Period 5

Who coined the term Manifest Destiny?

• John O'Sullivan

• Horace Greeley

• James K. Polk

• John Tyler

Which was NOT a cause of Manifest Destiny?

• Government role such as Homestead Act and Railway Act

• Discovery of minerals in the West

• Lands in the Northwest were perfect for growing cotton

• Belief that God wanted the white race to conquer to the sea.

Which event even allowed California to be opened up for settlement and exploration.

• Polk's compromise with Britain after his 54'40 plea.

• The US victory in the Mexican-American War.

• Expansion west after the Kansas-Nebraska-Act.

• Purchase of California known as Seward's Folly.

Peoples from America, Europe, and Asia settled California; what were the effects?

• Americans worked to Americanize others.

• Groups worked collectively to achieve their goals

• Nativism arose, especially against the Chinese.

• All groups gained huge amounts of wealth.

“It was not automatically apparent how any of the filibustering targets of the post-1848 period could ‘fit’ into an American republic, or even into an American empire. . . . While it seemed only logical to some to simply take all of Mexico as booty [spoils] of the war, cut Mexico up, and turn it into new territories and states, most Americans rejected this idea. They did so because central Mexico was densely populated. . . . Many Americans feared the result of the integration of Mexico’s people into the United States. Critics also doubted whether Americans could be happy in the alien landscape of central and southern Mexico.”

According to this author, why did Americans no want to integrate Mexico into the US?

• Mexico's geography wasn't suitable for agriculture.

• Mexico's climate was too hot and dry.

• Many still believed the war was only fought over moral reasons.

• Many didn't believe Mexicans could be assimilated..

This map shows...

• A growing unity among the states.

• The Mexican Cession following the war.

• Increase sectional tension from the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The effects of the new fugitive slave laws.

Which is NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California becomes a free state.

• New Mexico will become a state and use popular sovereignty.

• Stricter Fugitive Slave Law

• No slave trade in Washington D.C.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 would have angered the North and pleased the South the most.

• California becoming a free state.

• Outlawing the slave trade in D.C.

• New Territories using popular sovereignty

• Stricter Fugitive Slave Laws

After the passage of the stricter Fugitive Slave Laws, what did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Gone With the Wind

• The Liberator

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What is the purpose of this political cartoon?

• All immigrants are over-whelming the United States.

• The Irish tend to be the most problematic

• Lots of nativism arose with the increase in immigration.

• Americans were welcoming of all immigrants.