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Westward Expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Westward Expansion | Early 1800s/ vast territory acquired west of the Mississippi River/ disrupted wildlife habitats |
| Manifest Destiny | Belief U.S. was destined by Providence (God) to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean/ settlers move west to start new life/ idea of democracy/ refuge for the persecuted/ new farm land/ opens western markets |
| American Progress | Example of American art/ John Gast/ Pioneers shown traveling west with new transportation and communication technologies |
| Northwest Ordinance | 1787/ establised procedures for orderly expansion turning territories into states/ 60,000 population requirement |
| European immigrants | desire cheap land = pull factor/ Irish immigrate due to potato famine/ Irish work in U.S. factories |
| Asian immigrants | China/ contribute to American society/ extract natural resources in California/ work on Transcontinental Railroad |
| annex | to add a territory to one’s own territory. |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803/ Louisiana Territory/ doubled the size of U.S./ navigable rivers allowed for exploration/ Lewis & Clark/ Sacagawea translator and guide/ present-day states include Kansas and Nebraska |
| Adams Onis Treaty | 1819/ Monroe’s administration/ Florida (spanish colony) cedes Spain |
| Oregon Country | 1846/ obtained from the British/ border disputed/ 54 - 40 min. or fight/ navigable rivers allowed for exploration/ U.S. motivated to divide in order to limit Great Britain’s influence/ Oregon trail quickest route to Pacific Ocean |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago | 1848/ ends U.S. and Mexican War/ Mexico cedes territory that is present-day CA (spanish colony), NM, AZ, & NE/ Rio Grande made border between U.S. and Mexico/ Mexico recognizes Texas as part of U.S./ 15 million/ coastal land |
| Mormon Trail | Migrated west to avoid religious persecution/ Brigham Young leads mormons to Utah to settle land |
| James K. Polk | 11th president/ won election 1844 due to his strong belief in Manifest Destiny/ believes CA (spanish colony) will produce great riches due to it’s proximity to Asia, Central and South America/ placed U.S. soldiers on Rio Grande along disputed border |
| The far west - shooting buffalo on the line of the Kansas-Pacific Railroad” | Example of American Art/ Ernest Griset/ 1871/ America brings changes to frontier |
| Abolitionist | Any person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. |
| Texas | Independent republic/ abolitionists opposed annexation/ slave state/ U.S. motivated to annex in order to limit Great Britain’s influence |
| Gadsden Purchase | 1853/ small region directly above Mexico/ 10 million/ for railroad expansion |
| forty-niner | fortune-seeker who came to California during th Gold Rush |
| California Gold Rush | 1849/ 49ers migrate/ population boom to California/ railroad used |
| joint occupation | people from two countries can occupy an area |
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