Westward Expansion
The belief that it was the God Given right for Americans to move West
Manifest Destiny
The movement to abolish slavery
The Abolition Movement
The treaty that ended the Mexican American War
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The North
The line that separated free and slave states
36' 30''
The trail that led many to the north-west "Oregon Territory"
Oregon Trail
The Temperance Movement
What event ended the Mexican American War?
The capture of Mexico City
Many immigrants of this nation came to the eastern shore of the United States in the early 19th Century
Irish or German
A state where slavery is banned
Free State
The trail that led many to modern-day New Mexico
Santa-Fe Trail
American writer who influenced the ideas of the Temperance movement through his morbid tone.
Edgar Allen Poe
Name 2 Generals of the Mexican American War
Taylor, Scott, Santa Anna
This push factor drove Irish immigrants out of their homeland in the 19th century
This compromise helped ease tension between pro-slavery people and abolitionists
Missouri Compromise
The vehicle Americans used to travel west
Stagecoach
Axe wielding leader of the Temperence Movement
Carrie Nation
Christian Monestary converted to a fort. Attacked by General Santa Anna
The Alamo
The movement from farms to cities
Urbanization
This politician from Illinois ended the Missouri Compromise
Stephen A. Douglas
This pull factor led many to move west to modern-day California
California Gold Rush
The movement that wanted to be more with nature/rise above material objects
Trancendentalism
What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Gained Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California.
This inventor had an impact on the nation my inventing things like Interchangeable Parts and the cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
The Missouri Compromise made these two areas states.
Missouri and Maine