Manifest Destiny
This was the year that the idea of Manifest Destiny was introduced
What is 1845?
What was the country that wanted to promote the growth of Texas
What is Spain?
Why did the South have a lot of slavery, while the North had almost none?
The South had more, due to having farms and crops. They need them to collect cotton and run the farm. While the North had politics and industrial businesses that provided people with paying jobs, they didn't really need slaves.
What were some roles that vigilantes served in?
What are the police, the judge, the jury, and the executioner?
What Battle created the saying "Remember the Alamo"
The Battle of the Alamo
This was the man who opposed Manifest Destiny
Who is Albert Gallatin?
What was the reason people from the US settled in Texas
What is beacuse they received land grants that allowed them to settle there for low prices?
What was the main issue of conflict between the Northern and Southern states
What is the North opposed to slavery, and the South supported slavery?
What did Mexico cede to the United States for 15 million?
What is Califonia and New Mexico?
What year did Texas officially join the Union and why
Texas joined the Union in 1845 and it was because President Polk won the presidency and supported the southern states support for gaining Texas and the Northern states support for taking all of Oregon Territory
Who did John O'Sullivan say Manifest Destiny was destined by?
Who is God?
Who was Sam Houston?
A commander in chief for Texas forces
Why didn't Congress want to add Texas to America?
They did not want to add another slave state o the union
What is an empresario?
A person who obtained land grants from the Spanish to settle in Texas with their families
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo establish
What is that the Rio Grande is the Border between Texas and Mexico and that Mexico gave up Texas?
This is what people thought the nation's mission was in the 1800's
What is to occupy the entire continent?
This is why the United States did not want to annex Texas to the Union
What is because the northern states did not want to add another slave state to the Union?
What were the 3 main nations that immigrated to the United States during the Industrial Revolution?
What are Germany, Ireland, and Great Britain?
What did Rancheros treat the Native Americans like
What is they treated them like slaves
Who is Winfield Scott?
This was the person who suggested the idea of Manifest Destiny
Who is John L. O'Sullivan?
When did Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna become president of Mexico?
1833
Why did the North and South split?
They split due to having different opinions on slayery.
What are prairie shooners?
Covered wagon used by the 19th-century pioneers in crossing North America.
What was the battle that signed a treaty declared that Texas was independent from Mexico
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?