Expanding the States

Polk was popular in the south because he advocated for what two ideas

• obtaining land

• conquering Mexico

• Move the 49th Parallel

• expanding slavery

There was civil strife between what two groups

• proslavery groups

• antislavery groups

• Northern Whigs

• Northern Republicans

What can cotton be used to make?

• towels

• toilet paper

• shoe strings

• blankets

Which term means farming ?

• Factories

• Textiles

• Industry

• Agriculture

This is why the U. S. declared war on Mexico

• Mexico ambushed American soldiers at the Neuces River

• The U. S. ambushed Mexican soldiers at the Rio Grand

• Mexico ambushed American soldiers at the Rio Grand

• The U.S. ambushed Mexican soldiers at the Nueces River

The Spanish Missions encouraged to convert people into

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Taoism

• Confucianism

Missouri Compromise

• A set of laws, that admitted California to the US as a "free" state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves. Included the Fugitive Slave Act

• Covered or protected with iron

• An agreement in 1820 that admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and banned slavery from any future territories or sates north of the 36•30 line

• A league or alliance, especially of confederate states.

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Missouri Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

Which country brought cattle to Texas and the rest of the United States?

• Spain

• England

• France

• United States

_______________ were created along the railroad with stores as it was being built.

• Vigilantes
• Boom towns
• Nitro-glycerin
• Comstock Lode