Industrialization
What does it mean to Urbanize?
To see a huge growth in a countries populations in the cities
American belief that it was ordained by god that we would expand from coast to coast across North America
Why did people travel to Texas
Mexico offered the land to people who would settle a region that was too remote
Who was President during the MAW
James K Polk
Name a major invention that catapulted the countries industrial industry?
Answers Vary
What country did we get into conflict with over the control of Oregon?
Great Britain
Why was owning land so important for Americans in the 1800's?
Owning land was a symbol/mark of success, plus others
What future president was a general during the MAW
Steam Engine
What was the name of Texas prior to the U.S. Annexing it?
Why did the Donner Party disappear?
They took a wrong turn
What was the main motivator for the U.S. going to war with Mexico?
Land/Manifest Destiny
This device used electrical signals to send messages via wire through various taps on a device, what is the device AND the language used to communicate on it
Telegraph, Morse Code
Define Annex
Why did the settlers wagons have white tarps over them?
To protect against rain, dust, wind
Who was the Mexican General that fought the U.S.?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
When did the Industrial Revolution end?
Trick Question: It is on going!
What marked the end of Manifest Destiny
The acquisition of the western territories/Mexican American War
What industry in Oregon was so important that made people originally travel to the region?
Beaver Fur Trade
Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo what did Mexico and the U.S. gain?
Mexico: gained 15 million dollars + 3.5 million in debt wiped
U.S.: recognition of the Rio Grande as Texas border and the whole of the southwestern/western states region from Mexico