Oregon
This was the first motivation of settling in OR.
What is spreading Christianity to Natives?
This empire owned FL.
What is Spain?
What is traumatized as a child, poor, argumentative, wants to fight, and would rather ask forgiveness rather than permission?
This river was where the war started.
What is the Rio Grande?
What is the Mexican American War?
The OR Trail was long and arduous but this is why people traveled there.
What is stories of nice landscapes, beautiful scenery, and lots of space for farming?
This general marched in against orders and literally took over FL.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This describes the Corrupt Bargain.
What is Henry Clay convinced H of R to choose John Quincy Adams to be President in return, he'd be Secretary of State. (BONUS- What did Jackson create after this?)
This is how the Mexican American War went.
The US outmatched the MX forces. (BONUS-WHY?)
This is how long TX was an independent country BEFORE becoming a part of the USA.
How long is 10 years?
This is the reason as to why the US wanted people to go to OR.
What is competing w/ Russia, Mexico, and Great Britain for claim to the land? (BONUS-Which nation(s) dropped out immediately?)
This is the main reason why the army was sent to the South.
What is FL Seminole Natives raiding GA plantations?
This describes Jacksonian Democracy.
What is common people should be in government?
President James K. Polk believed in this that caused him to provoke the war.
What is Manifest Destiny? (BONUS-DEFINE THIS)
This describes the Alamo.
What is TX fighters were surrounded in an old mission and fought until the last man against Mexican forces?
The territory was split up in ______ between these two nations. (2 parts)
What is 1/2 and between the US and GB?
This is why Spain gave FL away to the US.
What is they couldn't afford to fight a war w/ the US?
This describes the Nullification Crisis.
These lands were given to the US after the war. (name at least 5)
What is California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, parts of Wyoming, parts of Colorado, parts of Oklahoma, and parts of Utah?
This is why Mexico started seeing TX as a concern?
What is Americans started outnumbering Mexicans due to an open border? (BONUS- What were the Americans bringing that was ILLEGAL in MEX?)
Oregon proved to be advantageous because it gave access to this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This was the original way the US wanted to add FL.
What is purchasing?
This is the reason for the Trail of Tears.
What is the US government purchased the land and did not want Native plantations to compete with farming for cotton?
The US will start to have issues with how to expand this institution throughout the new territories.
What is slavery?
This battle secured TX independence.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?