Manifest Destiny Flashcard

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What territory is circled? Options: Gadsden Purchase, Louisiana, Oregon, Florida

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Oregon

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Why was the annexation of Texas delayed?

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Worry about adding Texas as a slave state, Annexing Texas would lead to a war with Mexico, There would be imbalance of slave states and free states

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Territory B on the Map is the: Land received from GB after the Revolutionary War, Spanish Session, Louisiana Purchase, War with Mexico Land

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Louisiana Purchase

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What states were part of the Mexican Cession? Options: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

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California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

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The war with Mexico began with:

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a border dispute in Texas

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How did the U.S. acquire the Oregon Territory?

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treaty with the British

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What territory is circled? Options: Louisisana, Florida, US to 1783, Mexican Cession

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Mexican Cession

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Who spoke of creating an “Empire of Liberty?”

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Thomas Jefferson

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List three big events associated with Manifest Destiny:

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Dispute over the Oregon Territory, The Mexican-American War, The Gold Rush

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What were three big destinations of early westward expansion?

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Texas, Oregon and California