Unit 6 Review

Which factor contributed most to the population change shown in this table?

• Discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in San Francisco.

• Completion of the Erie Canal.

• Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

• Relocation of American Indians to reservations.

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Gold Rush

Which numbered area did the United States acquire

negotiations with England in 1846?

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Oregon

The excerpt above reflects the American belief that -

• the United States must defend South America against Europe.

• the United States must stop the transatlantic slave trade.

• the United States has the God-given right to expand westward.

• the United States has the power to relocate Native Americans.

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Manifest Destiny

How did Thoreau justify this act of civil disobedience?

• He disagreed with increasing taxes for the lower classes.

• He disapproved of increasing taxes to fund mainly urban areas.

• He objected to tax money being used to pay for the U.S.-Mexican War.

• He refused to provide tax money to support the Civil War.

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Mexican American War

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Slaveholding state.

• Bordered by the Pacific Ocean.

• Dependent on heavy industry.

• Formerly part of Mexico.

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Mexican Cession

Which of the following occurred as a result of these events?

• The president of Mexico refused to withdraw troops from Texas.

• Parts of southern Texas were returned to Mexico.

• The United States acquired several territories from Mexico.

• Mexico was forced to sell Florida to the United States.

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Mexican Cession

Which location on the map was acquired in order to complete the Southern portion of the transcontinental Railroad?

(NO LOVE Strategy)

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Gadsden Purchase

Which numbered state did the United States acquire from

Spain in 1819?

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• 4

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Manifest Destiny

Match the following Unit 6 Vocabulary to the correct definition.

(NO LOVE Strategy)

• moved to California for Gold.

• 49ers

• slogan to acquire Oregon Territory.

• Transcendalism

• belief that God wanted U.S. to expand.

• 54'40 or Fight!

• to gain or acquire territory.

• Annexation

• anti-war & anti-slave Americans.

• Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny