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Manifest Destiny
War with Mexico
Inventions
Transportation
Misc
100
The Louisiana Territory was purchased in this year
What is 1803
100
The President during the Mexican War
Who is James K. Polk
100
The inventor of the Cotton - Gin
Who is Eli Whitney
100
A man made waterway
What is a canal
100
What year did the Erie Canal Open?
What is 1825
200
The orderly procedure for establishing territories and applying for statehood
What is The Northwest Ordinance
200
The RIO GRANDE river was the border claimed by _______________.
Who is the United States
200
This invention transmitted electric signals over wires from location to location that translated it into a message
What is the Telegraph
200
Allowed for the transportation of larger quantities of goods over longer distances
What is the railroad
200
Most of the territory the United States acquired during the era of Manifest Destiny was WEST of what river?
What is the Mississippi River
300
The U.S. government and its citizens believed that the nations destiny or fate was to expand westward from sea to sea
What is Manifest Destiny
300
Mexico claimed that the boarder between Texas and Mexico was at the _____________ River
What is Nueces
300
This invention increased production in factories
What is Steam-Power
300
commerce benefited from a means of faster transportation with this man made waterway
What is the Erie Canal
300
This war lead to the United States becoming industrially independent of Europe
What is the War of 1812
400
Kansas and Nebraska make up this acquired territory
What is the Louisiana Territory
400
This treaty ended the war, and grants the U.S. the Mexican territory of New Mexico, Arizona and California
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
The invention of the cotton gin increased the number of __________ in the south
What is slaves
400
Immigrants used this to migrate west and to form new immigrant settlements in western states and territories
What is the Transcontinental Railraod
400
the invention of these 2 things allowed faster movement of people and products
What is the railroad and the canal
500
To become a state the following requirements had to be met: (Name 3 Requirements)
1. At least 5,000 men who owned at least 50 acres 2. 60,000 people 3. Established Self Government
500
United States paid Mexico $10 Million for this to help repay Mexico for the annexation of Texas in 1845
What is the Gadsden Purchase
500
This first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel led the United States to become the top producer of Steel
What is the Bessemer Steel Process
500
Allows people and goods to move to urban areas in large numbers where there are markets, business opportunities and jobs
What is Transportation
500
Scientific discoveries contributed to _________________ and an expansion of slavery.
What is increased immigration