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* Jefferson bought land from France, which doubled the size of the United States
* In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |
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| * Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty |
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| * Texas was added after it became an independent republic |
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| * The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain |
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| California & the Southwest Territory |
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| * War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States |
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| Which territory was bought by Thomas Jefferson from France? It doubled the size of the United States. The Lewis & Clark expedition explored this territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific |
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| Which Territory was given to the United States by Treaty? |
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| This Territory was added after it became an independent republic, name it. |
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| Name the territory that was divided by the United States and Great Britain |
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| War with Mexico resulted in which territory becoming part of the United States |
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| California & the Southwest Territory |
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| Western movement became very popular for what reasons? |
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1) the population in the eastern states kept growing and growing, making it crowded in some areas
2) there was plenty of cheap, fertile land out west
3) it was a great economic opportunity (California Gold Rush, logging, farming, freedom for runaway slaves)
4) transportation was cheaper and faster (they had rivers and canals-- Erie Canal-- and used steamboats)
5) to gain knowledge about the overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe)
6) people believed in "Manifest Destiny"-- the idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country |
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invented by Eli Whitney
it increased the production of cotton, so it increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton |
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- Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent it
- it increased the productivity of the American farmer |
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it was improved by Robert Fulton
- it eventually provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories |
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| - it provided faster land transportation |
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| What invention provided faster land transportation? |
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| Which invention was improved by Robert Fulton, it eventually provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories |
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| Which inverntion did Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick work to invent, it increased the productivity of the American farmer |
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| Which invention, invented by Eli Whitney, it increased the production of cotton, so it increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton |
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| The Abolitionist Movement |
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Most abolitionists demanded immediate freeing of the slaves
Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong:
- it was morally wrong
- it was cruelly and inhumane
- it was a violation of the principles of democracy
Abolitionist Leaders included both men and women:
- Harriet Tubman
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Frederick Douglass |
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| What movement were the following involved in? Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, & Frederick Douglass |
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| The Abolitionist Movement |
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| Why did Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong? |
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- it was morally wrong
- it was cruelly and inhumane
- it was a violation of the principles of democracy |
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| What was the North's culture like which conflicted with the South's culture that eventually resulted in the Civil War? |
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| *The North was mainly an urban society where people had jobs |
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| What was the North's view which conflicted with the South's about slavery that eventually resulted in the Civil War? |
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| *The North believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons |
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| What was the South's view which conflicted with the North's about slavery that eventually resulted in the Civil War? |
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| *The South believed that the abolition of slavery would destroy their nation's economy |
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| What was the South's culture like which conflicted with the North's culture that eventually resulted in the Civil War? |
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| *The South was mostly an agricultural society where people lived in small villages and on farms or plantations |
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| What was the North's economy like, it conflicted with the South's economy that eventually resulted in the Civil War? |
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| *The North was a manufacturing region and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition |
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| What was the South's economy like, it conflicted with the North's economy that eventually resulted in the Civil War? |
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| *The South was mostly an agricultural society where people lived in small villages and on farms or plantations |
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| What were the constitutional differences between the North and the South? |
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*The North believed that the national government's power was greater than that of the states
*The South believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal |
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| Which side of the civil war believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal |
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| Which side of the civil war believed that the national government's power was greater than that of the states |
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| What did the South fear the North do? How did they react? |
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| The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, and Southerners began to proclaim states' rights as a mean of self-protection. The North believed that the nation was a union and could not be divided. While the Civil War did not begin as a war to get rid of slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation. |
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| Did the civil war begin as war about slavery? |
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| No, while the Civil War did not begin as a war to get rid of slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation. |
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| What compromises were made to try and resolve the differences between the Northern and Southern states? |
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| The Missouri Compromise of 1820, The Compromise of 1850, & The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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| What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820? |
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| Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state |
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| What was The Compromise of 1850? |
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- California was a free state
- Southwest territories would decide about slavery |
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| What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? |
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| These states could enter the union with or without slavery--- the people decided the slavery issue ("popular sovereignty") |
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| Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina starting the Civil War. |
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| What were the economic reasons for Western movement |
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1) there was plenty of cheap, fertile land out west
2) it was a great economic opportunity (California Gold Rush, logging, farming, freedom for runaway slaves)
3) transportation was cheaper and faster (they had rivers and canals-- Erie Canal-- and used steamboats) |
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| What were the Geographic reasons for Western movement? |
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1) the population in the eastern states kept growing and growing, making it crowded in some areas
2) to gain knowledge about the overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe) |
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| What was manifest destiny? |
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| The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country |
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| When did the United States grew in size because of exploration and expansion to new territories? |
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| what happened to the size of the United States between 1801 and 1861 |
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| the United States grew in size because of exploration and expansion to new territories. |
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