Unit 7 - - Expansion and Crisis Flashcards
During whose presidency did the US boundary stretch ONLY to the western edge of Louisiana - - he was President after William Henry Harrison in 1841?
John Tyler
During whose Presidency did the boundaries of the nation stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
James K Polk
What was the 28th state in the Union - and caused a severe stain in the political relations between the United States and Mexico?
Texas
What term means that Americans had a “God given right” to expand its culture across the country?
Manifest Destiny
What territory did the United States want so badly that we created the slogan - - “Fifty-four Forty or fight”?
Oregon
What is the name of battle where Texas won it independence?
San Jacinto
What is the name of the man who started the first settlement in Texas in 1821?
Stephen F. Austin
Who was elected president - then made himself the DICTATOR of Mexico?
Santa Anna
Who was elected commander-in-chief of the Texan army and would become that nation’s first president?
Sam Houston
Who are the three men who shared leadership responsibilities of the command at the alamo?
Jim Bowie
Davy Crockett
William Travis
What was the proposal in Congress that called for no slavery in any of the new lands acquired from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Who was the American general who moved US troops to the Rio Grande knowing it would cause a war?
Zachary Taylor
What was the name given to the purchase of 45,000 square miles of Mexican land near the Gila River?
Gadsen Purchase
What was the name of the American general who captured Mexico City?
Winfield Scott
Who was the american who during the Mexican War captured Northern California and established the Bear Flag Republic?
John C. Fremont
Who was the congressman who wanted to know the exact spot where American blood was shed starting the Mexican War?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the Treaty that ended the Mexican-American war?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the name given to the large area of land in the southwest - that was taken from the Mexicans as a result of the war?
Mexican Cession
Who tried to start a massive slave revolt by capturing the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
What was the name given to the type of men who became social outcast by living in the mountains and trapping beaver?
Mountain Men
Name the road that was referred to as the “Trail of Commerce?”
Santa Fe Trail
What was the Supreme Court ruling that opened up the possibility of slavery in the north?
Dred Scott Decision
What political party that was formed out of opposition to the expansion of slavery?
Republican Party
Was was the violence in Kansas between anti-slavery factions and pro-slavery factions?
Bleeding Kansas
What is the meeting called that is held once a year in-which St. Louis merchants send goods out to the mountains and trade for furs?
Rendezvous system
What is the name of the road that was referred to as the “trail of settlement”?
Oregon Trail
What famous book about slavery was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What term means the people in the territory vote on the issue of slavery?
Popular sovereignty
What was the agreement that came about as a result of the acquisition of territory from the Mexican War and the question of slavery in that area?
Compromise of 1850
What was the act that was introduced by Stephen Douglas that opened the possibility of a transcontinental railroad through the central part of the country?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
