Manifest Destiny
Why were Native Americans moving west during the period of Manifest Destiny?
They were forced to move west by US settlers.
What was the goal of the abolitionist movement?
Abolish slavery
Which war marked the end of the wars between US settlers and Native Americans?
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Define Suffrage
The right to vote
Define Manifest Destiny
The belief that the United States has a God-given right to settle on land out west.
What kind of impact did Harriet Tubman have on the abolitionist movement?
She was the conductor of the Underground Railroad, helping over 300 enslaved people escape to freedom.
Why did American settlers dislike living in Texas?
Religious beliefs
Slavery was outlawed
What was the temperance movement?
Dedicated to promoting the moderate or abstinent use of alcohol.
Why were the 49ers moving west?
Gold Rush
WHY were there disagreements about Missouri becoming a slave state in 1820?
What happened at the massacre at Wounded Knee?
The U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry killed over 150 Lakota Sioux, many of them unarmed women and children.
Define cultural assimilation
the process by which a group of people with a different ethnic heritage adopt the values, behaviors, and beliefs of a dominant culture
Why were the Exodusters moving west?
They heard rumors of slavery being instituted in the South and were experiencing racial oppression.
What was agreed to in the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, Maine would be admitted as a free state.
36 30 line was also established.
What was the main cause for the start of the Mexican-American War?
Annexation of Texas
Southern border of Texas
What was the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
The US Government recognized the Black Hills as a part of the Lakota reservation, in exchange the Lakota agree to not attack US settlers.
What did the US government do to convince farmers to move west? (Need the name of the term)
Implement the Homestead Act, which offered 160 acres of land for free or cheap.
Describe the difference between the North and the South during this time. (Think economically, how do they make money?)
North has a manufacturing society. Lots of big cities and factories.
South has a plantation society.
Name 1 of the 3 agreements in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
1. Mexico accepted the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas
2. Mexico recognized that Texas was part of the US
3. Mexico ceded a large stretch of land to the US for $15 million
What was the RESULT of Nat Turner's rebellion?
Slave codes became more restrictive as slaveholders were worried about continuous uprisings.