What is manifest destiny, Why did the Mormons move

What is manifest destiny

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Assignment:

1. The Gold Rush in 1848 took place in which state? How did this impact westward migration?

2. Why did the Mormons move westward? To where did they move? Who led them?

3. What is Manifest Destiny?

4. Mexico tried to lure southern settlers into Texas by promising them what? What did settlers have to agree to in return?

5. Which battle symbolized the commitment to Texas' independence?

6. James K. Polk embodied the ideals of an BLANK president. This is demonstrated in the acquisitions that took place during his presidency.

7. Explain how the Oregon Territory dispute and the Mexican Cession illustrate this idea.

8. What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

9. The Wilmot Proviso was proposed prior to the end of the Mexican-American War to do what?

10. What was the purpose in acquiring the Gadsden Purchase land?

11. What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?

12. What novel was published in 1852 that depicted slavery as an evil institution? Who wrote this novel?

13. Why was Harriet Tubman known as the "Moses" of her people?

14. What is popular sovereignty? Who was most closely associated with this concept?

15. What were the terms of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? How did this cause conflict in the region?

16. Which abolitionist became famous because of his actions in "Bleeding Kansas"?

17. Which groups of people did the Know-Nothing Party dislike?

18. Why was the Republican Party formed?

19. What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?

20. What was the purpose of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?

21. What happened after Lincoln was elected in 1860?

22. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the Union and the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War?

23. Compare and contrast the strategies of the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War.

24 What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

25. What did the Emancipation Proclamation state? How did it change the goal of the war for the Union?

26. What was Lincoln's secondary goal by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

27. How was revenue raised during the Civil War?

28. Why did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus? What constitutional right does this violate?

29. How were the circumstances of black and white soldiers different?

30. Identify the significance of each of the following battles, and their locations/dates:

a. Fort Sumter

b. Battle of Bull Run

c. Battle of Antietam

d. Battle of Gettysburg

e.Battles of Vicksburg

f. Sherman's March to the Sea

g. Appomattox Courthouse

30.Who was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" in her efforts in the Battle of Antietam? What did she go on to found?

31.What was Lincoln's Plan for readmission of the Southern states into the Union? Johnson's Plan? Radical Republicans' Plan?

32. Who was the prominent leader of the Radical Republicans?

33.What was the goal of the Freedman's Bureau? What was the greatest benefit they provided to poor.African Americans following the Civil War?

34.What did the 134, 14% and 15 amendments state?

36.Why was President Johnson impeached?

37.What 'new' forms of work emerged in the South during Reconstruction?

38.How did Congress adempt to prevent discrimination in the South during Reconstruction?

39.How did state governments attempt to limit the suffrage rights of Black males?

40. What were Jim Crow Laws?

41.What was the context of the Plessy v. Ferguson case and what did the Supreme Court decide?

42.What were the viewpoints of W.E.B. du Bois and Booker T. Washington regarding African-American equality?

43.What problems brought about the end of Reconstruction?

44.Explain the compromise that ended Reconstruction in the South.

45.What problems were created by increased mining in the West?

46.What impacts did the transcontinental railroad have on the United States?

47.What were the 'push' and 'pull' factors that drove westward migration in the late 1800s?

48. How did the U.S. government encourage farming as a career?

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