unit 5 apush Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
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

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