Manifest Destiny
Goal of Manifest Destiny was....
To expand America from coast to coast
Spain and US signed this treaty to give America the territory of Florida
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty
The annexation of what state led to the Mexican American War
What is Texas
Caused a population Boom in California
What is the Gold Rush
Create a slave state and a free state as well as declaring 36th parallel as line in which states to north would be free and to the south slave
What is the Missouri Compromise
Manifest Destiny caused...
Native Americans to lose their lands
Purchased land in order to extend transcontinental railroad
What is the Gadsden Purchase
Ended the Mexican-American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
United States gained Oregon by
Negotiating with Great Britain and dividing it in half
Allowed slave owners to pursue runaway slaves giving them a legal right to reclaim
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
Manifest Destiny was the desire to....
Spread religion, ideas, culture throughout North America.
Leader of Mexican troops who defeated Texans at the Alamo
Who is General/President Santa Anna
Mexican General
Who was General Santa Anna
"Forty-Four Forty or Fight!"
President Polk's threat to fight for Oregon Territory
State that was added as a "free" state via the Missouri Compromise
What is Maine
President who supported Manifest Destiny...
Who was President James Polk
Battlecry that led Texans to victory in Battle of San Jacinto
What is "Remember the Alamo!"
Texas was a state of this country before USA
What is Mexico
Nickname for settlers who poured into California in 1849
Who are the 49ers?
Allowing states to decide whether territories should allow slavery or not
What is Popular Sovereignty within the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Painting of Manifest Destiny was named...
What was American Progress
Who is Sam Houston
What is Mexican Cession
Reason for most deaths along the Oregon Trail
What is the Compromise of 1850