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04/11/2012

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Northwest Ordinance 1787

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Definition

 

      Created an organized system for settlement of government lands in the Northwest Territory

 

      Had to be at least 5,000 men who owned at least 50 acres

 

      60,000 people

 

      An existing form of self-government 

 

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1803 – 1850

 

Definition


Manifest Destiny – belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand its borders from “sea to sea” across the North American continent

 

 

 

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Major Elements

of Manifest Destiny

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Definition

 



Westward Expansion

 

  War with Mexico

 

  Annexation of Texas Gold Rush

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Economic, Political,

and Social Roots of Manifest Destiny

Definition

  Economic:

 

   New land for farmers

 

   New trade routes and markets (Santa Fe Trail)

 

   New opportunities to start a business

 

    Political

 

   Expansion of our nation’s borders/territories

 

   Expansion of slavery

 

    Social

 

   Removal of Native Americans

 

  Refuge for persecuted groups (Mormons)

 

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Relationship Between the Concept of Manifest Destiny

and the Westward Growth of the Nation

Definition




The United States government and its citizens believed that the nation’s destiny or fate was to expand westward from sea to sea

 

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Causes of the
United States-Mexican War       

Definition

  1. Annexation of Texas
  2.    Viewed as a “War of Aggression” by many Americans
  3.  Causes:
  • President Polk’s desire to expand the United States (Manifest Destiny)
  • Border disputes concerning the southern boundary of Texas (Rio Grande was claimed by Texas and disputed by Mexico.)

 

 

 

 

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Effects and Impacts of the
United States-Mexican War

Definition

      Effects and Impact

 

     Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) ends the war

 

      Grants the United States the Mexican territory of New Mexico, Arizona and California

 

     United States paid Mexico $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase to help repay Mexico for the annexation of Texas in 1845

 

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Sectionalism

Definition

 

      loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole

Regions: North, South, West, Slave States, Free States

 

   States: Texas, California, Kansas,Nebraska

    Cities: Washington, D.C.

 

Term




  • Physical Characteristics of the Environment and their Influence on Population Distribution, Settlement Patterns, and Economic Activities in the US
Definition

      Gold in California

 

     Rush of settlers to California; pushed many American Indians off their lands; population of California quickly rises to the amount required for statehood


 

      California’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean

 

     Led to an increase of immigration from Asian nations


 

      Rocky Mountains

      –  Location between eastern and western parts of the United States resulted in a need for the Gadsden Purchase to put in a railroad train for transport of goods from East to West

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Areas Acquired to

Create the United States

Definition

 

 

 

    •       Louisiana Purchase

    •      Mexican Cession

 

           –     New Mexico, Arizona, California

 •      Gadsden Purchase

 

             •      Oregon Territory

 

             •      Alaska Purchase

 

            –     Seward’s Folly

 

 

 

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