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Who purchased the Louisiana Purchase? 1803

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Thomas Jefferson from

the French (RULER: Napoleon)

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What is the Manifest Destiny?

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The idea that the US wanted to control all of the land from the Pacific to the Atlantic

** Westward expansion **

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List the order of ownership of the Louisiana Territory

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  1. French
  2. Spanish - given by the French after the Spanish help and lose in the French and Indian War and lose Florida
  3. French - Spanish could not control the territory, given back to the French
  4. Finally, sold to the United States
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What did the purchase of the Louisiana Territory do to the size of the United States?

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It nearly doubled the size of the US

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How was Texas acquired?

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Through the Annexation of the Republic of Texas

*** after Texas became its own Republic, it joined the US

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Texas was originally apart of what country?

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Mexico

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Why did the people of Texas not like Mexican rule?

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They had become discontented and thought the rule was too disconnected from Texas

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What happened as a result of Texas not appreciating Mexican rule?

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They ceded from Mexico, creating their own country of Texas

*** Republic of Texas

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What states did the California territory include?

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California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona 
New Mexico
Colorado
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How was the California territory acquired?

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After the Mexican-American War and the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed

$15 million

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How much did the US attempt to purchase the California territory for before the Mexican-American War and the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

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$ 35 million

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With the purchase of the California territory, what had the US completed?

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Their manifest destiny to own from the east coast to the west coast

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What lead up to the Mexican-American War?

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border dispute - US moved into disputed territory along the Rio Grande

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How did the US acquire the Oregon territory?

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Through Great Britain and a treaty

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The land in the southern part of Arizona was purchased how?

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Through the Gadsen Purchase

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Why did the US declare war against Great Britain for the War of 1812?

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Interfering with US shipping

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After the War of 1812, what feeling swept the country?

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Nationalism

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How did the US obtain Alaska?

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PurchAse

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How did the US obtain Hawaii?

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Annexation

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Around 1812 was the US respected as a Sea-fearing or Global-power?

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No, the French and British would pick on the US

eventually the French stopped, but the British continued

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What wrong were the British doing against US sailors? As a result what did the US people want?

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Impressing them

*** a lot of US people were to pushing to go to war with England

• also b/c of interfering with shipping

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What does it mean to impress a sailor?

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To take sailors off of their ships and force them to work on their own

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Who declared War first in the War of 1812?

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US

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Who gained control of land in the War of 1812 and what was a result of this?

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British gained control of US land

US gained control of British land

*** nobody really wins the war and after they sign a treaty to give each other’s land back

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What did the War of 1812 establish the US as?

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More of a Naval Power / World Power

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Before the War of 1812, what was going on between the states?

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Political infighting

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What is Nationalism?

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They states pulled together and became one

*** National Identity

*** Recalled feelings from the Revolutionary War

*** We are Americans!!

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European desire for tobacco and cotton and southern desire for cheap plantation labor led to what?

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African Slave Trade

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What was the Middle Passage?

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The brutal and inhumane portion of the triangular trade route in which African slaves were brought to America

29
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The south was dependent on what?

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Slaves

30
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What was the first stop of

“The Passage”??

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Europeans would Sail to Africa and buy or kidnap Africans

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Once the Europeans arrived in the South, what would come of the slaves?

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They would be sold to the people of the South

32
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What would the Europeans use some of the money to buy?

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Cash Crops

  • Cotton
  • Tobacco
  • Indigo
33
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What was the last passage of the triangular trade route between

Europe
Africa
US

??

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Back to Europe to sell the cash crops

34
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How did the Africans ride in the boats to the US?

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They were stuffed below decks in unsanitary inhumane conditions

*** many died

35
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What conflict caused a growing rift in the US?

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Slavery

36
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What part of the US did not agree with having slaves? As a result, what did they begin to do?

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The North

*** helped start and abolitionist movement

37
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What is an abolitionist movement?

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Movement to end slavery

38
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What was the South worried about with a possible abolishment of slavery?

