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How are the Mexican Cession, Oregon Treaty, Gadsden Purchase, and the Annexation of Texas all associated with the concept of Manifest Destiny? | they were all ways yo gain territory under manifests destiny |
The concept of Manifest Destiny was used to justify what during the 1800s? | our westward expansions |
What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave laws during this era? | southerners would accept Californians as a free state |
The dispute over what territory led directly to the Mexican American War? | Texas |
What type of discrimination did Irish immigrants face? | Religious discrimination but no amenoan born , nativism |
What was the significance of Dred Scott v. Sanford? | Announces African Americans are not citizens |
What was one main argument against annexing Texas? What compromise would this upset? | It balances the amount of free to slave states. Missouri compromise |
What was Manifest Destiny? | belief to spread our superior culture across north america |
What was the slogan “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” in reference too? | Polks campaign to gain Oregon |
Why did the United States go to war with Mexico? | Over Manifest Destiny and to get california, |
What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo? | 1. Gain Texas 2. Gain Rio Grande 3. 15 mil for New Mexico and california |
The application of which state for statehood threatened to upset the balance between free and slave states in Congress? | California |
What were the conditions of the Compromise of 1850? | 1. California would be a free state 2. divide into 2 territories and use popular sovereignty 3, ban slave trade and adopt fugitive slave law |
How were the Missouri Compromise 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 connected? They both were about what issue? | dding territory to union |
What caused immigration from Ireland in the 1840s? | Famine and unrest |
What areas were annexed under James K. Polk that supported the goal of Manifest Destiny? | Texas, California, and Oregon |
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | Divided Nebraska In 2, and let the settlers decide by popular sovereignty |
What was Bleeding Kansas? | Violent reaction to Kansas-Nebraska act |
What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin and what was its influence? | It was a book about antislavery and it added to debate-sectionalism |
What was the purpose of the Know-Nothing Party? | To promote nativity thinking |
What was nativism and what caused it from 1830s to 1860s? | Discrimination of immigrants, it was caused by the increase of immigrants |
Other than the Irish what group(s) faced discrimination during the 1800s? | German and Irish |
What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad? Who was the leader? | To help enslaved people to go North, Harriet Tubman was the leader |