Manifest Destiny & Diplomacy
Territorial Acquisitions
Slavery & Compromises
Florida
Geography
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What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
100
What was Texas annexation?
The 1845 addition of the Republic of Texas to the United States
100
What was included in the Missouri Compromise?
An 1820 agreement that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30' line
100
What did Osceola and Billy Bowlegs have in common?
Both were Seminole leaders who resisted westward relocation
100
Based on the map, which land was given to the U.S. from the Adam-Onis Treaty?
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200
What role did Zebulon Pike play in westward expansion?
He was an explorer who mapped the upper Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, providing information that helped Americans understand and settle western lands
200
What caused the Mexican-American War?
Disputed land
200
Why was the Missouri Compromise necessary?
To balance power between free and slave states as new territories were added to the Union
200
What was the main cause of the Seminole Wars?
U.S. attempts to remove Seminoles from Florida and force them to relocate to Oklahoma (Indian Territory)
200
Based on the map, what land was given to the U.S. due to the Mexican Cession?
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300
What is the purpose of this image?
As America expands west it will bring new technology and education with it
300
What group was negatively impacted from the California Gold Rush?
Chinese immigrants
300
How did westward expansion increase tensions over slavery?
Each new territory raised the question: Would it be free or slave? This created conflict between North and South and led to compromises and eventually the Civil War
300
What tactics did the Seminoles US during the Seminole wars? (explain why they chose that tactic)
Guerilla warfare, familiar with the land
300
What territory doubled the size of the US?
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400
What were 5 motivations for westward expansion?
Answers vary!
400
How did the U.S. gain Florida? (Make sure to name the treaty and what it said!!!!)
Adam-Onis Treaty, Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
400
What was included in the Compromise of 1850?
A series of laws that admitted California as a free state, allowed popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico territories
400
What relocated the Seminoles to central Florida?
Moultrie Creek Treaty
400
What territory was used to finish the transcontinental railroad?
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500
"The right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and....development of self-government entrusted to us."
What is the main idea of this quote?
The U.S should move across the continent and settle territories because it is a right of the people living in the U.S. to do so
500
What contributions did the Mexicanos have on U.S.?
New mining, ranching and irrigation techniques
500
How did Manifest destiny foreshadow the Civil War?
It created the division in the US. Actual fighting broke our between citizens
500
The capital of Florida was relocated to the midway point of the two previous capitals. Where were the two previous capitals of Florida?
St. Augustine and Pensacola
500
Which territory's boundaries were created along the 49th Parallel?
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