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WorksheetsManifest Destiny CFE Review
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A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
Cotton Gin
Factory System
Mechanical Reaper
Telegraph
an artificial waterway made for transportation or irrigation (watering crops)
cotton gin
canal
steamboat
river
system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency
telegraph
interchangeable parts
factory system
mass production
Beginning in Great Britain, the dramatic change in economies and cultures brought about by the use of machines to do work formerly done by hand.
industrial revolution
morse code
revolutionary war
factory system
A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another, identical part. This led to the use of mass-production techniques.
interchangeable parts
patent
factory system
mccormick reaper
Process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply
patent
urbanization
mass production
canal
A license from the federal government to be the only one to have sole legal right to an invention and its profits for a period of time.
patent
turnpike
steel-tipped plow
contract
Relating to a city or densely populated area (as opposed to the countryside)
Urban
Patent
Rural
Industrial
Opened routes to the west for transportation and travel.
plantations
railroads
factories
steel plow
The use of mass-production techniques was a result of the introduction of what?
interchangeable parts
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
telegraph
Effect on factory workers since the owners were only focused on making a profit
higher wages
sanitary living conditions
safe working conditions
deadly working conditions
Steam power, rise in immigration, & technological innovations all led to...
plantation system
industrial revolution
nulification crisis
indian removal act
Why did the U.S. place few restrictions on immigration?
industrial economy was creating new jobs
labor unions welcomed the new workers
southern landowners needed additional workers
the Constitution did not allow restrictions
Steel plow, construction of roads and canals, invention of the mccormick reaper all caused...
growth of immigration
decrease in slave population
increase in agricultural production
enactment of protective tariffs
Growth of trade was made possible by the invention of...
automobile
steamboat
telegraph
cotton
How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the U.S?
prevented development of industry in the northeast
turned the south into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills
restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories
increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue
Impact of technological improvements in transportation
prevented impressment of sailors from the British navy
cost of shipping to be reduced
citizens to remain on their farms
slavery to spread north
Why was New England an ideal location to build and operate factories?
many rivers and streams
huge tracts of unsettled land
fertile soil
large slave population
Why were canals necessary?
most turnpikes ran east and west, not north and south
most rivers ran east and west, not north and south
most rivers ran north and south, not east and west
most turnpikes ran north and south, not east and west
why did factory owners like to hire women?
they made money to send back to their families
women were able to learn to read and write during off time
to meet government regulations
they could pay them less than men
"a state has the right to overrule an act passed by Congress. After all, the national government is supposed to share power with the states." Which issue do you think is being discussed?
Monroe Doctrine
Nullification Crisis
Missouri Compromise
Electoral College
Who could now vote in the early 1820s?
Women
Native Americans
Non-landowning white males
Tax payers
Which was a result of the spoils system?
federal laws being nullified by states.
elected officials rewarding their supporters with government jobs.
all free males being given the right to vote.
the end of political corruption in the federal government.
What was the "Corrupt Bargain" in the election of 1824?
Jackson agreed to use mudslinging against Adams.
Jackson and Adams agreed not to run against each other.
Jackson used Clay's influence in the House to win the Presidency.
Adams used Clay's influence in the House to win the Presidency.
How did the Cherokee solve their issue with Georgia without violence?
Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees.
The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.
Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land.
The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia's anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.
How did the Seminole Wars end?
the Seminoles getting to keep all of their land.
the Seminoles retreating into the Everglades and remaining there.
the Seminoles being massacred because they tried to fight back.
all of the Seminoles moving west to the Indian Territory.
Why did Andrew Jackson want to remove American Indians from their homeland?
Jackson wanted to open up more land for white settlement.
Jackson wanted to make himself wealthy by removing the American Indians.
Jackson believed that the Constitution required the removal of the American Indians.
Jackson believed that American Indian villages offered a safe haven for indentured servants.
Which was a common opinion of Andrew Jackson?
not qualified to be president.
unable to make important decisions.
abusing the power of the presidency.
overly influenced by European political ideas.
What did Jackson's Force Bill do?
Maine was forced to enter the union as a free state.
The Cherokee people were forced off of their land.
Missouri was forced to enter the union as a free state.
South Carolina was forced to accept the federal tariff.
The idea that states could cancel or not follow federal laws
Nullification
Secede
Corrupt Bargain
Spoils System
Andrew Jackson was the first president of which political party?
Democrat
Republican
Federalist
Whig
Which state threatened to secede from the United States if forced to pay "illegal" tariffs?
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Why did the South dislike the high tariffs?
they thought it was unfair for Native Americans
because of their trade agreements with Native Americans
because of their profitable cotton trade with Europe
because of their trading potential.
Why did Jackson dislike the Bank of the U.S.?
He feels that it excludes ordinary U.S. citizens.
He feels that it is run poorly.
