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MD & Reforms

Manifest Destiny

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When was the California territory acquired? 1848
From whom did the U.S get the California territory? Mexico
How was the California territory acquired? Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after Mexican-American War
When was the Florida territory acquired? 1819
From whom did the U.S get the Florida territory? Spain
How was the Florida territory acquired? Adams-Onis Treaty
When was the Louisiana territory acquired? 1803
From whom did the U.S get the Louisiana territory? France
How was the Louisiana territory acquired? Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
When was the Oregon territory acquired? 1846
From whom did the U.S get the Oregon territory? Great Britain
How was the Oregon territory acquired? Oregon Treaty
When was the Original 13 Colonies acquired? -1776 (independence)
From whom did the U.S get the Original 13 Colonies? Great Britain
How was the Original 13 Colonies acquired? -Declared independence
When was the Texas territory acquired? 1845
From whom did the U.S get the Texas territory? Republic of Texas
How was the Texas territory acquired? Annexed by the U.S
What was Susan B. Anthony known for? Being the head of the Daughters of Temperance in NY
What did William Lloyd Garrison write? The Liberator which exposed slavery's evils.
What was Horace Mann known for? Helped create Massachusetts' first state board of education
What was Sojourner Truth known for? -Born with a different name -Gave speeches about slavery's horrors
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize? First women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY (1848)
What was Dorothea Dix involved with? Prison Reform
What was Frederick Douglas known for? The founding of The North Star to promote emancipation
True or False: A Mexican force led by General Santa Anna laid siege on the Alamo to recapture it. True
True or False: Texan volunteers held out for 20 days before being overwhelmed. False; they held out for 13 DAYS, not 20
True or False: The Alamo became a symbol of resistance and Texans’ fight for freedom. True
True or False: Davy Crockett was an important fighter at the Alamo. True; he died defending the Alamo
True or False: After gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, people rushed to California True
True or False: People rushing to California were called the 48ers False; they were called 49ers
True or False: The Underground Railroad (a secret network of routes and safe houses) helped enslaved African Americans escape. True
True or False: Harriet Tubman was a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad True
True or False: Manifest Destiny described 1700s belief that the U.S should span coast to coast. False; it was a 19th-century belief, mostly in the 1840s-1850s
True or False: Exodusters were African Americans who moved from the South to New York in the late 1800s. False; they moved to KANSAS and the MIDWEST
True or False: An abolitionist wanted to end slavery in America True
True or False: The Homestead Act was passed by Jefferson to give free land False; it was passed by Lincoln in 1862
True or False: Popular sovereignty meant people should decide their government. True
True or False: Temperance was the movement to end alcohol consumption. True
True or False: Temperance was the era's most successful reform movement True
True or False: Oberlin College was the first to admit women and African Americans True
True or False: In the mid--1800s, women couldn't vote, hold property, divorce, make wills, or attend school. True
Created by: Chloe Baldwin
 

 



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