Historical Event
The idea that American was destined - by GOD and by history - to expand its boundaries over a vast area, Ann area that included, but was not necessarily restricted to, the continent of North America.
The influential Democratic editor who named the movement "Manifest Destiny"
John L. O'Sullivan
The bellicose slogan that the United States used to deal with Oregon issue with the Great Britain.
"54-40 or fight!"
Which treaty did Trist reached agreement with the new Mexican government on, by which Mexico agreed to cede California and New Mexico to the United States and acknowledge the Rio Grande as the boundary of Texas?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
At which battle on April 23, 1836, General Sam Houston defeated the Mexican Army army and took Santa Anna prisoner?
Battle of San Jacinto
What did American settlers defiantly proclaimed irritated Mexican Government in Texas region in 1836 when Texas still belongs to Mexico?
Independence from Mexico.
A young immigrant from Missouri who had established the first legal American settlement in Texas inn 1822.
Stephen F. Austin
What did Mexican government does after the United States of America admitted Texas to statehood in 1845?
Mexican government broke diplomatic relations with Washington.
"Among the bill's provisions were the admission of California as a free state; the formation of territorial governments in the rest of the lands acquired from Mexico, without restrictions on slavery; the abolition of the slave trade, but not slavery itself, in the District of Columbia; and a new, more effective fugitive slave law." was defined in which compromise?
The compromise of 1850
What is the first city that Taylor attacked in the Mexican War?
City of Monterrey
What is the specific event that caused substantial population growth in California from 1848 to 1852?
The California Gold Rush
Mexican general who was defeated and took by General Sam Houston on April 23, 1836, at the Battle of San Jacinto.
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
In order to deal with the issue of slavery in newly acquired lands, some politicians supported a plan which would allow the people of each territory to decide the status of slavery there. What's the name of the plan?
"Squatter sovereignty" or "Popular sovereignty"
What did the congress compromised when the president Buchanan and the congress hold different opinion toward slavery inn Kansas in April 1858?
The Lecompton constitution would be submitted ti the voters of Kansas again.
What's the name of the bloody episode of John Brown's rebellion?
Potawatomie Massacre
What happened after the proposal of purchasing the disputed territories was rejected by Mexican leaders.
United States of America declared war to Mexico.
Who did President Polk sent to protect Texas from potential Mexican invasion?
General Zachary Taylor
After the Mexican War was declared, a specific party of the United States charged from the beginning (and not without justification) that Polk had deliberately maneuvered the country into the conflict and had staged the border incident that had precipitated the declaration. What is the party?
Whig
What's the boundary defined in the treaty of Oregon?
49th parallel
Which specific place that John Brown attacked on October 16, 1859?
U.S. arsenal inn Harpers Ferry, Virginia
A series of events took place in the state of Kansas, including events of Lawrence and Potawatomie Massacre, which related with slavery issues.
"Bleeding Kansas"
Railroad construction was booming after the United States acquired vast lands from Mexico in the west of Mississippi River, but the surveys indicated that a railroad with southern terms would have to pass through an area in Mexican territory. In order to fix this problem, a man was sent to Mexico to negotiate lands purchasing. Who is the man?
James Gadsden
What makes southerners felt that their position in the Union was hopeless after the election of 1860?
Lincoln won the presidency
The kingdom of Hawaii agreed to join the United States in 1854, but why the treaty died in the Senate?
Because it contains a clause. prohibiting slavery inn the islands.
The Kearny proceeded to California, where he joined a conflict already in progress that was being staged jointly by American settlers, a well-armed exploring party led by John C.Fremont, and the United States Navy. What's name of the revolution?
Bear Flag Revolution