The Growing Country Flashcards
Who purchased the Louisiana Purchase? 1803
Thomas Jefferson from
the French (RULER: Napoleon)
What is the Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the US wanted to control all of the land from the Pacific to the Atlantic
** Westward expansion **
List the order of ownership of the Louisiana Territory
- French
- Spanish - given by the French after the Spanish help and lose in the French and Indian War and lose Florida
- French - Spanish could not control the territory, given back to the French
- Finally, sold to the United States
What did the purchase of the Louisiana Territory do to the size of the United States?
It nearly doubled the size of the US
How was Texas acquired?
Through the Annexation of the Republic of Texas
*** after Texas became its own Republic, it joined the US
Texas was originally apart of what country?
Mexico
Why did the people of Texas not like Mexican rule?
They had become discontented and thought the rule was too disconnected from Texas
What happened as a result of Texas not appreciating Mexican rule?
They ceded from Mexico, creating their own country of Texas
*** Republic of Texas
What states did the California territory include?
California Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico Colorado
How was the California territory acquired?
After the Mexican-American War and the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed
$15 million
How much did the US attempt to purchase the California territory for before the Mexican-American War and the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
$ 35 million
With the purchase of the California territory, what had the US completed?
Their manifest destiny to own from the east coast to the west coast
What lead up to the Mexican-American War?
border dispute - US moved into disputed territory along the Rio Grande
How did the US acquire the Oregon territory?
Through Great Britain and a treaty
The land in the southern part of Arizona was purchased how?
Through the Gadsen Purchase
Why did the US declare war against Great Britain for the War of 1812?
Interfering with US shipping
After the War of 1812, what feeling swept the country?
Nationalism
How did the US obtain Alaska?
PurchAse
How did the US obtain Hawaii?
Annexation
Around 1812 was the US respected as a Sea-fearing or Global-power?
No, the French and British would pick on the US
eventually the French stopped, but the British continued
What wrong were the British doing against US sailors? As a result what did the US people want?
Impressing them
*** a lot of US people were to pushing to go to war with England
• also b/c of interfering with shipping
What does it mean to impress a sailor?
To take sailors off of their ships and force them to work on their own
Who declared War first in the War of 1812?
US
Who gained control of land in the War of 1812 and what was a result of this?
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
What did the War of 1812 establish the US as?
More of a Naval Power / World Power
Before the War of 1812, what was going on between the states?
Political infighting
What is Nationalism?
They states pulled together and became one
*** National Identity
*** Recalled feelings from the Revolutionary War
*** We are Americans!!
European desire for tobacco and cotton and southern desire for cheap plantation labor led to what?
African Slave Trade
What was the Middle Passage?
The brutal and inhumane portion of the triangular trade route in which African slaves were brought to America
The south was dependent on what?
Slaves
What was the first stop of
“The Passage”??
Europeans would Sail to Africa and buy or kidnap Africans
Once the Europeans arrived in the South, what would come of the slaves?
They would be sold to the people of the South
What would the Europeans use some of the money to buy?
Cash Crops
- Cotton
- Tobacco
- Indigo
What was the last passage of the triangular trade route between
Europe
Africa
US
??
Back to Europe to sell the cash crops
How did the Africans ride in the boats to the US?
They were stuffed below decks in unsanitary inhumane conditions
*** many died
What conflict caused a growing rift in the US?
Slavery
What part of the US did not agree with having slaves? As a result, what did they begin to do?
The North
*** helped start and abolitionist movement
What is an abolitionist movement?
Movement to end slavery
What was the South worried about with a possible abolishment of slavery?
Severely damaging the Southern economy
What was one of the conflicts of states joining thE US?
Whether they would join the
UNION (North - free of slaves)
CONFEDERACY (South - slave ownership)
What is the Missouri Compromise?
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
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Dealt with the addition of California
How many people lived in California around 1850?
380,000
Entonces mucho poder in la casa de representatives
What was the result of the Compromise of 1850?
California would be a free state
- New Mexico & Utah would have a choice to be free or slave
What laws were made a result of the Compromise of 1850?
Very strict laws about capturing runaway slaves
What was a result of the Kansa-Nebraska Act?
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
After
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What were the North and South thinking?
That there could possibly be a split between the Northern and Southern states
*** The abolitionist movement had grown stronger
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
- Regarded a slave who had escaped
- Was then a free state
- Owner wanted back
- Because he was considered property, he did not have the freedom, although he was in a free state
After the Dred Scott decision, how did the abolitionists / northerners feel?
Very angry
What happened that angered the South regarding slaves / abolitionist movement?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Initially, what was Abraham Lincoln’s view on abolition? How did it grow?
Was not too strong
- he saw that his party was very pro-abolitionist
- for political and philosophical reasons he became more pro-abolitionist
When Lincoln was elected, how did the South view him?
Very pro-abolitionist
As a result of the Lincoln election, what was the South thinking?
Lincoln would try to abolish slavery, thus the South wanted to cede from the North
What led to a renewed sense of nativism?
The promise of jobs following the Industrial Revolution lead to waves of immigration during the 19th century
Nativist policies in the early 20th century led to what legislations?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentleman’s Agreement
What things were built during the Industrial Revolution?
Railroads / Automobiles
Initially, What industry did many people want to break into during the Industrial Revolution?
Railroads
Who was immigrating to obtain the railroad jobs?
Irish & Chinese
What is nativism?
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
Nativism / Immigration / Job Competition lead to what?
Ethnic and Racial Animosity
- Irish disliked Germans
- Germans disliked Chinese
What movie focuses on Nativism / Immigration / Hatred / Job Competition in New York? in the 19th century?
Gangs of New York
As we moved into the 20th century what did Nativism begin to focus on?
Why?
Asian immigration
*** they were sucessful and working hard on the railroads
*** led to policies targeting the Asians
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Prohibited people from China to immigrate to the US
What is the Gentleman’s Agreement?
US asked Japan to restrict their people from moving to the US
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?
It became very difficult to immigrate to the US for Asians
When was the Monroe Doctrine introduced?
1823
What did the Monroe Doctrine (1823) assert?
asserted US power by forbidding further European colonization or interference in the Americas
*** stated dominion over North and South America / strong political statement
What did the Monroe Doctrine say to Europe?
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
At the time of the Monroe Doctrine, what was happening in many other countries?
They were establishing their freedoms and new governments and new economies
In turn, the US said, “this is our region”
