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What is manifest destiny?
The belief that the United State's destiny was to expand all the way west
What were two causes of the Texas Revolution?
Mexico outlawed slavery and tried to force American settlers to be Catholic and speak Spanish
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Creates the 36 30 line where below are freee and above are slaves states. Missouri becomes a slave state and Maine becomes a free state
Why did the Mormons move to Utah?
What is sectionalism?
Division between the North and the South
Where does the US get Texas from and does it become a slave or a free state?
Mexico and slave
What is the famous battle where the Mexicans slaughter the Texans?
Battle of the Alamo
What was the Compromise of 1850?
California is admitted as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act is passed
What were Spanish missions for?
To convert Natives to Catholicism
Who makes the most money during the Gold Rush?
Business owners
Which states did the US get in the Mexican Cession?
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming
What was a cause of the Mexican-American War?
President Polk sent troops down to the Mexican-American border to provoke Mexico, Texas border dispute
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Where everyone is legally obligated to help return slaves back if they ran away
Why were Americans debating on whether or not to add the Texas to the US?
Americans thought a war would break up with Mexico as a result and some did not want slavery to spread
What are ghost towns?
Mining towns that are abandoned quickly after the gold is gone during the gold rush
Why did many Americas move out to California?
California gold rush
What is the treaty the ends the Mexican American War called?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson kicks Native Americans off of their land and moves them to reservations
What river did the US believe was the correct boundary between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande River
What are some dangers that people could face on the Oregon Trail?
Bandits, natives, bad weather, etc
The US conducts an agreement with which country over the Oregon Territory?
Britain
What does Texas become after the Texas Revolution?
Its own country, "Lone Star Republic"
Why did the US build the Erie Canal?
To connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, for faster/cheaper trade
What river did Mexico think was the correct boundary between Mexico and Texas?
The Nueces River
Which president is known as the "common man?"
Andrew Jackson