Manifest Destiny
What is manifest destiny?
The belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory.
What was signed on February 2, 1848?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
When did Texas enter the Union?
December 29,1845
Stephen Douglas
§The Senator of Illinois
What did the discovery of gold do for California?
Revolutionized California's economy
Why did Mormons migrate?
Mormons migrated to escape persecution.
What is the Underground Railroad
§Free African Americans and white abolitionist developed a secret network of people who helped runaway slaves. Also known as an escape route.
How many American were in Texas by 1830?
more than 20,000
Stephen F. Austin
established a colony in Texas.
Who led the American exploration party into California?
John C. Fremont
Who were the Mormons?
What is Confederacy
Confederate states of America, a confederation formed in 1861 by southern states after their secession from the union
What happened on February 23, 1836
Santa Anna and his troops began attacking the rebels holed up in the Alamo.
Abraham Lincoln
Republican at the time and a Representative in Congress
What did gold finance?
Gold financed the development of farming, manufacturing, shipping, and banking.
What role did Santa Fe and Oregon Trails play in Western Settlement?
Santa Fe and Oregon Trails were used as routes to exchange goods.
What is Popular Sovereignty
The right of people in an area to decide issues for themselves, to settle the question of slavery in New Mexico and Utah territories.
Who led 900 soldiers near the San Jacinto River?
Sam Houston
Harriet Tubman
a famous conductor of the underground railroad, who was born a slave in Maryland in 1820 or 1821.
Who discovered a few particles of gold on January 24, 1848?
A carpenter named James Marshall.
What did the Webster-Ashburton Treaty do?
settled border disputes between the United States and British North America in the East and Midwest.
Who signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The United States and Mexico
Why did Stephen Austin travel to Mexico?
Austin traveled to Mexico to petition Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna for greater self-government for Texas.
Dred Scott
A slave whose owner took him from the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois and Wisconsin and back to Missouri.
What did President Franklin Pierce authorize James Gadsden to do?
to pay an additional $10 million for another piece of territory to secure a southern railroad route to the Pacific Ocean.