Define Manifest Destiny.

The belief that the US was destined to expand across the North American continent.

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Define Manifest Destiny.
The belief that the US was destined to expand across the North American continent.
What is popular sovereignty?
The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
Define sectionalism.
Loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole.
What is nativism?
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Define 'King Cotton'.
A slogan used by southerners to support secession from the United States by arguing cotton was a crucial resource.
What was the Free-Soil Party?
A short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, opposing the expansion of slavery into new territories.
What was the Know-Nothing Party?
A nativist political party in the United States active in the mid-1850s, opposing immigrants and Catholics.
What is American exceptionalism?
The belief that the United States is unique and holds a special place among nations.
Define popular sovereignty.
The doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
The 1853 treaty in which the United States bought a strip of land from Mexico, now part of Arizona and New Mexico.
What were the causes and effects of Manifest Destiny?
Causes: Economic opportunities, safety concerns, overseas ambitions. Effects: Westward migration, conflicts with Native Americans and Mexico.
What were the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War?
Causes: US expansionist desires, annexation of Texas. Effects: US acquisition of vast new territories, increased sectional tensions over slavery.
What were the causes and effects of the Compromise of 1850?
Causes: Disputes over slavery in new territories. Effects: Temporary easing of tensions, but ultimately failed to resolve the underlying issues.
What were the causes and effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Causes: Desire to organize territories for westward expansion, the principle of popular sovereignty. Effects: Violence in Kansas ('Bleeding Kansas'), increased sectionalism.
What were the causes and effects of the Dred Scott decision?
Causes: Dred Scott's lawsuit for freedom. Effects: Increased tensions over slavery, strengthened the Southern position on slavery.
What were the causes and effects of the Election of 1860?
Causes: Deep divisions over slavery, Lincoln's anti-slavery stance. Effects: Secession of Southern states, start of the Civil War.
What were the causes and effects of the California Gold Rush?
Causes: Discovery of gold in California. Effects: Rapid population growth, economic development, increased demand for statehood and infrastructure.
What were the causes and effects of increased immigration?
Causes: Economic opportunities, political instability in Europe. Effects: Nativism, cultural changes, labor force growth.
What were the causes and effects of the Gadsden Purchase?
Causes: Desire for a southern transcontinental railroad route. Effects: Further expansion of US territory, resolution of border issues with Mexico.
What were the causes and effects of the Purchase of Alaska?
Causes: Desire to expand US territory and influence, weakening of Russia's hold on North America. Effects: Expansion of US territory, access to natural resources.
Compare the Know-Nothing Party and the Free-Soil Party.
The Know-Nothing Party was nativist, opposing immigration, while the Free-Soil Party opposed the expansion of slavery.
Compare the North and South in the mid-19th century.
The North was industrializing and had diverse economy, while the South relied on agriculture and slave labor.
Compare the motivations for Irish and German immigration.
Irish immigrants often fled famine, while German immigrants sought economic opportunities and political freedom.
Compare the goals of the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Both aimed to address slavery in new territories, but the Compromise used a package deal, while Kansas-Nebraska used popular sovereignty.
Compare the impacts of the California Gold Rush and Manifest Destiny.
The Gold Rush rapidly populated the West, while Manifest Destiny provided the ideological justification for expansion.
Compare the views on slavery in the North and South.
The North largely opposed slavery, while the South defended it as essential to their economy and way of life.
Compare the economic systems of the North and South.
The North had a diverse, industrial-based economy, while the South relied heavily on agriculture, particularly cotton, and slave labor.
Compare the impacts of the Dred Scott decision and the Kansas-Nebraska Act on sectionalism.
Both increased sectionalism by inflaming tensions over slavery; Dred Scott by denying citizenship to slaves and Kansas-Nebraska by leading to violence over the slavery issue.
Compare the goals of the Free-Soil Party and the Abolitionist movement.
The Free-Soil Party sought to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories, while abolitionists aimed to abolish slavery completely.
Compare the impacts of immigration on the North and South.
Immigration primarily benefited the North by providing a labor force for industrialization, while the South relied more on slave labor.