He feels that it makes bad investments.
He feels that it serves the interests of foreign governments.
Which tribe called themselves the "unconquered people"?
Seminole
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Creek
Why does the Seminole Tribe of Florida call themselves the "Unconquered People?"
They negotiated an advantageous surrender to the U.S.
They never surrendered to the United States.
Billy Bowlegs was never captured and stayed in Florida.
There are now over 17,000 Seminole in Alabama.
Which system allowed more citizens to participate in the selection of presidential candidates?
Spoils system
Bureaucracy
Nominating Conventions
Nullification
Which territory was acquired through the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Missouri
issued a warning to European countries to stay out of the Americas?
Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
Adams-Onis Treaty
Sectionalism
What was the overall goal of the Tariff of 1816?
to protect southern plantations
to raise money for the government
to anger northern manufacturers who relied on trade
to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition
the rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
sectionalism
missouri compromise
monroe doctrine
secede
Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state as a result of
the missouri compromise
the monroe doctrine
Adams-Onis Treaty
Force Bill
Congress was able to keep a balance of slave and free states as a result of
the missouri compromise
the monroe doctrine
Adams-Onis Treaty
Force Bill
here was a line drawn across the United States stating that territories admitted to the union located south of the line would be slave, and north of the line would be free as a result of the Missouri Compromise
True
False
Slavery was abolished in Missouri as a result of the Missouri Compromise.
True
False
What was the goal of Henry Clay's "American System" in the 1820s?
to gradually eliminate slavery
to obtain United States control of Canada
to strengthen the United States to resist foreign invaders
to encourage greater cooperation between different sections of the country
Southerners felt that the tariff protected Northern manufacturers and caused the Southerners to pay higher prices for the goods they had to buy. This led to...
Sectionalism
Missouri Compromise
Indian Removal Act
Bureaucracy
In which way did the transportation revolution create a conflict between the national government and state governments?
They disagreed on who controlled the transportation of resources.
They disagreed on which direction steamships traveled on the canals.
They disagreed on which countries were allowed to travel the waterways.
They disagreed on who had the power to control interstate roads and canals.
The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Refers to the presidential election of 1824 in which Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams rather than Jackson.
Corrupt Bargain
Secede
Bureaucracy
Nominating Conventions
a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts.
Era of Good Feelings
Era of Bad Feelings
Sectionalism
Corrupt Bargain
This law set aside federal land west of the Mississippi for Native tribes to relocate. Jackson's aim was to separate Natives from whites and also to take their lands. It gave the President authority to pay the tribes their resettlement costs. Jackson wanted to open up more land for white settlement
Indian Removal Act
Force Bill
Corrupt Bargain
Nullification Crisis
a method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad
mudslinging
secede
nominating conventions
spoils system
A meeting in which representative members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices. This system allowed more citizens to participate in the selection of presidential candidates.
Nominating Conventions
Missouri Compromise
Bureaucracy
Spoils System
to leave the union, or to withdraw from an organization or alliance
Secede
Sectionalism
Bureaucracy
Tariff
A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends. Elected officials reward their supporters with government jobs
Spoils System
Nominating Conventions
Bureaucracy
Secede
Placed high taxes on imports in order to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition.
Tariff of 1816
Force Bill
Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
to add a territory to a country
Annexation
Statehood
The Alamo
Mexicanos
the belief that it was America's right and duty to spread across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
Bear Flag Revolt
Mexicanos
Boom Towns
Territory claimed by both the U.S. & Great Britain. Polk demanded all of this land right up to the latitude line of 54° 40°N (the southern border of Russian Alaska). "Fifty-four forty or Fight!". Both sides agreed to divide the territory at 49°N latitude which extended the existing border between Canada and the U.S. westward to the Pacific.
Annexation
Oregon Trail
Boom Towns
Oregon Territory
The main route used by settlers moving west
Oregon Trail
Boom Towns
Gadsden Purchase
Annexation
War with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California. The Rio Grande was recognized as the border between Texas and Mexico.
Gadsden Purchase
Bear Flag Revolt
Mexican American War
Forty-Niners
U.S. purchased land from Mexico for $10 million. It provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad.
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Trail
Boom Towns
Oregon Territory
January 1848 gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the Pacific Coast. This led thousands to sail to California or to cross overland in order to pan for gold. Almost 100,000 people came to California looking for gold in 1849. The rush lasted a few years before mining companies took over.
California Gold Rush
Annexation
The Alamo
Bear Flag Revolt
A fast-growing community that enjoyed sudden prosperity
Mexicanos
Statehood
Boom Towns
Oregon Territory
Mexico gave the U.S. more than 500,000 sq miles of territory (about half of its territory) and almost doubled the size of the U.S. U.S. paid Mexico $15 million.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Manifest Destiny
Bear Flag Revolt
Gadsden Purchase
An old mission that Texans had taken over. Fighting took place here between Mexican troops and Texans. Texan forces were defeated
Gadsden Purchase
Annexation
Oregon Territory
The Alamo
American settlers in northern California began an uprising against Mexican presence. They declared California independent and renamed it the Bear Flag Republic, which did not last long. Mexico lost the territory of California, putting great strain on their resources.
