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Question 1

Oregon Trail and hardships faced

Answer 1

Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s.
-Having to get through the Rocky Mountains before winter
-Running out of supplies or breaking down
-Native American attacks
-Diseases

Question 2

Brigham Young

Answer 2

Led the Mormons to Salt Lake City, Utah to escape religious persecution.

Question 3

Manifest Destiny

Answer 3

1800’s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.

Question 4

Sam Houston

Answer 4

Commander of the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna and later elected president of the Republic of Texas.

Question 5

James Polk

Answer 5

11th President of the United States from Tennessee. He was committed to westward expansion, the U.S. annexed Texas, took over Oregon Territory during led the country during the Mexican War (1846-48).

Question 6

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)

Answer 6

Treaty signed by the U.S. and Mexico that officially ended the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. Mexico had to give up much of its northern territory to the U.S (Mexican Cession) and in exchange the U.S. gave Mexico $15 million.

Question 7

California Gold Rush

Answer 7

Mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848.

Question 8

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 8

1853 purchase by the United States of southwestern lands from Mexico.

Question 9

“Remember the Alamo”

Answer 9

What soldiers fighting in the war for Texas independence yelled going into battle to remind each other of the bravery and sacrifice of the Alamo’s defenders.

Question 10

Oregon Treaty of 1846

Answer 10

After years of conflict over ownership of the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. and Britain. This established the boundary at 49° North Latitude, essentially splitting the Oregon Country down the middle.