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Severely damaging the Southern economy

39
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What was one of the conflicts of states joining thE US?

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Whether they would join the

UNION (North - free of slaves)

CONFEDERACY (South - slave ownership)

40
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What is the Missouri Compromise?

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As Missouri moved into the Union it was going to compromise the balance of free states vs. Slave states

  • so they split of a portion of the Massachusetts territory to create Maine - FREE STATE
  • Missouri would become a Slave state
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What is the Compromise of 1850?

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Dealt with the addition of California

42
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How many people lived in California around 1850?

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380,000

Entonces mucho poder in la casa de representatives

43
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What was the result of the Compromise of 1850?

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California would be a free state

  • New Mexico & Utah would have a choice to be free or slave
44
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What laws were made a result of the Compromise of 1850?

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Very strict laws about capturing runaway slaves

45
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What was a result of the Kansa-Nebraska Act?

A

They could chose whether they were going to be free or slave states

*** a lot of people were angry / thought it should be based on the

Missouri Compromise = balancing free vs. Slave

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After

The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act

What were the North and South thinking?

A

That there could possibly be a split between the Northern and Southern states

*** The abolitionist movement had grown stronger

47
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What is the Dred Scott Decision?

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  1. Regarded a slave who had escaped
  2. Was then a free state
  3. Owner wanted back
  4. Because he was considered property, he did not have the freedom, although he was in a free state
48
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After the Dred Scott decision, how did the abolitionists / northerners feel?

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Very angry

49
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What happened that angered the South regarding slaves / abolitionist movement?

A

Election of Abraham Lincoln

50
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Initially, what was Abraham Lincoln’s view on abolition? How did it grow?

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Was not too strong

  • he saw that his party was very pro-abolitionist
  • for political and philosophical reasons he became more pro-abolitionist
51
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When Lincoln was elected, how did the South view him?

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Very pro-abolitionist

52
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As a result of the Lincoln election, what was the South thinking?

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Lincoln would try to abolish slavery, thus the South wanted to cede from the North

53
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What led to a renewed sense of nativism?

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The promise of jobs following the Industrial Revolution lead to waves of immigration during the 19th century

54
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Nativist policies in the early 20th century led to what legislations?

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Chinese Exclusion Act

Gentleman’s Agreement

55
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What things were built during the Industrial Revolution?

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Railroads / Automobiles

56
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Initially, What industry did many people want to break into during the Industrial Revolution?

A

Railroads

57
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Who was immigrating to obtain the railroad jobs?

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Irish & Chinese

58
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What is nativism?

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Idea that a group of people who had moved to the US, were now natives

*** the next group of immigrants are encroaching on the land and livelihood

59
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Nativism / Immigration / Job Competition lead to what?

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Ethnic and Racial Animosity

  • Irish disliked Germans
  • Germans disliked Chinese
60
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What movie focuses on Nativism / Immigration / Hatred / Job Competition in New York? in the 19th century?

A

Gangs of New York

61
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As we moved into the 20th century what did Nativism begin to focus on?

Why?

A

Asian immigration

*** they were sucessful and working hard on the railroads

*** led to policies targeting the Asians

62
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What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?

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Prohibited people from China to immigrate to the US

63
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What is the Gentleman’s Agreement?

A

US asked Japan to restrict their people from moving to the US

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As a result of the Nativist policies of the early 20th century, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentleman’s Agreement what happened to Asian immigration to the US?

A

It became very difficult to immigrate to the US for Asians

65
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When was the Monroe Doctrine introduced?

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1823

66
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What did the Monroe Doctrine (1823) assert?

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asserted US power by forbidding further European colonization or interference in the Americas

*** stated dominion over North and South America / strong political statement

67
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What did the Monroe Doctrine say to Europe?

A

We have taken control of the Americas

*** Europe, you will no longer interfere with the Colonization or interference in

economies
political systems
Governments

Of North or South America

68
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At the time of the Monroe Doctrine, what was happening in many other countries?

A

They were establishing their freedoms and new governments and new economies

In turn, the US said, “this is our region”

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