great Britain
What is Andrew Jackson’s “Spoils System”?
The winner of the election gives his supporters and friends government jobs.
During the gold rush, how did the high demand for gold mining tools effect prices of these items?
prices were “inflated or increased” for the mining tools
What resource helped power the Northern Mill Factories
water (fast-moving rivers would turn the big mill wheel
Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion was violent and when it was over, what the the U.S. governement do?
the government made stricter laws that tightened the owner’s control and provided more harsh punishments for the slaves
What is Manifest Destiny?
Belief that Americans had the duty and the right to explore and expand the technological progress across the land.
What was did the Manifest Destiny lead to?
Mexican-American war
Trail of Tears was the result of…
Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830
Slaves often made their own life on the plantation, even if they didn’t know each other. Why?
to better cope with the horrible life and to make their community more like a family
What was the resolution to the War of 1812?
The Treaty of Ghent
Working in factories gave the workers ________
health problems
What is nullification?
States had the right to refuse to comply with a federal law if it wasn’t good for the state.
Working conditions in the Mill factories for women was….
very harsh and long hours with low wages (pay)
Which war was because of Texas?
Mexican-American War
