unit 9 Flashcards
Desert heat, mountain blizzards, swarms of insects, diseases, thirst, starvation, fear of attack, and accidental shootings were all problems the pioneers moving west faced in these trains
wagon
Define Manifest Destiny
Americans believed it was the will and destiny of the United States to spread its influence across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. During the first half of the nineteenth century “Manifest Destiny” enabled the United States to grow geographically, socially, economically, technologically, and politically.
This event began in 1849 and caused many Americans to move to California to try to get rich quick. It led to the quick growth of San Francisco
Gold Rush
Northerners opposed the Mexican American war because they believed it was simply a war for Southerners to spread this horrible mistreatment of people in the West
Slavery
The term which means to allow the people to have the power to make decisions on issues that affect them is known as
popular sovereignty
Who did the United States purchased the Louisiana territory from
France’s leader Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was sent by Pres. Jefferson to explore the new US lands? Who is there guide?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with the help of their Guide Sacajawea
what name was given to the men who bravely explored the front tier lands
mountain men
how did white men think that land should be owned
privately with things such as a farm and house on it
how did Indians believe that land should be owned
collectively-man cannot own nature, but simply share nature
Who was Tecumseh
an Indian who formed confederation against US westward expansion
Who did the United States fight against in the word 1812 who won the war
The US fight against Great Britain, there was no actual winter, but the Americans considered it a win because they didn’t lose. After the war, things went back to the way they were
this 1823 doctrine of the United States government officially Warren European countries to stay out of lands of the Western Hemisphere
monroes doctrine
why did southern Americans want Indian lands in Georgia and Alabama and Florida
they wanted the fertile land for growing cotton
why did Americans begin to settle in Louisiana and Texas? Who owns Texas at the time?
freelance to form cotton on. Mexico.
