Missouri Compromise
When Missouri requested to become a state, what did they want to allow?
Slavery
This invention made it easier to pick the hard seed out of the center of cotton.
The Cotton Gin
What would you call someone who opposed slavery?
An Abolitionist
What does it mean to "annex" a place or a piece of land?
To add on
To take and make a part of your land
According to the idea of Manifest Destiny, who or what wants the US to expand across the land from ocean to ocean?
God
Why was Congress hesitant to allow Missouri to become a state?
It would throw off the balance slave and free states in Congress
This invention made it easier to transport people on rivers and streams against the current of the water.
What was ONE reason why slavery expanded in the United States? (Multiple correct answers)
Higher demand for cotton and the invention of the cotton gin
Domestic slave trade picked up
Westward expansion/the creation of new states and territories
What foreign country did Texas belong to BEFORE it became part of the United States?
Mexico
Free speech
Free religion
Free press
Free assembly (protest)
Free petition
What was the name of the land purchased from France that made the Missouri Compromise necessary?
The Louisiana Territory (purchased in the Louisiana Purchase)
This invention connected bodies of water like lakes to rivers.
A Canal
What was ONE way that enslaved people resisted or pushed back against slavery? (Multiple correct answers)
Runaway or rebel/revolt
Get educated
Undermine or sabotage work
Preserve culture/traditions
Community building
What was the conflict over between the American settlers in Texas and the Mexican government BEFORE Texas became a part of the United States?
Slavery was illegal in Mexico, but the settlers enslaved people there anyways
Name ONE of the groups of Native Americans who were forced to move from their ancestral homes by President Jackson in the Trail of Tears?
Cherokee
Creek
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Seminole
What did Congress do as part of the Compromise to help settle the issue (hint: it has something to do with the 36'30 latitude)?
They drew a line - no slavery north of it, but slavery allowed south of it
Steam Powered Engines
What was ONE argument in support of Texas becoming a state in the United States? (Multiple correct answers)
Prevent future violence in Texas
It's inevitable - just a matter of when and how
Widespread benefits - new markets, more political power, more secure boarder
God wants Americans to have that land
Which foundational document in American history states that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"?
The Declaration of Independence
What other state was created besides Missouri as part of the Compromise?
Maine
This invention was used to communicate using a system of dots and dashes called Morse Code.
The Telegraph
What was ONE argument against of Texas becoming a state in the United States? (Multiple correct answers)
It would cause bad blood between the US and Mexico or other foreign countries
It would be too expensive
It would make the US look bad/be immoral
It's not clear that the Constitution allows land to be annexed in this way
France