Manifest Destiny
Texas, Our Texas
Territories
California Gold Rush
100
The year Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase
1803
100
In what year was Texas annexed? (When did America consider Texas theirs?)
1845
100
What letter represents the land acquisition from Spain?
F - Florida (1819)
100
What year did the Gold Rush start?
1848
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When did the Manifest Destiny era occur?
The early 1800s
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Who controlled Texas before it was a republic?
Mexico
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What were the Mexico and America fighting over in the Mexican-American War?
The southern border of Texas
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What major city grew rapidly during the Gold Rush?
San Francisco
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What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the United States is destined to expand west, from sea to shining sea
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What is one reason why Texas agreed to become part of the US?
1. Trading partners
2. Protection from Native Am. and Mexico
300
What letter represents the land acquisition as a result of the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848?
D - Mexican Cession (1848)
300
What large group of immigrants came to California via the Pacific Ocean?
Asians
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Where was most of the land that the US acquired during Manifest Destiny?
West of the Mississippi River
400
The annexation of Texas led to what war?
Mexican-American War
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What letter represents the land acquisition that caused the U.S. and Mexico to declare war?
C - Annexation of Texas (1845)
400
What did many people in California disapprove of that the south embraced?
Slavery
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What are the three main reasons for Westward Expansion?
1. Sharing Christianity
2. Growing populations in East = less jobs available
3. Large plots of land for cheap (Homestead Act)
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How was the Mexican-American War significant to Westward Expansion?
Americans claimed land in Texas and also gained California, Utah, and New Mexico (NOT OREGON).
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What letter represents the land acquisition that resulted from an agreement with Great Britain to split the territory at the 49 degree parallel?
E - Oregon Territory (1846)
500
There were two main things California was known for when it first became a state, what are they?
1. Wealth (gold)
2. No state gov't/police to enforce laws