US Mexican War
What state was annexed, leading to war w Mexico?
Texas
How much did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase?
15 million
What movement wanted to ban alcohol?
What is the Temperance movement
6 days
What did Samuel Morse invent?
Morse Code/The Telegraph
Why did the war begin?
American annexed Texas and America's desire for land
How did the Northwest Ordinance affect Manifest Destiny?
Gave rules for admitting new territories and how they would become states
What movement wanted to ban slavery?
What is the abolition movement?
How did the Lowell Mill Girls feel during their time at the factory?
Sad/depressed/stressed
How did the War of 1812 lead to the Industrial Rev?
US couldn't trade with England, had to create their own goods, built factories to produce goods
Who shot who in a Rio Grande shootout?
Mexican soldiers shot American soldiers
Who was President during the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
What group of painters left the cities to paint scenes of the natural world?
Who created the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
After unsuccessful attempts at finding gold in California, many Chinese immigrants had to find work in what industry?
Railroads
What land was given after the war?
Mexican Cession
Which president was most obsessed w Manifest Destiny?
James K Polk
What religious movement taught people to help society by performing good deeds?
The Second Great Awakening
What was the average age of the Lowell Mill Girls?
15-35
What were 2 ways that the US used the Florida Territory?
Agriculture and military forts
What were the conditions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
15 Million
Mexican Cession land given
America would protect Mexican citizens
Name 3 states included in the Louisiana Purchase?
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
How many yards of fabric did the Lowell Mill Girls make in a week?
1.7 million yards
Who brought the mill technology from England to the United States?
Francis Cabot Lowell