ChPter 30 Flashcards
(30 cards)
The term “manifest destiny” is associated with what country?
The United States
In 1803, the United States doubled in size, after the Lousianna territory was purchased from?
France
The native Americans who relocated from the Eastern woodlands to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears were the?
Cherokee
The last major Native American victory against the United States armed forces came in 1876 at the battle of ?
Little Big Horn
The last major Native American resistance was defeated in 1890 at the battle of?
Wounded knee
The main spark for the outbreak of the Mexican American War in 1845 was the United States acceptance of the new state of?
Texas
In 1848, the United States agreed to pay Mexico $15 million for what was then Texas, California, and New Mexico as part of the treaty of ?
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Which of the following leaders was committed to the idea of “free soil”?
Abraham Lincoln
Which of the following was NOT one of the chief factors for the outbreak of the U.S. civil war?
The traditional argument between a British or French alliance ( 4) Their recognition of the sanctity of private property. ( 3 )
The U.S. Civil war changed character on 1 January 1863, after?
Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation
Which of the following is not one of the reasons for the victory of the northern states in the U.S. Civil War?
The union had better generals.
New France passed into British control after?
The Seven Years War
The U.S invasion of Canada in the war of 1812?
Was repelled; stimulated a new sense of Canadian unity against an external threat
Farr Hing Chin was?
A Chinese immigrant to the United States who panned for gold.
Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were joined together as the Dominican of Canada? Their first prime minister was?
The British North American act of 1867.
John McDonald
Simon bolivar succinctly summed up the devolving political situation in Latin America when he said?
I fear peace more than war
Who were caudillos?
Regional military leaders who provided order in Latin America .
Who called for regional autonomy in an attempt to reconcile competing interests in Argentina ?
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Who was Benito Juarez ?
The leader of La Redorma in Mexico in the 1850s.
Who was Emiliano Zapata?
American agrarian rebel who fought for the goals for la reforma
The early stages of industrial development of the United States depended in large part of investment capital from which of the following nations ?
Great Britain
In terms of the industrial development of the United States in the late nineteenth century, the most important economic development was?
The construction of railroad lines that lined all US region
The national policy which was designed to attract migrants, protect nascent industries through tariffs, and build national transportation systems was a policy in?
Canada
By the 1860/ Britons leading supplier of beef was?
Argentina
