Manifest Destiny & Early Conflict
What is, they were told by God?
In 1803, this U.S. president authorized the purchase that doubled the size of the nation.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This 1830 law authorized the relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Mexico gained its independence from this European empire.
What is Spain?
The Mexican American War because of disputes over the border of this state.
What is Texas?
This is the name of the painting that displays the American belief of Manifest Destiny
What is American Progress?
The Louisiana Purchase was bought from this European nation.
What is France?
The forced march of the Cherokee Nation is known by this name.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Texas won its independence from this country in 1836.
What is Mexico?
This president purposefully sent troops in order to provoke war with Mexico
Who is President James K. Polk?
This conflict resulted in setting a firm border between the United States and Canada
What is the War of 1812?
This European leader sold Louisiana to the United States after he decided to no longer have colonies in the New World.
Who is Napoleon?
This U.S. president signed the Indian Removal Act into law.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This is the word for when a country acquires territory, not necessarily through war.
What is annexation?
The war ended with this 1848 treaty.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Great Britain started to interfere with American trade in the early 1800s because they were in conflict with this European country
What is France?
The Louisiana Purchase made the United States this much bigger
What is double in size?
The Indian Removal Act forced indigenous nations to move west of this American river.
What is the Mississippi?
Mexico originally invited Americans to settle Texas to help them do this.
What is, fight the indigenous people (the Comanche)?
The Mexican-American War ended with the United States acquisition of these states (name at least two)
What are California, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona?
The War of 1812 ended with this Treaty.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
What conflict, outside of the United States, ultimately led to the Louisiana Purchase?
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This Indigenous warrior created a confederacy of Indigenous tribes to fight the Americans during the War of 1812
Who is Tecumseh?
Four different U.S. presidents hesitated to admit Texas into the Union for this reason
What is the fear of increasing tensions over slavery?
The acquisition of the states in the southwest after the war was called this.
What is the Mexican Cession?