Moving Out West
Viva Mexico y Tejas
More Western Stuff
I'M GOING THROUGH CHAAAAAAANGEEEEEES
100
The name of the routes pioneers took to Oregon
Oregon Trail!
100
List three states Mexico used to own that are now part of the United States.
(California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Texas)
100
Setting the American-Canadian border at the 54-40 latitude was one of John Tyler's campaign promises. His slogan for this was...
"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!"
100
This event caused a massive influx of Irish immigrants to the United States
The Irish Potato Famine
200
This shiny and valuable resource led 300,000 thousand people to immigrate to California
Gold! (California Gold Rush)
200
This man was the leader of the Mexican Army and of Mexico as a whole during the Mexican-Texas War.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
200
The Mexicans thought the American-Mexican border was at this river
Nueces River
200
What is Abolitionism?
A movement that focused on ending slavery
300
This country also had its own desire to expand its land, which put it in direct conflict with the United States.
Mexico
300
This former church became the site of a famous last stand which inspired Texan troops to keep fighting against Mexico.
The Alamo
300
List 3 cultures that made up the American Southwest
Native, Chinese, Mexican, New-Englander (Anglo-Saxon), Appalachian
300
List 2 of the main values of the 2nd Great Awakening
Challenging traditional Protestant views, encouraged an emotional attachment to religion, power of a person's own soul and salvation, taught personal responsibility, wanted to improve the world
400
The name of the groups of men who surveyed, explored, and guided people to Oregon was
Mountain Men
400
This event sparked the Mexican American war after James K Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to the disputed Rio Grande valley.
Mexican troops attacking U.S. troops
400
Mexican cession was...
Mexico giving up its land North of the Rio Grande, receiving 15 million dollars in exchange
400
The Underground Railroad was...
An organization that helped runaway slaves escape to freedom in non-slave parts of America, and the countries of Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas.
500
This painting is depicting this American idea of moving the border West to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny!
500
The final battle of the Texas War for Independence, as depicted in this image was
Battle of San Jacinto
500
The construction of a southern transcontinental railroad was a motivating factor for this purchase
The Gadsden Purchase
500
List the disagreements in the abolitionist movement
Disagreements on how to end slavery
Disagreements on where to send freed slaves
Disagreements on whether to have a class system based on race.