Chapter 14 . Texan Independence and the acts and cases leading up to the Civil War . Vocab 100. To add on to your country Answer : Annex. Vocab 200. It is our right to expand westward Answer: Manifest Destiny. Vocab 300. President who believed in Manifest Destiny Answer : Polk. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter 14 Texan Independence and the acts and cases leading up to
Pro-slavery people who cross the border to violently fight for slavery
Answer: Border Ruffians
People 100
Famous for a new type of knife
Answer: Bowie
People 200
General who becomes president of Mexico
Answer: Santa Anna
People 300
Blazed the California trail
Answer: Joe Walker
People 400
Showed that it was possible for a family to move west
Answer: The Whitmans
People 500
Former congressman who became an Alamo defender
Answer: Crockett
Acquiring Land100
This lead up to California statehood
Answer: The Gold Rush
Acquiring Land200
Slogan to push for all of the Oregon territory
Answer: 54 40 or Fight
Acquiring Land300
Start of both trails
Answer: Independence, Missouri
Acquiring Land400
Buying a small strip of land for a railroad in 1853
Answer: Gadsden Purchase
Acquiring Land500
What is the southern boundary of Texas according to Texas and Mexico? (You need both and label which is which)
Answer: Texas – Rio Grande River Mexico – Nueces River
Texas and Independence 100
An old Spanish mission where Texans stood for independence
Answer: The Alamo
Texas and Independence 200
What treaty marked the final triumph of manifest destiny?
Answer: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Texas and Independence 300
Who signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Answer: Mexico and the U.S.
Texas and Independence 400
What is the Mexican Cession?
Answer: Land that was given after the war
Texas and Independence 500
3 reasons why Texas pushed for Independence
Answer: Religion, government, slavery
Acts and Cases 100
What was Dred Scott’s owner’s job?
Answer: Military Surgeon
Acts and Cases 200
Why was the Compromise of 1850 necessary?
Answer: To balance the power in the US (CA wanted to be
a state)
Acts and Cases 300
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act use to create the new states?
Answer: Popular Sovereignty
Acts and Cases 400
What act or compromise was unconstitutional according to the Dred Scott case?
Answer: Missouri Compromise
Acts and Cases 500
List 3 of the 4 parts of the ruling in the Dred Scott case.
Answer:1. Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional2. Slaves are not people so they cannot sue3. Remains a slave4. Slaves are property and the Constitution protects property