Vocab
To add a territory to a country.
What is the definition of an annex?
Had led a revolt of other enslaved people in the French Caribbean colony known today as Haiti.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
The Louisiana Territory.
What does the first article talk about in the section?
Louisiana was where.
What was west of the Mississippi river?
Over thousands of people settled here.
How many people settled in Oregon Country?
Crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, are raised in large quantities and sold for profit.
What is the definition of a cash crop?
Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is President Thomas Jefferson?
The Mexican-American War.
What war happened between the Mexicans and Americans?
We took Florida from this place at this time.
What place did we take from Spain in 1819?
Added land that completed the outline of the continental United States.
What is the Gadsen Purchase?
Someone who rules with absolute power, often harshly.
What is the definition of a dictator?
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825) and the last President of the Founding Fathers.
Who is President James Monroe?
Westward Trails.
What trails did the people take?
Texas became a state.
In 1845 what state was admitted as the 28th state?
The Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans.
What was near the Louisiana territory?
The art of conducting negotiations with other countries.
What is the definition of diplomacy?
Served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A member of multiple political parties.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Oregan Country.
Which place was discovered by many people?
Oregan Country was claimed by this many nations.
What was claimed by 4 different nations?
Americans in Texas.
Who rebelled against the Mexican government?
Heavenly or godlike.
What is the definition of divine?
Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
Cash Crops.
How did most people make their money?
California and New Mexico where wanted by.
What 2 states did Polk want?
Acquired the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as parts of Colorado and Wyoming.
What did the United States acquire?