What's the word bird?
The right and duty to expand across North America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. People thought it was their fate or “destiny” to spread American ideas, land, and government westward.
Manifest Destiny
*** Double Jeopardy***
Name the area that was gained from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexican Cession
What advantage did the Seminoles have during the Seminole Wars?
Knowledge of the Land
The Seminole were familiar with the swamps and dense forests of Florida, which gave them a huge advantage in hiding, ambushing, and making surprise attacks on U.S. troops.
What is the location that became a safe haven for free Blacks in St. Augustine?
Fort Mose
Why were people rushing to California?
Gold was found
To give up land or power, usually after a war or an agreement
Cede
Name the are purchased from Mexico that allowed for a Transcontinental Rail road to be built
Gadsden Purchase
President James K. Polk used the phrase “American blood was shed on American soil” after a border clash near the Rio Grande. What was he trying to convince Congress to do?
declare war on Mexico to expand into central America?
I was hired to explore the Mexican Cession and had a Mountain name after me. Who am I?
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
*** Double Jeopardy***
List three contributions Mexicans made to the United States
Ranching
Farming
Mining
Food
Architecture
Irrigation
When one country takes over land and makes it part of their own country.
Annexation
Spain realized this area did not have any Economic gain so they signed the Adams-Onis Treaty?
What area was ceded to the United States?
Florida
*** Double Jeopardy***
When American settlers moved into Mexican-owned Texas, what were two things Mexico asked them to do in exchange for land?
Become Mexican citizens
Obey Mexican laws
Convert to Catholicism (Mexico’s official religion)
Not bring slaves
This war between the United States and Mexico resulted in the U.S. gaining a large amount of land, including California and the Southwest. What was this war called?
Mexican-American War
Who was able to receive American Citizenship after the Mexican American war?
Mexicans (Mexicanos)
This term refers to African Americans who escaped slavery and joined the Seminole tribe, fighting alongside them in the Seminole Wars to protect their freedom.
Black Seminole
I am located at the halfway point between Pensacola and Saint Augustine what am I?
Tallahassee, the state Capital
After the U.S. annexed Texas in 1845, Congress was worried it might lead to a war with Mexico and increase what major issue in America?
Slavery Issues
Texas allowed slavery, so adding it as a state would increase the power of slave states in Congress. This upset people in the North who were against the spread of slavery.
*** Double Jeopardy***
In the painting American Progress, Columbia floats westward carrying a book and stringing telegraph wire. What are two pros and two cons of Manifest Destiny shown in this image?
Pros:
Brings new technology and Education
Cons:
Native Americans and animals are being pushed off the land
Shows destruction of nature and loss of native ways of life
Which group moved to California to work as Miner but were treated unfairly?
Chinese Immigrants
*** Double Jeopardy***
A Railroad that goes all the way across a continent
Transcontinental Railroad
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek relocated the Seminoles to what location?
Central Florida
Both Osceola and Chief Billy Bowlegs led the Seminoles in the Seminole wars. What did they both have in common? and How are they different?
Same: They both resisted going west
Different: Osceola died as an American prisoner Chief Billy Bowlegs admitted defeat and went West
This chant, “54°40' or Fight!” was used by Americans who wanted to take all of the Oregon Territory from Great Britain. What was the result of this dispute.
They were able to come to a compromise agreeing that all land from the 54°40' boarder would belong to the U.S.
In 1849, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California, leading thousands of people to rush there in hopes of striking it rich. What was the name given to these gold seekers?
Forty-Niners