1. Manifest Destiny– Trashball Review

2. Group that immigrated due to a potato famine

3. Irish

4. What motivated the 49ers and Chinese to immigrate to California?

5. gold

6. Legacy (mark left) by this group included:
New irrigation techniques
Establish a center for world wide religion

7. Mormons

8. What motivated Mormons to immigrate west?
( Hint – it’s a “push” factor)

9. Escape religion persecution

10. This was a belief that the US should own all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

11. Manifest Destiny

12. This established set procedures for admitting new states into the Union.

13. Northwest Ordinance

14. This allowed businesses to move their products to further markets
Also allowed movements at a faster rate.

15. Steamboat

16. Land was purchased from Mexico

17. Gadsden Purchase

18. Why was it necessary in the minds of Americans to buy the Gadsden Purchase?

19. So to be able to build a transcontinental RxR

20. Identify as a economical, social or political effect of Manifest Destiny. More farm land for America

21. Economical

22. Identify as a economical, social or political effect of Manifest Destiny. Disease brought to Natives

23. Social

24. Identify as a economical, social or political effect of Manifest Destiny. Natives kicked off their land

25. Social

26. Identify as a economical, social or political effect of Manifest Destiny. California Gold Rush

27. Economical

28. Hardship Chinese faced when they immigrated to California

29. Persecuted by Americans

30. Legacy (mark left) by this group included:
Built RxRs
Culture
New agricultural techniques

31. Chinese

32. Americans acquired this piece of land by winning it…

33. Mexican Cession

34. America got this land from Spain

35. Florida

36. Bought, Annexed, Split or Won… How did the US gain control of Louisiana Purchase?

37. Bought

38. Bought, Annexed, Split or Won… How did the US gain control of Oregon?

39. Split

40. Bought, Annexed, Split or Won… How did the US gain control of Florida?

41. Bought

42. Year of the Louisiana Purchase?

43. 1803

44. What other country also laid claim to Oregon Country besides the US?

45. Great Britain (also Russia and Spain – but they “dropped” out of the competition.

46. What decision did the US make about the land known as Oregon Country?

47. Split with Great Britain

48. What role did Andrew Jackson play in acquiring Florida?

49. He attacked Fl and took control of the land (even though he was not asked to do so!!!)

50. Bought, Annexed, Split or Won… How did the US gain control of Texas?

51. Annexed

52. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the size of the US?

53. Doubled the size

54. With the Louisiana Purchase what important port city would become part of the US?

55. New Orleans

56. Why would are port cities important to farmers?

57. Able to get their crops to market faster by water transportation

58. What country did the US gain the Louisiana Purchase from?

59. France

60. What land is being described?
Borders include:
Mississippi River to the east
Rocky Mts to the west
Canada to the north
Mexico to the south

61. Louisiana Purchase

62. What issue made Americans (mainly Northerners) hesitant to annex Texas to the US?

63. slavery

64. Why did the US end up going to war with Mexico… basically what did the US and Mexico NOT agree on?

65. Border disputes

66. Significance of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

67. Peace treaty that ended the war with Mexico

68. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, what did Mexico agree to?

69. Give up (cede) land including present day California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. That’s why the land is referred to as the MEXICAN CESSION.

70. Group that moved west to convert Natives to Christianity

71. Missionaries

72. This sped up cotton grown in the South.

73. Cotton Gin

74. How did the cotton gin help the North?

75. Cotton was used in textile mills in the North during the Industrial Revolution.

76. Legacy (mark left) by this group included:
Opened Oregon to more settlers
Brought disease to Natives

77. Missionaries

78. Identify the territories6 1 5 3 4 2

79. Oregon Country
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Texas
Gadsden Purchase
Florida