American Revolution/Texas Annexation
The original 13 colonies were ruled/owned by...
What is Great Britain
Missouri was a __________ state
Slave state
This large plot of land was given a name that we know it by today!
What is the Great Plains
This president signed off on the Indian removal act..
What is Andrew Jackson
A nation's relationships and actions with other countries
What is Foreign Policy
Who helped the colonists?
France-provided resources for war
A compromise is...
*neither side gets exactly what they want
This place is the main reason the US wanted to own the Great Plains
New Orleans
Before westward expansion, there were 30-60 million of us before westward expansion
What is the Buffalo
A nations Issues within its country's borders
Domestic policy
Who owned Texas?
what is Mexico
Why did the nation agree to a "compromise."
What is to maintain balance
It kept the number of free and slave states equal (12 each) for a period, temporarily easing sectional tensions.Keeping balance
The US purchased (bought) the land for a certain amount of money...
What is 15 million$$$
This IDEA is the reason why we were removed from our (Native Americans) land
What is westward expansion
sectionalism
loyalty to one's region over the nation
-belief that your section/part of the country is superior (better)
Why did Texas want independence from Mexico? What was a large issues affecting the Anglo American settlement ??
Mexico abolished slavery, the people moving into Texas relied on slavery for their economy
Missouri was added as a slave state and _______________ was added as a free state
Free
The US bought the land from a man named _______ from ____________.
Napoleon
France
We were put into schools that taught us how to fit into society...what were we taught? Why were we here and how did that affect us??
They were taught to be carpenters or house cleaners. They were placed into schools to help them fit into white society more. They lost culture
Primary source
Secondary source
primary- first-hand evidence, someone was actually there/present (diaries, interviews, original research
secondary-provides analysis(explanation), interpretation, or commentary on primary sources (first-hand accounts), offering a second-hand perspective removed from the original event
Texas won its independence and was technically a free "country." What happened when the wanted to Join the US?? Why was the US precautious? (worried)
Texas and Mexico broke up, America did not want beef with Mexico as the nation was kind of new! n
The Missouri Compromise was a _____________ fix for the rising issues in the area
short term fix
Explain why the US wanted to control the Mississippi River/New Orleans
The port in New orleans/Mississippi for unrestricted trade access.
its all about $$$$$$*river was the essential "highway" for western farmers to ship goods to the Atlantic and Europe, and whoever controlled the port of New Orleans controlled this entire trade route
As a result of westward expansion, we were placed on certain spaces of land in a specific state...
Reservations: Oklahoma
Monroe Doctrine Policy
U.S. foreign policy that warned European powers against further colonization (control over land/people) or interference in the Western Hemisphere