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History test 12/17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what did the manifest destiny resemble | the light leading towards the west, the new tech, the indians being kicked out of the east |
| what was the popular belief in this time period | US had a DIVINE mission to extend across North America |
| what was the expansion driven by | nationalism, population increase, economic development, tech advancements |
| who won independence from spain in 1823 | texas |
| who attracted 300 settlers with land | stephen austin |
| who bans slavery in 1829 | mexico |
| who outnumbers Mexicans in 1830 | americans |
| who made themselves dictator in 1834 | general Santa anna |
| whos declared independent by Sam Houston in 1836 | texas |
| what is the alamo | spanish mission, 13 days, 200 Texans vs 5000 |
| what happens 6 weeks later at San Jacinto | Texans defeat mexican army |
| what do the soldiers shout at the defeat of Mexican army at San Jacinto | remember the Alamo |
| what did the soldier shouting remember the Alamo symbolize | ultimate sacrifice for freedom |
| what did Sam Houston want for texas | annexed |
| why did northerners protest about Texas being annexed | did not want expansion of slavery |
| what political party of James Polk for | democrats |
| in the election of 1844 who was chosen and why | James polk bc he was committed to manifest destiny |
| what places did James Polk want | Texas, Cali, and oregon |
| when was gold discovered in cali | 1848 |
| what was the cost to travel to CA/OR | $200/300- making it mainly for middle class |
| Polk knew he couldn't get a war with Mexico unless what | US is attacked first |
| why does Polk send troops to border for | provoke Mexico to strike first |
| what does mexico do in result of Polk sending troops to border | assault us patrol killing 11 |
| what happens after Mexico attacks us patrol | us declares war on mexico |
| what were the 2 major battles of Mexico and us war | Buena Vista and Mexico city |
| how does the war between Mexico and us end | treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| why did many southerners resist the moussouri compromise | it barred slavery from the lousiana purchase lands |
| what was the ostend manifesto | Polk offers to purchase cuba from spain for $100 million, spain refuses, southerners lead small expeditions to take Cuba by force, franklin pierce president in 1852, sent 3 American dispatch to ostend, Belgium and negotiates to take cuba, agreement |
| what was the clayton- bulwer treaty | ambition to build canal through central America, Britain and us agree to this treaty providing neither nation would attempt to take exclusive control of any future canal route in central america |
| what was the Gadsden purchase | pierce purchased small strip of land from Mexico for $10 million, land was semi-desert, best route for a railroad through the region |
| what was the free-soil movement | northern democrats and whigs support proviso that all slaves and free AF should be excluded from Mexican cession, chief objective, prevent extension of slavery |
| what trails led pioneers west | Oregon trail, Cali trail, mormon trail |
| who was lewis cass and what was popular soverignity | cass was democratic senator from michigan, popular soverignity was instead of congress determining whether to allow slavery in new western territory cass said it was determined by vote of the people who settled a territory |
| who were the fireeaters | radicals from the south |
| what did compromise of 1850 influence with the fugitive slave law | adopted the law, capturing and returning escaped enslaved people |
| where did all immigrants come from in the 1840s | Ireland and germany |
| who formed the know nothing party | nativist who were native- born Americans who were worried immigrants would take their jobs responded to any political questions with "I know nothing" |
| what was the underground railroad | loose network of activist who helped enslaved people escape to freedom, conductors were the free african americans who escaped slavery with the help of white abolishinists |
| who tries to start an uprising of enslaved people in VA and took armory from harpers ferry on Oct 16, 1859 | John brown |
| what was John brown charged with and the first person executed for what | treason in us |
| who were the democratic candidates in the election of 1860 | stephen Douglas of Illinois and John breckeridge of kentucky |
| who was the Republican candidate in the election of 1860 | Lincoln of illinois |
| who was the constitutional party in the election of 1860 | John bell of tennessee |
| who wins the election of 1860 | lincoln- minority president 59% of electoral votes 39.8% popular vote |
| what happens with SC in Dec 1860 | unanimously secedes to protect slavery |
| who else follows SC path within 6 weeks | Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, lousiana, and texas |
| where was the capitol of confederacy located | montgomery alabama |
| who was the president of Confederate states and what did he do | Jefferson Davis and wrote a constitution |
| where does the civil war start and details about it | at fort Sumter on April 12,1861 lasted 2 days no casualties Confederate victory |
| after fort Sumter where did the capitol move | richmond |
| how many people died in the civil war | 750,000 |
| how many freed slaves | 4 million |
| what was the union (north) advantages | 22 million ppl, had an established navy, controlled banking, 85% of factories and 70% of railroads |
| why was there a fight at Antietam | fought in Maryland, lee thought if they win they would get British support, north knew their plan, lee ends up retreating |
| what was the bloodiest single day of combat | antietam |
| what did US grant do out west | - got Mississippi river to cut south in 2 - believed in ATTRITION- had the advantage in # of soliders |
| what did the emancipation proclamation do | freed all slaves in rebellious states |
| what was the bloodiest battle | gettysburg with 50,000 casualties |
| where was the surrender of the civil war | Appomattox courthouse |
| what happened at appomattox courthouse | Confederate govt tried to negotiate a peace, unconditional surrender and restoration of the union |
| what day was Lincoln shot | April 14th |
| booth plans a what murder | triple murder of the president, vp, and secretary of state |
| who shot and killed abraham lincoln | John Wilkes booth |
| who was John Wilkes booth | 3rd son of an acting dynasty |
| when did Lincoln draw his last breath | 21 minutes and 55 seconds past 7 am on Sat April 15, 1865 |
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