Going West
What was the Idea that Americans were meant to go beyond the Mississippi River and build our empire to stretch coast to coast?
Manifest Destiny
In the 1800's sectionalism grew due to 2 factors what were they?
Slavery and States Rights.
What main crop in the south increased the need for slaves?
Cotton
What political party was formed in 1858 and used Anti Slavery as its main platform
Republican
What former spanish mission was the site of a famous battle that resulted in all occupants being killed?
The Alamo
What was bleeding kansas?
Fighting between proslavery and antislavery residents of kansas on the issue of slavery vote.
Which Treaty gave the U.S. all British land east of the Mississippi river?
Treaty of Paris
Explain the difference between Life in the North and South for people in the 1800's
North was more manufacturing south was agriculture and south had much more slavery north had factory jobs south had farmers.
This was the first man made waterway that improved shipping ability and led to creation of more of its kind.
Erie Canal
What did the supreme court decide in the Dred Scott case?
He was still a slave even though he had lived in a free state
Explain the cause of the Mexican American War?
American Settlers moving into texas territory and the gradual movement of Americans onto mexican owned land in the west.
Name 3 things that were in the slave codes?
1. Can't help slaves read or write
2. Slaves can't congregate
3. Could not leave plantation
4. Could not carry gun
5. Could not be out after dark
What were people who went west to find gold in California in the 1800's called?
49ers
What law made it required to report a run away slave and what impact did this have?
Fugitive slave act, Northerners saw it as immoral.
What 2 inventions most helped in the area of transportation and trade?
Steamboat and Train/Steam Engine
What president from tennessee ran his 1845 campaign on the issue of annexing texas?
James K Polk
What famous tennessean died at the alamo
Davey Crockett
How were the rights of Women restricted during the 1800's
Women could not get an education and were expected to stay in the home. Women could not vote, get divorced, and wife beating was legal in most places.
What were the 3 roots or reasons for manifest destiny?
Political, economic and social
What did both the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 aim to do?
Resolve the issue of slavery expansion
Explain the difference between Irish immigrants and other immigrants during the 1800's
Irish were unskilled workers who often arrived poor and desperate, worked mostly in factories and were catholic. Most other immigrants had some money or skill set and were usually protestant.
Who invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Why did the U.S. buy the gadsden purchase
To build a railroad from california to the south
Explain Nativism?
The belief that the people that are native to a country are superior and deserve better treatment than immigrants.
What treaty gave us Florida and who authorized the Louisiana Purchase?
Onis-Adams treaty, Thomas Jefferson
Explain the Kansas Nebraska Act
Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide slavery issue by voting on it.
What were 3 factors that led to the industrial revolution in america?
1. Population growth/immigrants
2. Better transportation for trade
3. Better communication methods
Who led the only successful slave revolt in the history of the U.S.
Nat Turner
Why did the U.S. not allow texas to become a state right after the War ended
The issue of whether it would be free or slave state caused politicians to argue
What were 2 inventions that changed farming in the 1800's
Steel Plow and Mechanical Reaper