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Manifest Destiny
Mining and the Railroad
Texas Independence
Settlement of the West
Vocabulary
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What is the definition of Manifest Destiny?
The definition of Manifest Destiny is the belief that gods will was for the U.S to expand people to the west and become a bigger country.
100
How were the western states made?
The mining boom and the help of the railroad's transportation, created states. Because the railroad helped transport Americans and they made states what they are today.
100
What is one reason that Texas wanted independence from Mexico?
One reason is that Mexico said that Texans could have that land but they would have to become Mexican citizens.
100
What was one reason that during Manifest Destiny that some Americans still did not want to move west?
One reason is that some settlers were being being killed and Americans didn't want to travel so far just to become indanger.
100
What is a Vigilante?
A Vigilante is a person that takes law into their own hands.
200
What was the perspective of a Native American during Manifest Desting?
Native Americans were angry when Americans moved west for Manifest Destiny and kicked them off their land onto reservations.
200
What made economics?
The railroad is what made economics.
200
What is one reason that Texas wanted independence from Mexico?
Texas started to want independence from Mexico because Mexico started to get upset at the fact that immigrants from America were starting to over run the Mexican population in Texas.
200
What was one big factor that helped Manifest Destiny?
One of the biggest thing that helped Manifest Destiny was that Americans found gold in the west and that is what made Americans want to move west.
200
What does transcontinental mean?
Transcontinental means that it stretches from one side of the country to the other.
300
What is one thing during Manifest Destiny is that settlers will make money on in the west?
One fact during Manifest Destiny is that the belief that we would make money off of land.
300
What was there for the miners during the mining boom?
Boomtowns were made just for miners and if boomtowns were not there, mining and the railroad would never have a relationship because boomtowns feed and supply miners so that they can find gold and ship it on the railroad.
300
What did the Mexican government decide to do with all of the goods that the Americans were bringing to Texas?
The Mexican government wanted to tax all the goods that were being brought into Texas from America by the American immigrants.
300
Why did America want to move west?
America wanted to move west because the U.S wanted to expand our country from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
300
What does subsidy mean?
Subsidy means that grants and aid from the government.
400
What will Manifest Destiny help us escape from?
We, Americans would be able to escape religous persecution.
400
What is the relationship between mining and the railroad?
The relationship between mining and the railroad is that as the railroad expanded more people moved to the west on the railroad and when they arrived they started to mining.
400
What was one thing that Americans brought to Texas that Mexico was starting to make plans to end?
The Americans brought slavory to Texas and it got to the point that Mexico started to making plans to end slavory.
400
What helped miners during the California gold rush?
The railroad helped a lot because it transported a bunch of miners to the west.
400
What does homestead mean?
A piece of land given to a settler by the U.S government for a home and a farm.
500
What is an advantage to moving west where there is a bunch of free land?
One advantage is that everyone will have their own land. Also the U.S government will be able to sell the new free land and make money on the land.
500
How was the railroad a benefit to the mining boom?
The railroad was a great benefit because if there was, no railroad the gold that the miners found would take months to get back on the east side of the country.
500
Why did Mexico want to stop the immigration from America to Texas?
Mexico wanted to stop the American immigrants from coming to Texas because they were out numbering the population of Mexicans in Texas and when Mexico decided to do this Texans became anry with the Mexican government.
500
What were people called during the California gold rush in 1849?
Settlers that moved west were called the 49ers.
500
What does nomadic mean?
Nomadic is when you have no home and are wondering around looking for food for you and your animals.