WE Remediation
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Westward Expansion Remediation
This will be both a grade on its own, and can be used to improve the summative grade.
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I'm unsatisfied with my grade.
I don't care about grades.
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Westward Expansion
Causes
Manifest Destiny
Cheap Land
Mining (Gold Rush)
Marketing (the West is better than back home)
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-John O'Sullivan, 1845
" ...the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development..."
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What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that it was destined by God for the United States to grow, and takeover North America. This destiny is MANIFEST, or obvious to everyone in the United States.
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Gold discovered in CA in 1848
49-ers: thousands of people who move to CA in 1849 to strike it rich
Boomtowns: cities grow FAST
80% miners = Americans
Chinese Immigrants, also
California Gold Rush
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Westward Expansion
Events
Texas Independence
Oregon Territory
Mexican American War
Transportation Revolution
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Texas owned by MEXICO
Americans move to TX for cheap land
Disagreements over laws/slavery
Declare Independence, War breaks out
After many defeats, TX wins
Does not become a state bc slavery
Texas Independence
Oregon was shared bw US & Britain
Pres. Polk - 54, 40 or Fight!
Compromise at 49th parallel
Oregon Trail, etc.
Oregon Territory
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War started over Border Disputes.
US wants Southwest
US wins, Mexico cedes land
Mexican American War
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After the war, Mexico cedes a LOT of land
$15 million
Will this new land allow slavery?
Mexican Cession
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Westward Expansion
Effects
Chinese mistreatment
Spread of Slavery
Displacement of Native Americans
Growth of the United States
Arguments over Expansion of Slavery
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Multiple Choice
How did Chinese Immigrants contribute to Westward Expansion?
They worked as laborers on the transcontinental railroad.
They fought for the US during the Mexican American War.
They paid taxes that were used to buy the Gadsden Purchase.
A Chinese immigrant was the first person to find gold in CA.
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Multiple Choice
How were Chinese immigrants impacted by Westward Expansion?
Chinese immigrants got rich in the Gold Rush.
Chinese immigrants were targeted with high taxes and discriminatory laws.
Chinese immigrants were allowed to move to the US.
Chinese immigrants owned railroads built in the US.
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Multiple Choice
Read the following quote.
"Already I see in the swift-coming future, not weak & sparsely settled Territories on it route, but rich & growing States through which the iron base will speed his way..."
Which idea is expressed in this quote?
Universal Suffrage
Sectionalism
Manifest Destiny
Secession
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Multiple Choice
How did the United States' victory in the Mexican American War relate to Westward Expansion?
America's belief in Manifest Destiny led them to declare war on SPAIN
The Mexican Cession added over 500,000 square miles of territory to the US
The additional territory won in the war abolished slavery
Native Americans and Mexicans living in the Southwest were forced to leave
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Multiple Choice
Use the quote to answer the question below.
"..the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development..."
What is the speaker referring to?
invention of steam engines
spread of slavery
agriculture
westward expansion
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Multiple Choice
Which statement describes one way life changed for Native Americans in the 1800s?
They were forced to move North
They were forced to become farmers
They were forced to move to reservations
They were forced to fight in American wars
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Multiple Choice
How did the Transportation Revolution aid Westward Expansion?
It allowed for faster, cheaper movement of goods and people
New inventions made farming more productive
The demand for slavery increased along with cotton growing
Steamboats allowed for two-way travel on rivers
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a cause of Westward Expansion?
Silver being found in the Appalachian Mountains
The purchase of Oregon Territory from Britain
The belief that the US was destined to reach the Pacific
The demand for cotton to use in texttile factories
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Multiple Choice
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that the US was destined to reach the Pacific Ocean
The religion practiced by Native Americans in the Southwest
The document signed to end the Mexican-American War
The businesses started during the Gold Rush
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Multiple Choice
What was one effect of Westward Expansion?
Mexican immigrants moved to the US to work on railroads
Native Americans were granted status as citizens with the 14th Amendment
The US was forced to sell territory to Mexico after the war
The North and South argued over whether new territories should be slave or free states
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