Manifest Destiny
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- Q 1/28Score 0Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States29Adams Onis Treaty
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- Q1Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United StatesAdams Onis Treaty30s
- Q2Join or merge territory into an existing political unit such as a country or stateAnnex30s
- Q3Drawn to California by the lure of wealth by the Gold rush and/or farming. Immigrants from China. Helped build the Transcontinental RailroadChinese Immigrants30s
- Q4A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.Civil Disobedience30s
- Q5American writer and transcendentalist philosopher, he studied nature and published a magazine article, "Civil Disobedience," as well as his famous book, Walden Pond.David Henry Thoreau30s
- Q6-fertile soil - new land for farmersEconomic Roots of Manifest Destiny30s
- Q7CaliforniaFormer Spanish Colonies30s
- Q8Agreement w/ Mexico that gave the US parts of present-day New Mexico & Arizona in exchange for $10 million; all but completed the continental expansion envisioned by those who believed in Manifest Destiny.Gadsden Purchase30s
- Q9a period from 1848 to 1856 when thousands of people came to California in order to search for gold.Gold Rush30s
- Q10Immigrants from Ireland that had fled to United States due to lack of food caused by the poato blight disease. This left families in Ireland with little food. When in America Irish helped build Cumberland Road by digging the entire 12-18 inch canal by handIrish Immigrants30s
- Q1111th President of the United States from Tennessee; committed to westward expansion; led the country during the Mexican War; U.S. annexed Texas and took over Oregon during his administrationJames K. Polk30s
- Q12the possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countriesJoint Occupation30s
- Q131803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.Louisiana Purchase30s
- Q14A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.Manifest Destiny30s
- Q151848. Awarded as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo after the Mexican American War. U.S. paid $15 million for 525,000 square miles.Mexican Cession30s
