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100
President Polk and the U.S. received The Oregon Territory from which Nation?
Great Britain
100
What was the goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
To find out if there was an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean.
100
Who was the leader of the Mexican Troops during the war?
Sant Anna
100
Which nation started to Industrialize first.
Great Britain
100
Why were the Native Americans at such a disadvantage in battles between the white settlers in the 1800s?
They did not have the right resources to manufacture guns and ammunition.
200
President Polk wanted the United States to achieve what?
Manifest Destiny
200
What was the geographical importance of the addition of the Louisiana Purchase?
It more than doubled the size of the U.S. and it also gave us very good farmland.
200
Name one cause to the Mexican War.
Disagreement on the border between U.S. and Mexico, a conflict in the disputed area, U.S. tried to buy California and New Mexico (Made Mexico mad), and when the U.S. added Texas as state Mexican citizens became angry over losing Texas.
200
Name two inventions that made it easier for farmers to grow crops.
Steel plow, threshing machine, mechanical reaper
200
When settlers were moving west they cleared the land by cutting down trees. What resulted from this deforestation?
Animals lost their habitats
300
Why did Jackson want to remove the Cherokee Indians?
To open more land for settlement
300
Why was Sacagawea important?
She was an interpreter for Lewis and Clark during their expedition.
300
What officially ended the Mexican War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
Name two examples of new transportation systems that were brought about in the 1800s.
The railroad system and the steamboat
300
Which step should be taken first when a group starts to work together on a project?
Set clear goals, rules and timelines for the group
400
Explain why it became an issue when Jeffereson purchased the Louisiana Territory.
The constitution did not say a President could acquire land. Therefore it went agaisnt his beliefs of strict construction.
400
We bought this area of land from which nation? Why did this nation decide to give us this land?
France, because they needed the money for the war agaisnt Great Britain
400
After Texas received its independence from Mexico, why did northerners oppose the annexation of Texas?
They were afraid Texas would become a slave state and then there would be an imbalance between slave states and free states within the U.S.
400
In the past the U.S. manufactured most of the products used by Americans. Now most of the products are imported from other countries. Explain why.
Foreign producers or foreign workers make goods for less money than Americans do today.
400
Explain why many Americans migrated to the Great Plains. The Great Plains is the land east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River.
Because the land was very fertile and flat which made it easier to grow crops.
500
Who won the Supreme Court case between Jackson and the Cherokees? What did Jackson do after the decision?
The Supreme court ruled in favor of the Cherokees but Jackson decided he was going to remove the Indians of their land anyway.
500
What was the most important water source that we received from the Louisiana Purchase? How did it increase trade?
The Mississippi River. It was connected to the New Orleans Port and it made it easier for the U.S. to transfer goods to the port which increased trade.
500
Name two results of the Mexican War. Do not answer Treaty of Guadalupe, you have to describe what it did.
The border between the U.S. and Mexico was now the Rio Grande River, Texas is officially apart of the U.S., and the U.S. added the Mexican Cession.
500
How did the new communication and transportation technologies that were developed in the 1800s effect the population distribution and the economy.
Population could be more spread out because they could easily travel or communicate with someone without having face to face coversations. New technologies and communcations created more jobs.
500
Explain what Santa Anna did right after The Alamo was over and why did he do this. What did this eventually do?
He ordered Sussana Dickinson to write a letter to the Texan Army in order to scare them so they would give up. It would just unite the Texans and make them want to defeat the Mexican Army even more.