Annexation
Boom Towns
Gadsden Purchase
Bear Flag Revolt
Religious group who settled in Utah in order to escape religious persecution. Members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded in New York by Joseph Smith in 1830.
Oregon Trail
Mormons
Bear Flag Revolt
Mexican American War
The people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849. Most were Americans, but some were immigrants from Mexico, Europe, and China.
Forty-Niners
Statehood
Oregon Trail
California Gold Rush
The Adams-Onis Treaty served as a clear warning to European nations to keep out of the Americas.
True
False
In The Adams-Onis Treaty, the Spanish agreed to give up all claims and control over Florida and Oregon.
True
False
Related to the conflict over the Oregon country.
Fifty Four Forty or Fight!
Remember the Alamo!
Deseret
Forty Niners and the Gold Rush
Why did it take so long for Florida to become an official state of the U.S. ?
They didn't write or approve a state constitution
The population wasn't big enough yet to qualify
They had to wait until the war with Mexico was over
It would upset the balance between free and slave states
How does the slavery issue and manifest destiny relate?
Admitting new states could upset the balance in Congress between free states and slave states.
Most people in the western territories thought that slavery was morally wrong and refused to allow it.
Enslaved people who escaped often fled to the west, where they were protected by territorial laws.
Southern leaders worried that most new states would be free states because the climate and terrain in the west was not suited for plantation agriculture
Which is true because of the idea of Manifest Destiny?
It inspired the defense of the Alamo.
It discouraged settlement in California.
It helped the United States justify the annexation of Texas.
It prevented the United States from taking control of the Gulf of Mexico.
Which happened first?
Texas becomes a republic
Texans declare independence
Texans seek annexation to the United States
Texas becomes a state
Which happened after the United States won the Mexican-American war?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gives land to the United States.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gives land to Great Britain.
The Adams-Onis Treaty transfers Florida to the United States.
The Oregon Treaty sets the boundary between the United States and Canada.
An agreement from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo...
Mexico accepted the Nueces River as its border with Texas.
Mexico conceded all rights to Florida and the Oregon Territory.
Mexico gave the United States more than 500,000 square miles of territory.
Mexico paid the United States $15 million and $3.25 million in debts owed.
What did Texas and California have in common?
Former Mexican territory
Dependent on slavery
Settled by Mormons
Large coal deposits
Which leader became the president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Dallas Maverick
Which of the following happened because of the American belief in Manifest Destiny?
Slaves were freed
The United States went to war with Mexico
Population increased in the northern states.
The United States went to war with Great Britain.
What was a result of the Bear Flag Revolt?
Mexico lost the territory of California, putting great strain on their resources.
The U.S. briefly lost the territory of California, putting great strain on their resources.
the United States gained the Oregon Territory, making it easier to win the war.
Mexico gained the Oregon Territory, making it easier to win the war.
The border at the 49th Parallel North Latitude solved a dispute about which territory?
Oregon
Utah
Arizona
Louisiana
The U.S. was in dispute with which country over the Oregon Territory?
Spain
Great Britain
Russia
Mexico
Which was true about the California Gold Rush?
Vigilante justice in most boomtowns was quickly replaced by territorial police forces.
In the early years of the Gold Rush, most forty-niners struck gold and made huge fortunes.
Most forty-niners were Americans, but some were immigrants from Mexico, Europe, and China.
Most boomtowns collapsed as quickly as they grew because boomtown merchants could not make a profit.
The belief that the U.S should expand across the entire continent.
Manifest Destiny
Trail of Tears
Democratic Political Party
Ratify
Because of the discovery of gold in California in 1848...
The state declared independence from Mexico.
The region's population tripled within ten years.
Few farmers remained in the area ten years later.
Many Native Americans benefited from selling land.
What was the significance of the Gadsden Purchase?
It started another costly conflict with Mexico.
It doubled the size of the continental United States.
It provided more farmland to meet the demand for cotton.
It provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad.
what was the greatest threat to travelers on the Oregon Trail?
disease
starvation
dehydration
animal attacks
California was being settled mostly by people in search of
trade with Native Americans
animals for the fur trade
wealth from the discovery of gold
jobs in industrial cities
Which group of people settled in Utah in order to escape religious persecution?
Jews
Mormons
Catholics
Puritans
A strong sense of nationalism, advances in transportation, & rapid growth in the West
Manifest Destiny
Plantation system
Adams-Onis Treaty
Monroe Doctrine
