Chapter 17 Review Jeopardy

Goin West'

100

Explain the principle of manifest destiny:

- God given right to expand West from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

200

This wagon party tried to reach California, went off course and resulted to cannibalism in an effort to survive:

Donner Party

300

Provide three reasons why manifest destiny was popular for the time:

--more land = more power and prestige as a nation

--more land = availability to resources

--more economic opportunity out West for the growing industrial East

400

The CA gold rush occurred where and in what year?

Sutters Mill (san fran), 1848-1849

500

The author ______ created the famous painting "American Progress" in the year _______

John Gast, 1872

A fire bell in the night

100

Slaves looking to escape to their freedom used this:

Underground Railroad

200

This law passed in 1820 was the first compromise to deal with the growing tension over slavery. It established the 36, 30 parallel

Missouri Compromise

300

The most contentious aspect of the Compromise of 1850 was the: 

Fugitive Slave Clause

400

Explain the principle of pop sovereignty and why it would be appealing during the time:

-- Citizens of a territory could decide the issue of slavery themselves (via vote).

-- It's the most direct form of democracy 

500

Explain 3 reasons why a growing opposition to slavery was emerging during the time:

--Anti-slavery news and literature

--A growing sense of morality and religious revival (2nd Great Awakening) led people to challenge the evils of slavery 

-- The country was becoming more sectionalized in their beliefs and way of life (Industrial North, agrarian South)

Neighboring disputes

100

The name of the Treaty which ended the war

 Guadalupe Hidalgo

200

Provide three reasons why the US went to war with Mexico:

-- American soldiers were killed

--Rejection of diplomatic terms trying to buy the land

-- Manifest destiny and territorial expansion

-- To satisfy the slave holding south in their quest to spread slavery South/West

300

Provide three reasons why their was opposition to the Mexican American War:

--Contentious "spot" where blood was shed

-- North is caving into the slave holding south/expansionists in Congress

-- War was immoral and unjust 

400

This diplomat negotiated the Treaty ending the war with Mexico without authorization from Polk and Washington D.C.

Nicolas Trist

500

This man preached the concept of civil disobedience as as part of his defiance to the Mexican American War:

Henry David Thoreau

Let's get political

100

This political party favored territorial expansion, war with Mexico and drew most of its support from the South/West

Democrats

200

This party drew more of its support from the industrial north, ran many former war heroes for President and was the party of my favorite (sarcastic) APUSH character...Henry Clay

Whigs

300

This political party was an anti-immigration, anti-catholic party, nativist party.

Know-nothing party 

400

This political party was morally opposed to slavery and was the first to condemn the institution of slavery politically

Concise whigs

500

This political party was against slavery on the basis that it denied economic opportunities to white laborers in the newly acquired territory

Free Soil Party

Misc.

100

The rejection of this envoy prompted Polk to send troops to Texas to defend land claims

Slidell envoy

200

This man was nicknamed the Great Compromiser for his efforts to broker the Compromise of 1850

Henry Clay

300

The disputed territory of where blood was shed leading to the war took place between which two rivers:

Nuaces, Rio Grande

400

The slogan 54, 40 or fight was a rallying cry for this territorial conquest:

Oregon

500

This proposed law named after this Congressman stated any territory in the newly acquired Mexican Cession should be free of slavery.

David Wilmot (Proviso)