Unit 5 Study Guide- Expansion and Division
- Describe why and how the first settlers moved west and started to explore and live in the West. Include information about Manifest Destiny, mountain men, the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, the Donner Party, the Mormons, wagon trains, and Brigham Young.
- Explain how Texas, California, and the rest of the western states became a part of the United States. Include information about Mexican independence, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Lone Star Republic, the Alamo, Goliad, Sam Houston, the Battle of San Jacinto, James K Polk, annexation, the Mexican-American War, the Mexican Cession, The Gadsden Purchase, the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, and the Oregon Territory.
- Explain how the population of the American West quickly grew, how the wealth of the United States quickly grew and how this growth led to disagreements over slavery. Include information on the Wilmot Proviso, The California Gold Rush, John Sutter, 49ers, California, abolitionists, the Compromise of 1850, and popular sovereignty.
- Explain how the issues of the 1850s put the United States on a course toward the Civil War. Include information about the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the fugitive slave act, popular sovereignty, the Mexican Cession, the Wilmot Proviso, free-soilers, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks, Harriett Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the Dredd Scott Case, John Brown, and the raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Vocabulary terms for the Unit include
Manifest Destiny
Missouri Compromise
Mountain Men
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Mormon Trail
Mormons
Brigham Young
Joseph Smith
The Donner Party
Missions
Missionaries
Texas
Wagon trains
The Lonestar Republic
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Tejanos
The Alamo
Sam Houston
Battle of San Jacinto
Annexation
James K Polk
The Rio Grande
Nueces River
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
Wilmot Proviso
California Gold Rush
49ers
Levi Strauss
Wells & Fargo
Popular Sovereignty
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
Slavery
Free-Soilers
Fugitive slave Act
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Harriett Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
John Brown
Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks
Dredd Scott vs Sandford
Harper’s Ferry