Exam 12: The New West and the Free North 1840-1860

To help facilitate the increase in U.S.agricultural productivity in the 1840s and 1850s,the federal government

Most German immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1840 and 1860 were the families of

What did bloomers,like the ones featured in the 1851 cartoon titled "Bloomerism - An American Custom," symbolize as a fashion statement?

Who led the Mormon exodus to the Great Salt Lake?

Describe the ideology of manifest destiny and give an example of how U.S.government policies specifically reflected it.

In the 1820s,Americans were beginning to trickle into thinly populated California.In an effort to increase Mexican migration to that area,the Mexican government

Of the 13,000 American soldiers who died during the Mexican-American War,most

How did many abolitionists in the 1840s and 1850s attempt to make their issue more attractive to white northerners?

"There was no moon yet,but by starlight we had for some time seen,only too plainly,the dead bodies of cattle lying here and there on both sides of the road.As we advanced they increased in numbers,and presently we saw two or three wagons.At first we thought we had overtaken a company but,coming close,no sign of life appeared....Everything indicated a complete break down,and a hasty flight.Some animals were lying nearly in front of a wagon,apparently just as they had dropped down,while loose yokes and chains indicated that part of the teams had been driven on,laden probably with some necessaries of life;for the contents of the wagons were scattered in confusion,the most essential articles alone evidently having been thought worth carrying....It was not a very encouraging scene but our four oxen still kept their feet;we would drive on a little farther,out of this scene of ruin,bait them,rest ourselves,and go on.We did so,but soon found that what we supposed an exceptional misfortune must have been the common fate of many companies;for at still shortening intervals,scenes of ruin similar to that just described kept recurring till we seemed to be but the last,little,feeble struggling band at the rear of a routed Army." What emotion did Sarah Royce's memoir convey about her family's 1849 migration to California?

What was the experience of most women settlers in Oregon?

The "American system" of standardized parts allowed manufacturers to

What was President Polk's strategy to win the Mexican-American War?

During the 1840s and 1850s,America experienced a profound economic transformation.Remarkable economic growth meant success for many Americans.This impressive economic performance did not reward all Americans equally,however.Discuss several of the groups who found it difficult,if not impossible,to take advantage of this new economic age.

What was the effect of the growth of railroads in the 1850s?

Texans gained their independence from Mexico in 1836 after

Which general made a successful amphibious landing at Veracruz on March 9,1847?

Free-labor ideology fit the experience of some Americans much more than others.In what ways did the free-labor ideal include and exclude various groups of Americans?

When women began to break out of their traditional roles in the 1840s,what were some of the causes they embraced,and how did women promote them?

Between 1840 and 1850,the United States gained one-third more land than it had previously,achieving its expansionist goal of stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific.Briefly discuss three major land acquisitions made during that decade.Include important events and their final outcomes,and outline which lands were added to America.

Agricultural productivity in the Midwest increased in the late 1830s partly because of