Oregon Country
What game shows you and a group of others taking a difficult trip from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley?
Oregon Trail
Name three states we've talked about in this unit.
Oregon, Texas, Florida, California
True or False: Texas was admitted as a slave state
Point out Wyoming on the US map
It's right there!
Which president was the first to be part of the Democratic Party?
Andrew Jackson
What US state was purchased from Russia?
Alaska
True or False: Florida was admitted into the Union as a state that did not permit slavery
False
What country did Mexico win independence from in 1821?
Spain
What is the state bird of California?
Who dueled Alexander Hamilton and ultimately killed him?
Aaron Burr
Who coined the term Manifest Destiny and what was his profession?
John O' Sullivan, Journalist
What institution did Mexico abolish but allowed American settlers to continue in Texas?
Slavery
This movie won the award for "Best Picture" at the Oscars this year.
Nomadland
Who was known as "the great compromiser" in American politics?
What group of politicians loved the idea of Manifest Destiny?
Southern Democrats
Why did Congress take 6 years to incorporate Florida into the union?
Congress needed to find another state to admit to balance the free/slave state balance
What was the name of the treaty that settled the Mexican-American War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is the name of the actor who plays "Vision" in movies like Avengers: Endgame and the show Wandavision?
Paul Bettany
How did voter eligibility change during the Jacksonian era?
What was the Whitman Massacre?
When Christian missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman (along with 11 others) were killed by Cayuse natives after they brought diseases that caused an epidemic among native children.
What state was admitted along with Florida to preserve the slave/free balance and what was the status of this state?
Iowa, free
The US gained territory from Mexico in the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war. Name two states that eventually came out of this territory.
New Mexico, CA, Arizona, Texas, Colorado
Who is the Mayor of Irvine?
Farrah Khan
Define federalism and anti-federalism
Federalism = strong, central government
Anti-federalism = stronger states' rights