To get their crops to market, American farmers floated them down the Mississippi to New Orleans. There the crops were shipped to Europe or cities on the East Coast.
Why were New Orleans and the Mississippi River important to farmers in the early 1800s?
100
Who was in charge of Florida at this time?
Spain
100
It became a state, broh.
What happened to Texas in 1845?
100
In 1853, the US bought flat land south of the Mexican Cession for %10 million.
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
100
It was a philosophy emphasizing that people should transcend, or go beyond logical thinking to reach true understanding, with the help of emotions and intuition.
What was transcendentalism?
200
He hoped to settle the territory with thousands of French farmers and they would grow food for the slaves who worked in France's sugar plantations in the Caribbean.
What was Napleon's plan for Louisiana?
200
Americans were more concerned with obtaining Texas which was worth "ten Florida's".
Why did some American disapprove the 1819 agreement?
200
Stephen F. Austin had to choose only moral and hardworking settlers and they had to promise to become Mexican citizens and join the Catholic church.
What was a reason Spain allowed Americans to settle parts of Texas?
200
It was a revival of religious feeling and belief from the 1800s to the 1840s.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
200
This area had most industries and had a more diverse economy than it's counterpart.
What is the difference between the economies of the North and South?
300
Napoleon didn't need Louisiana any more and France was on the brink of war with Great Britain.
Why was Napoleon willing to give up Louisiana?
300
This country left Florida in exchange for $5 million.
What was the deal that the US made with Spain in 1819?
300
Most Texans were Americans who wanted Texas to become a part of the US.
What was one argument for letting Texas into the Union?
300
The US paid them $15 million, promised to protect the 100,000 folk living there.
What are the details of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
300
Dorthea Dix headed this reform movement
What is the prison reform movement?
400
President Monroe signed a treaty giving Louisiana to the US in exchange for $15 million.
What deal was made on April 30th, 1803?
400
He marched into Florida with 1700 troops, captured Spanish military posts, and replaced the Spanish governor with an American.
What did Andrew Jackson do concerning Florida?
400
Some Northerners who opposed slavery wanted to keep them out of the US because it was a slave state.
What was one arguments against letting Texas into the Union?
400
The two nations agreed to a peaceful "joint occupation".
What agreement did GB and the US make in the 1820s concerning Oregon?
400
If you did good works, then you could be saved!
What was the optimistic message of the Second Great Awakening?
500
Some worried it would be impossible to govern while others objected to it's large price.
Why did people argue against buying Louisiana?
500
Jackson was to chase raiding Seminoles into Florida.
What did Monroe order Jackson to do in 1818?
500
James K. Polk
Who was a president and a big advocate of manifest destiny?
500
He meant that either the US gets all of Oregon or the US will go to war to get it.
What did Polk mean when he declared "Fifty-four forty or fight!" in the 1844 presidential campaign?