Manifest Destiny 50 points 1) List four promises James K. Polk made during his election. 2) What was the cost of the Mexican-American war in both lives and dollars? 3) List three battles of the Mexican-American War. 4) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it? 5) Discuss how Texas became independent. 6) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a “Just War”? Explain. 7) What was Manifest Destiny? 8) Why did President Jackson refuse to annex Texas? 9) Why did some Americans think that making California part of the United States would strengthen the security of the nation? 10) Why was the California Gold Rush important? What did it do for the country?

 1) What were the dates of the Civil War? 2) How many people died in the war? 3) Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union? 4) What was the Union’s plan at the beginning of the war? 5) What was the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments? 6) How was the 14th Amendment reinterpreted? How was the 15th Amendment interrupted? For the Following discuss the importance of the battle (include dates, Generals, outcome and importance): 7) Chancellorsville 8) Gettysburg 9) Antietam 10) Bull Run For the following people discuss who they were, what they did, and why they were important. 11) James Longstreet 12) Ulysses S. Grant 13) Robert E Lee 14) Tecumseh Sherman 15) Frederick Douglas 16) Why did Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus? 17) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 18) List Four Border States 19) What disadvantages did the South face?

 7) List three important battles of the revolution and discuss why they were important. 8) List and explain the three compromises to the constitution. 9) What was Jefferson Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do? 10) Discuss the importance of the Battle of New Orleans. 11) Discuss the elections of 1800 and 1824. 12) List the importance of the following people: a) Anne Hutchinson b) John Rolfe c) James Wolfe d) Alexander Hamilton e) John Adams 14) Who were the three biggest losers of the Revolutionary War? 15) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans? 16) What was the Missouri Compromise?