Exploration: Lewis and Clark to Manifest Destiny - Page 2
Questions
- Which Great Awakening preacher warned people that God would punish them if they did not change their ways?
- Why was the Mexican-American War knows as "Mr. Polk's War"?
- How significant was Manifest Destiny in shaping government policy and people's attitudes and actions between 1780 and 1860?
- Why did industrialists favor the national bank?
- To whom did the religious revivals of the 1820s and the 1830s appeal the most?
- Why did Andrew Jackson oppose the national bank?
- What was the outcome of the Battle of Little Big Horn?
- What did President James Polk hope to gain as a result of provoking a war with Mexico?
- How did the government support settlement of the West?
- What were some benefits of annexation of Texas?
- The Missouri Compromise allowed which two states to enter the Union?
- How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States and its government?
- What movements in the late 1800s addressed urban problems?
- Who conquered the Aztecs?
- What was the name of the first French colony in Texas?
- What was the western border of the American frontier in 1783?
- What was different about Andrew Jackson's inauguration?
- What happened in 1841 after President William Henry Harrison died in office and has continued to be the practice for filling a presidential vacancy ever since?
- What hardships did Texans face during the Santa Fe Expedition?
- What country was California part of in 1840?