Wars and Treaties
Treaty to end the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Started a religious group that eventually moved to Utah to escape religious persecution.
Who is Joseph Smith?
Acquired during the Jefferson Presidency in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Manifest Destiny was painted and placed in a newspaper presenting the __________ that American people were destined to move out West.
What is an idea or a belief?
The man tasked with setting a strong precedent at the start of a young U.S.A.
Who is George Washington?
This President decided to declare war on Britain because of British impressment and British attacks on American Ships. Who was the president and what was the war?
Who is James Madison and the War of 1812?
Who is Sam Houston?
What is the Oregon Territory?
Manifest Destiny was a slogan used by this figure to gain the votes of the public in the 1944 Election.
Who is James K. Polk?
Washington had to send troops to quell (stop) this rebellion that farmers started because they could not pay a certain tax.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The Battle of San Jacinto led to an end to this famous conflict.
What is the Texas Revolution?
Acquired a vast territory that doubled the size of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was acquired as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
What is the Mexican Cession?
Expanding Democracy, security, pioneering spirit, romanticizing the West and future prosperity were the roots of this idea.
What is Manifest Destiny?
These acts made it legal to imprison anyone who seemed a threat to the U.S. OR anyone who spoke ill of governmental leaders.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The Treaty of Ghent ended this war.
What is the War of 1812?
Historical figure from Tennessee who defended and died at the Alamo.
Who is Davy Crockett?
The Adams-Onis Treaty secured this territorial acquisition.
What is Florida?
This land acquisition fulfilled Manifest Destiny.
What is the Mexican Cession?
This time period had tremendous economic growth, slave labor dominated in the South and there was a textile boom in the North fueled by factory growth.
What is the Antebellum Period?
Treaty that ended the American Revolution in the year 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The slogan, "54 - 40 or Fight" was associated with this figure during the 1944 Presidential campaign.
Who is James K. Polk?
Desired to be used for a Southern Transcontinental Railroad in 1854.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This is a type of reason people desired to move out West that would grant the U.S. greater national security.
What is a political reason?
The XYZ Affair took place under this president.