Manifest Destiny
What was Manifest Destiny?
The belief that it was destined by God for Americans to expand across the entire continent.
Jefferson lost reelection because of the failure of which law?
The Embargo Act of 1807
Dictator General of Mexico
Santa Anna
The invention that led to the increase of slavery
cotton gin
The election of Lincoln in 1860 led to the _____________________ of the Southern States
Secession
Who was forced to move across the continent a lot.
Natives.
The period of prosperity after the war of 1812
Era of good feelings
War cry of Mexican American War
"Remember the Alamo"
This deal created a boundary for slavery in 1820
Missouri compromise
Reasons for massive casualties (deaths) during the Civil War
Advanced weapons and old war strategy (Total War)
What trail did natives travel during the manifest destiny forced relocation.
Trail if Tears
Name four states that Mexico gave up after the Mexican American War.
California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.
This is the reason Americans joined the War of Texan Independence
Nationalism
These two areas of the country favored the National Bank and Internal Improvements
North and West
War technique used by William Sherman to win the Civil War
Total war
What territory did US get from Great Britain in the 1840's.
Oregon Territory
What man raided the federal arsenal to start a slave revolt.
John brown
What were the rules that Mexico set in order for Americans to settle in Texas
Had to be Catholic and no slaves
Slavery and Sectionalism in the South led to the rise of this political party
Republican Party
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation
It freed slaves in the rebel states
What was the warming from Monroe European nations to stay out of America
Monroe Doctrine
Three main advantages of the North during Civil War
Population, Industrialization, and control of the railroads
Treaty that ended the Mexican American War
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
This law required Northerners to turn in escaped slaves
Fugitive slave act
Name these two:
President of the Confederacy
General of the Confederate Army
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee.