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Question 1

trappers and travels who were normally the first white people to arrive in western areas

Answer 1

mountain men

Question 1

belief of many that it was the country’s fate or destiny or that God intended for the country to have all the western lands to the Pacific ocean

Answer 1

manifest destiny

Question 2

abandoned mission in San Antonio where Texans were defeated by Santa Anna in 1836

Answer 2

Alamo

Question 3

an 1836 suprise attack to avenge the defeated at the Alamo led by sam Houston

Answer 3

Battle of San jacinto

Question 4

name for the Republic of Texas between when it won independence from mexico and when it became a state.

Answer 4

lone star republic

Question 5

the war between the United States and ,mexico from 1846-48

Answer 5

Mexican war

Question 6

name of California while it was an independent country for less than a month under john c Fremont.

Answer 6

bear flag republic

Question 7

officially ended the Mexican war made the Rio grande the southern border of Texas and added the Mexican cession to the united states

Answer 7

treaty if guadalupe hidalgo

Question 8

land the united states gained from mexico as a result of the Mexican war California Nevada utah and parts of Wyoming Colorado Arizona New Mexico

Answer 8

Mexican cession

Question 9

narrow strip of land on the border of New Mexico and Arizona purchased for 10 million dollars in 1853

Answer 9

Gadsden purchase

Question 10

first American route west of the Missouri river primarily a trade route

Answer 10

Santa fe trail

Question 11

most important route for settlers and missionaries going west from the eastern part of the United States toward orgean.

Answer 11

Oregon trail

Question 12

also called the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints religion started by Joseph Smith and continued by bringham young settled salt lake city Utah.

Answer 12

Mormons

Question 13

the Mormons trek to the great salt lakeca

Answer 13

Mormon trail

Question 14

most popular trail to California

Answer 14

California trail

Question 15

rapid influx of people seeking gold after its discoverey in California in 1848

Answer 15

California gold rush

Question 16

people who came to search for gold in 1849

Answer 16

forty niners

Question 17

an attempt to resolve the dispute over slavery allowing California to be a free state, dividing the remainder of the mexican cesscian into a new Mexico and Utah territories where citizens could decide by popular sovereignty weather to permit slavery implementing a stricter fugitive slave law and outlawing slave trade in Washington dc

Answer 17

compromise of 1850

Question 18

the process of allowing citizens to decide if they wanted to permit slavery,

Answer 18

popular sovereignty

Question 19

leader of the Mormons to the great lake

Answer 19

Birmingham young

Question 20

the hero of the Mexican war and the whig canidte as president

Answer 20

Zachary taylor

Question 21

a swiss immigrant who secured fifty thousand acre grant from the Mexicans in 1839

Answer 21

John sutter

Question 22

a congressional proposal to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican-American War

Answer 22

Wiliam provisio

Question 23

commander of the veracruz operation the campeign to take mexico city

Answer 23

Winfield scott

Question 24

a young man from New York who developed mormon beliefs in 1820

Answer 24

Joseph smith

Question 25

Know the reasons for going West.

Answer 25

-farmers seeking good inexpensive land -western land became a refuge for immigrants seeking to escape troubles of other countries -riches -adventure -new start in life -spreading the gospel

Question 26

Know why the Mexicans invited Americans to settle Texas.

Answer 26

Mexico invited Americans to settle Texas to increase the population and strengthen its control over the sparsely populated, strategically important region, which was vulnerable to both Native American raids and potential US expansion

Question 27

Explain how Texas gained its independence.

Answer 27

Americans got tired of Mexico taxing and cutting off entry to Texas so they decided to fight for independance. Alamo and San jacinto were big battles and eventually they won their independance.

Question 28

Know why there was controversy for admitting Texas to the Union.

Answer 28

there was controversy because if Texas was added as a slave state there would also have to be a free state added aswell.

Question 29

Know the causes and results of the Mexican American War.

Answer 29

cause:stemmed from territorial disputes, particularly over Texas and California, and the US's desire for expansion , resulting in the US gaining vast territory through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 30

Know the significance of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo/ Mexican Cession

Answer 30

signed in 1848, ended the Mexican-American War

Question 31

Know the various trails that settlers used to go West.

Answer 31

Mormons californian Santa Fe Oregon trail

Question 32

Know the motivations of the people who settled in each new territory.

Answer 32

a mix of economic opportunities, the allure of land ownership, and the belief in Manifest Destiny

Question 33

Know the provisions of the Compromise of 1850

Answer 33

aimed to resolve tensions over slavery and territorial expansion, primarily addressing the status of newly acquired territory after the Mexican-American War