Westward Expansion
Why did Americans move westward during the 1800s?
Manifest Destiny, more land, more resources.
Who started the Mexican-American war? The United States or Mexico?
United States!! They invaded mexico.
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln!
What is Secession?
To leave a country and form a different country.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Make slavery illegal.
What are some negative impacts of Manifest Destiny?
Native Americans lost their land, Mexican land was taken.
What are the two causes of the Mexican-American War?
Border disputes in Texas and Manifest Destiny?
What is Sectionalism?
What is Mr. Jhanji's favorite vegetable?
Potato!!!
What are some positive aspects of Manifest Destiny?
Poor Americans got the opportunity to start anew, more land and resources.
The United States
Minnie Balls, Medical Care, the military tactics, more advanced military equipment.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The American belief that it had the God-given right to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Give one example of MODERN DAY impacts of slavery on the United States.
Answers will vary. To be decided by Mr. Jhanji.
In his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant said that the United States was punished for their involvement with the Mexican-American War. How did he say the United States was punished?
With the Civil War.
What was the black bean incident?
Soldiers were captured by Santa Ana. Forced to draw beans. One in every 10th man was killed.
Sectionalism, Slavery, States Rights, Secession
What is annexation?
When one country takes over another territory (like the annexation of Texas).
Explain the 14th Amendment.
Granted equal rights for African-Americans in the United States.
This piece of land was bought from France by the USA in 1803 for $15 million. This land brought the border of the USA right next to Texas. What is the territory called?
The Louisiana Territory/Purchase.
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, included two parts. In the first part, the United States would pay Mexico $15 Million. What was the second part?
Mexico would give the United States all the land west of Texas.
Who was the top general of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
This is the name of the time period after the Civil War, where the USA was rebuilding.
Reconstruction.
The invention of what device in the 19th century caused the production of cotton to become much more profitable, therefore causing the demand for slaves to rise in the South?
The cotton gin!