3.5 A Changing Nation: Expansion, Tension, and Compromises

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  1. 2. As new states were added to the Union, there was much effort given to maintain the balance between states that allowed _________ and those who did not.
  2. 4. There was an increase in slave populations in ____________ after many plantation owners relocated to the Panhandle for its fertile soil.
  3. 6. Since Texas was allowed to join the Union as a slave state, ____________ was allowed to join as a free state.
  4. 8. After Mexican Annexation, Native Americans in this area saw most of their ________ surrendered.
  5. 12. The belief that the United States was ordained by God to expand to the Pacific Ocean was called _________ _____________.
  6. 14. Enslaved men and women in the American South created their own unique religious culture, mixing ____________ beliefs with West African traditions.
  7. 16. After Mexico violated American borders and invaded Texas, Congress ratified a declaration of _____ against Mexico.
  8. 18. Because of Congressional compromises about slavery, Texas and Florida were delayed ______________ until Free States were ready to also join the Union.
Down
  1. 1. After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, _____________ surrendered over 500,000 square miles of land to the United States.
  2. 3. During the California Gold Rush, Chinese _____________ were forced to obtain special licenses to work in the gold mines.
  3. 4. As settlers moved west, many Native Americans saw their ________ supply and resources being reduced or destroyed by the settlers.
  4. 5. In 1830, Mexico created a law which prohibited _____________ from moving into Texas.
  5. 7. The ____________ ___________ was important since it acquired the land necessary to create a southern transcontinental railroad.
  6. 9. The majority of enslaved persons in the Florida Panhandle worked as ________________ laborers in the fields.
  7. 10. As a result of the Battle of the Alamo, the Republic of _________ was established.
  8. 11. Many of the pioneers that traveled west on the ___________ Trail did so to avoid persecution and obtain religious freedom.
  9. 13. The biggest cause for pioneers to move west at this time was the _____________ Gold Rush.
  10. 15. One of the biggest threats to pioneers who traveled west on the Oregon Trail was _____________.
  11. 17. Many of the pioneers that traveled to California during the 1840s did so in the hopes of finding _________.