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100
What area did U.S. get as a result of the Mexican War?
Mexican Cession
100
What feature did settlers to California find it difficult to cross?
Rocky Mountains
100
What area did the U.S. purchase from France in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase
100
Where was the first permanent English colony settled?
Jamestown, VA
100
Belief in Manifest Destiny led to –
westward expansion
200
Where was the last battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
200
What did feature in Jamestown caused disease and death?
swamp
200
Why did many Americans support the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
gave white citizens Native American land
200
Why was New Orleans important to Ohio Valley farmers?
it is a port on the Mississippi River
200
What did the Missouri Compromise balance?
number of free and slave states
300
The annexation of Texas prompted which war?
Mexican War
300
Name 2 geograph-ic reasons the North went from agriculture to industry
cold weather and rocky soil
300
From which country did the U.S. acquire the Oregon Territory?
Great Britain
300
What caused many people in the northeast to move to the cities?
industrialization/factory system
300
Where was the largest battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
400
Why was the battle of Vicksburg important?
gave the Union the Miss. R. and split Confederacy
400
What natural resource in Cali-fornia greatly expanded the population?
gold
400
What war did the annexation of Texas contribute to?
Mexican War
400
Slavery, the cotton gin and a mild climate led to the _____ system in the South
plantation
400
At the time of the Civil War, what was the main crop in the Deep South?
cotton
500
Winning which battle encouraged France to help the new U.S.?
Saratoga
500
The Proclamation of 1763 stopped westward move- ment at which geo feature?
Appalachian Mountains
500
What area did the U.S. purchase from Mexico in 1853?
Gadsden Purchase
500
Which region most disliked the Tariff of 1832?
South
500
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in –
rebelling territories