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52 Cards in this Set
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Who authorized the purchase of the Louisiana Territory? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Who sold America the Louisiana Territory, and what country was he from? |
Napoleon; France |
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What served as the Western Border of the United States until the Louisiana Purchase? |
Mississippi River |
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How much did the United States spend on the Louisiana Purchase? |
$15 million |
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Who were the leaders of the Corps of Discovery during their exploration of the Louisiana Territory? |
Lewis Clark and Meriwether Lewis |
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How many men went on the journey? Did any die? |
33 men; Sargent Floyd |
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Which river served as the main route for the Corps of Discovery across the Louisiana territory? |
Missouri River |
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Who was Sacagawea and what was her purpose? |
Shosone woman who acted as a guide and a translator. |
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Who were the Mormons and what happened to then at Independence, Missouri? |
Religious group with different values; trouble with other religions got them kicked out. |
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What phrase did John O' Sullivan coin and what did it mean? |
Manifest destiny which meant that it was their destiny to move west. |
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Who sometimes had lots of conflict with the settlers headed west on the Oregon Trail? |
Natives Americans |
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What country settled the issue of the northern border of Oregon at 49 degrees N Latitude with the USA? |
Great Britain |
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What were wagon trains? |
Large bands of settlers would often travel together for safety. |
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What happened at the Whitman Mission,and why did it occur? |
the Whitman Mission was burned after white settlers accidentally brought the measles with them. |
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What were some of the reasons that women were excited about the chance to move to the Oregon Territory? |
They could own land. |
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What were Prairie Schooners? |
Large wagons that were ridden by the westward travelers. |
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What was Oregon Fever? Why did people want the Oregon territory so badly? |
The wild expansion that people had for moving out west to the Oregon territory, many wanted land, religious freedom, and the chance to start over. |
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What country did Mexico gain their freedom from in 1821? |
Spain |
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What were the reasons that Spain wanted Americans to help settle the Tejas region? |
Help to defend it from Natives. |
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Who was the leader of the mexico during the time of the Texas Revolution? |
General Santa Anna |
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What rules were Texans supposed to follow was a part of their gaining land in Tejas? |
Document signed by a Spanish, had to become Spanish citizens. |
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Who were the two leaders of the Texan army after they declared independence from Mexico? |
William Travis & Sam Houston |
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In what modern US city can you find the Alamo today? |
San Antonio |
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What was the impact of the Battle of the Alamo? |
Served as inspiration, Remember the Alamo! |
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what battle ended the war for Texan Independence with the capture of Santa Anna? |
Battle of San Jacinto |
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What was the nickname that Texas gave itself following their victory? |
Lone Star Republic |
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Why did the United States refuse to annex Mexico into the Union Immediately? |
The Northern States didn't want Texas to be a part of the Union. |
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the Mexican-American war ended with the capture of what mexican city? |
Mexico City |
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Mexico ceded away massive chunks of the American Southwest to the USA in what treaty? |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalago`` |
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What american soldier encouraged the Americans to rebel? |
John Fremont ` |
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What were the parts of the Missouri Compromise? |
Missouri would be admitted to the Union as a slave state, Maine would become a free state |
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Why were both the North and the South unwilling to put Missouri into the Union at first? |
The number of free and slave states at the time was 11. |
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What would be the best description of the reaction of Thomas Jefferson to the Missouri Compromise? Was he in favor? |
He was alarmed, he considered it a death sentence for his country. |
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Where was gold first found in California in 1848? |
Suter's Mill, California |
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After a successful rebellion against Mexico, what did the Californians rename themselves? |
Bear Flag Republic |
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What were some of the negative effects people had in moving to California to strike it rich? |
Families were destroyed, violence, some went bankrupt. |
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What was the spoils system? |
Giving people jobs to your supporters and friends, even if not qualified. |
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What did the Indian Removal Act do? |
Forcibly removed the Native Americans from their land. |
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What did the Treaty of New Echota do that hurt the Cherokee peoples? |
Make them give up all of land East of Mississippi river as well as ability to sue government. |
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Who was the President that Andrew Jackson defeated in the election of 1828? |
John Quincy Adams |
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What was the Second Bank of the United States? |
Financial institutions that Andrew Jackson eliminated. |
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Who was William Loyd Garrison? |
Abolitionist who also published the Liberator newspaper. |
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Which Amendment banned slavery for good? |
13th admendment |
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What did the Anti-Slavery try to do? |
Bring moral opposition |
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, and why was it important? |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, made northerners angry about slavery. |
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What were people who helped slaves escape called? |
conducters |
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What was the primary source of the Seneca Falls Convention in New York in 1848? |
To bring the struggle of the unfairness of women to peoples attention. |
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What women opened up the Troy Female Seminary? |
Emma Willard |
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What is women's suffrage? |
The right of women to vote |
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Who always got custody of the children in divorce cases, according to the 19th century? |
Men |
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What famous document was the Seneca Falls Declaration of Rights and Sentiments based upon? |
Declaration of Independence |
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When did the USA give women the right to vote? |
Not until the 19th amendment. |
