H Flashcards
History
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Louisiana Purchase
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- was $15 million
Doubled the size of the U.S - Allowed to gain control of Port New Orlando’s and Mississippi River
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Mexican cession
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Extended U.S to the Pacific Ocean
3
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Manifest destiny ( social )
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- reduce overcrowding in cities
- Spread religious beliefs to people in the west
- escape religious persecution in East
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Manifest Destiny ( Political )
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- To extends system of democracy
- Slaves counted fro rep
Civil war - Slavery moving to the-
west = tenision in North adnd South
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manifest Destiny ( Economic )
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- Land and wea;th gain form westward expansion
- Bussiness and more markets opening
More natural resources - shipping goods and exports increasing
6
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California Trail
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- Off Oregon Tral
- Hedaded to California
- Miners
- Heded to find seek gold
7
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Korman Trail
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- Mormaons and settlers
- In search of religious freedom
- to salt lake Utah
8
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Mexican War
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- Ended over The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- St the Rio Grande as a border
- Added New Mexico, california, Arizona, Utalh, Nevada, Colorado
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Texas Annexed
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- Confiuson for number of slave and non slave states
- Fight with Mexico and Texas about the Southern border - led to Mexican war
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U.S 1783
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- treaty of Paris ended American revolution
- saw U.S as a independent country
- Atlantic Coast to Mississippi rivrer
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Gold Rush cause
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Gold found in 1848
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Gold rush effects
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- Caifornia’s pouplation grow
- Boomtoons grew
- Crime and prices increased
- Land and environments destroyed
- water poisoned
- Foresrets were levied for mining
- economic Boom
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Oregon Territoty
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- Treaty between Britain and U.,S
- Set border at 49 parallel
14
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Gadsden Purchase
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U.S Paid Mexico $10 Million
For Sammy price of land
To build Transcontinental railroad
15
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Adams Onis Treaty 1819
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Fight over florida with Spain
- Spain gave up land east of Mississippi River it 5$ million. U.S controlled the east coast. U.S gave up ALL claims to present day Texas.
