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8thGrHist-ManifestDe
8th Grade US History - Manifest Destiny
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the roots of Manifest Destiny | Lay in American economic, political and social experiences. Desire to spread religious beliefs, social desire for more farmland, natural resources and economic growth. Desire to spread democracy. |
| How did the Mountain Men contribute to manifest destiny? | By going ahead to see what was there and to choose the best routes. |
| Why did people want to move west? | For God, gold and glory. |
| Where did the Oregon Trail leave from? | Independence or St. Joseph, Missouri |
| Who were the Whitmans? | A family that went west to convert Indians to Christianity. They settled in present day Washington state and founded a mission called Waiilatpu. |
| Why was moving west dangerous? | Indians, unknown territory and disease. |
| Who founded the Mormons? | Joseph Smith |
| What happened to the founder of the Mormons? | got killed by an anti-Morman group. |
| Who became the leader after Smith died? | Brigham Young |
| Where did he move the Mormans to? | The Great Salt Lake. |
| Why did the Mormans move there? | To be safe and to build a new community. |
| Who were the candidates in the election of 1844? | Henry Clay and James K. Polk |
| Who won the election of 1844? | James K. Polk |
| What were the two goals of the winner of the election of 1844? | Promised to acquire Texas and Oregon and to protect the settlers. |
| What 2 countries stood in the way of meeting these 2 goals? | Britain and China |
| What was the boundary Polk made a campaign slogan? | "Fifty-four forty or fight" or 54* 40* parallel |
| Did Polk fight for this boundary? | No. |
| What became the boundary? | 49th parallel |
| How did the Mexicans view the annexation of Texas? | "Stolen Province" |
| What other issue were the Mexicans and Americans fighting over? | Border of Texas. |
| Who did Polk send to Mexico to resolve the boundary dispute peacefully? Was he successful? | John Slidell; no |
| What was Polk's next move? What happened? | Sent General Zachary Taylor and troops to the Rio Grande. Mexican soldiers crossed the river after they refulsed to move and killed 11, wounded 5 and captured the rest of the soldiers. |
| What regions of the country supported the war? | Southern states supported the war |
| Why did they support the war? | They thought it could better support slavery. |
| What region did not support the war? | Northern states |
| Why did this region not support the war? | They feared the south was going to gain land and have more slaves. |
| What famous transcendalist protested the war? | Henry David Thoreau |
| What advantage did the Americans have in the Mexican-American War? | More men, better weapons and equipment. |
| Who are the two most famous generals? | Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott |
| What treaty ended the Mexican-American War? | The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| What were the provisions of this treaty? | It turned over most of Mexico's northern territory to the U.S. The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million. |
| What was the last piece of land added to form the continental United States? | The Gadsen Purchase |
| Why was the last piece of land added to form the continental U.S.? | to complete the size of the U.S. |
| How much did it cost and who did we buy it from? | $10 million from Mexico |
| Where was gold discovered in 1848? | California |
| What were gold seekers called? | 49ers |
| WHY were the gold seekers called this? | Because the year was 1849. |
| How did the population growth in California have negative consequences on certain people? | There were a lot of people that were immigrants. |
| How long before California applied for statehood? | 5 years |
| What areas did the economic boom lead to growth in? | San Francisco |
| transcendentalism | the idea that people could rise above the material things in life |
| utopian communities | place where people worked to establish a perfect society |
| Second Great Awakening | a period of religious evangelism that began in the 1790's and became widespread in the US by the 1830's. |
| nativists | US citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them. |
| Temperance movement | a social reform effort begun in the mid 1800s to encourage people to drink less alcohol |
| Common-school movement | social reform efforts begun in the mid-1800s that promoted the idea of having all children educated in a common place regardless of social class or background |
| Know-Nothing Party | political organization founded in 1849 by nativists who supported measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens and to hold office. |
| abolition | to end slavery |
| emancipation | freedom from slavery |
| Californios | spanish colonists in California |
| Tejanos | spanish settlers who lived in what is now southern Texas |
| annex | to take control of land and incorporate into a country, state, etc. |
| redezvous | annual event held by mountain men to trade furs and socialize |
| Forty-niners | Gold seekers who moved to California during the gold rush |
| Dorthea Dix | was a middle class reformer who helped change the prison system in the US |
| Henry David Thoreau | went to jail for refusing to pay his taxes because he thought they would go towards the Mexican War |
| Thomas Gallaudet | he worked to improve the lives and education for the hearing impaired |
| Horace Mann | fought for better salaries for teachers |
| Mary Lyon | founded the first college that both men and women could go to |
| Samuel Gridley Howe | worked to improve the education of visually impaired Americans |
| William Lloyd Garrison | published a newspaper called The Liberator. |
| Angelina and Sarah Grimke | well-known anti-slavery activists. Were the first women to speak in front of a male and female audiences of the Anti-Slavery Society |
| Frederick Douglass | was one of the most important African American leaders in the 1800s |
| Harriet Tubman | led her family and more than 300 other slaves to freedom |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | went to the Anti-Slavery convention and couldn't sit with her husband until he refused to move away from her |
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