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8TH GRADE US HISTORY

UNIT 6-WESTWARD EXPANSION

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Causes of the Mexican-American War The US believed the border between Texas and Mexico to be the Rio Grande, while Mexico believed it to be the Nueces River, which was several miles north.
Why Southern states supported the Mexican-American War Apart from believing in Manifest Destiny, the southern states were physically close to Mexico and angry about the border dispute.
Why Northern states opposed the Mexican-American War They were beginning to oppose the Southern states and did not want slavery to expand
Terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico ceded all or parts of future states CA, UT, NV, AZ, NM, CO, & WT and accepted the Rio Grane as the formal border between it and the US in return for $15 million.
Cede To give, especially of land or other territory
Why did the US buy territory from Mexico after the Mexican-American War Because they wanted Manifest Destiny
Northwest Territory Acquired in 1783 from Great Britain, this gave the US control of the Mississipi River
Louisiana Purchase Purchased from France in 1803 and doubled the size of the US
Great Britain Cession This 1818 cession expanded the US
Florida & Texas Ceded by Spain in 1821 and 1845, these led to conflict with Mexico
Oregon Country, Mexican Cession, and Gasden Purchase Ceded to the US between 1846 and 1853, these helped the US achieve Manifest Destiny.
Civil Disobedience The refusal to comply with certain laws or regulations as a form of protest
Manifest Destiny The idea that the US is destined y God to expand its dominion from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic
Social Effects of Manifest Destiny Indians were moved to reservations to make room for settlers. Also, the slave population increased as new states were admittted.
Economic Effects of Manifest Destiny The cessions introduced new geographic features, which allowed for new (to Americans) economic activities.
Political Effects of Manifest Destiny The issue of balancing between free and slave states increased dramatically.
Geographic Effects of Manifest Destiny The US controlled the land between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (with the exception of Canada and Mexico) when Manifst Destiny was achieved,
Missouri Compromise 1820-Admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state ,and banned slavery in the Louisiana Purchase
Compromise of 1850 1850-Admitted CA as a free state, baned the slave trade in Washington DC, and stated that Congress would not create any new laws regarding slavery in in new territories. The earlier Fugitive Slave Act was enforced.
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854-Repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed citizens of territories to decide for themselves wether they would become fee or slave states.
Compromise A deal between two or more sides that is intended to satisfy all of them.
Repeal Take back or overturn
Popular Sovereignty Rule of the people by the people
Sectionalism Unnessecary federal concern with local issues.
Evolution of Congress' Legislative Acts Congress tried to keep a balance between the number of free and slave states, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act made this impossible.
Oregon Trail Used by settlers from 1841 to 1869 to travel from Missouri to Oregon.
Santa Fe Trail Used by military from 1821 to 1880 to travel from Missouri to Santa Fe for military purposes.
California Trail Used by gold prospectors from the 1840s into the 1860s to get from the Rocky Mountains to California
Mormon Trail Used by the Mormons from 1846 to 1857 to get to Utah in order to escape religious persecution.
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