Unit 4 Flashcards
In the 1840s, where did most immigrants coming to America arrive from?
Ireland and Germany.
Why did most immigrants come to the U.S.?
Political instability in their native countries, economic opportunity, religious and political freedoms.
Most immigrants came to the U.S. for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
the abundance of factory jobs in the American South
For the most part, Irish immigrants _____.
landed in and remained in Boston and New York.
What is NOT a reason why many native-born Americans did not welcome immigrants?
They revered the King James version of the Bible.
Which issue further complicated the anti-immigrant feeling?
slavery and separations within church denominations
What did immigrants bring with them?
early forms of baseball and horse racing
What is the term for applying for and receiving citizenship?
naturalization
In which decade did the Irish Potato Famine occur?
1840s.
What could immigrants expect to find in America?
Better opportunities than in their homeland.
What caused a significant rise in Germans emigrating to the United States during the 1840s?
Failed German revolutions.
In which year did Mexico earn its independence from Spain?
1821.
In the mid-1700s, the Spanish built their forts as a protection against whom?
Britain & Russia.
Where was the first Spanish mission in western America built?
San Diego.
Which statement accurately characterizes the relationship between the Spanish missionaries and the Native Americans?
Some Native Americans willingly converted to Christianity and coexisted with the colonizing Spanish, while some refused.
Father Junipero Serra ____.
worked to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Who succeeded at gaining Mexico its independence from Spain?
Agustin de Iturbide.
The independent Mexico established all of the following reforms EXCEPT:
allowed Spain to continue to set laws for Mexico
Which of the following issues was NOT a cause of the Mexican government’s conflicts with Americans settling Mexican Texas?
American’s refusal to farm the lands in Texas
Who led the effort for Texas’s independence from Mexico?
Sam Houston
Where did the decisive battle for Texas independence occur?
the Battle of San Jacinto
At the Convention of 1818, the United States entered into a treaty with the British that allowed for America’s expansion into ____.
Oregon.
What was the belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Coast called?
Manifest destiny.
The United States’ annexation of Texas was complicated by the fact that _____.
annexing Texas would disrupt the balance of free and slave states in America.
