Chapter 11 Expanding West

Question 0

Men who hunted and trapped beaver were called

____________.

Answer 0

Mountain Men

Question 1

Americans started moving west for __________.

Answer 1

Beavers

Question 2

As a result of the mountain men’s success, Americans started moving _________.

Answer 2

West

Question 3

The Oregon trail was _______ miles long and took

_____ months to travel.

Answer 3

2,000

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Question 4

Where did the Oregon trail begin?

Answer 4

Independence, Mississippi

Question 5

Pioneers lost food, water, and supplies. They also faced what geographical problem?

Answer 5

The Rocky Mountains

Question 6

The __________ trail was also 2,000 miles, took 6 months to travel, and started in Independence,MS.

Answer 6

California trail

Question 7

The ______ trail was 1,200 miles and took ____ months to travel.

Answer 7

Santa Fe

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Question 8

What did the Santa Fe trail later evolve into?

Answer 8

A major trade route

Question 9

The _______ trail was 1,300 miles, took 4 months to travel.

Answer 9

Mormon

Question 10

Where did the Mormon trail start?

Answer 10

Illinois

Question 11

The Mormon trail was an escape route for _________.

Answer 11

Polygamist

Question 12

Who led the Mormons to Utah?

Answer 12

Joseph smith

Question 13

The ________ trail was 700 miles long and took 7 weeks to travel.

Answer 13

Old Spanish Trail

Question 14

The Old Spanish Trail started in ________ and ended in _________.

Answer 14

Santa Fe

California

Question 15

Mexico became independent in ______ and adopted its own _________ in 1824

Answer 15

1821

Constitution

Question 16

The Mexican government attracted settlers by hiring _________.

Answer 16

Empresarios

Question 17

__________ was hired to start a new colony of Americans.

Answer 17

Steven Austin

Question 18

Settlers were given free land as long as they followed ________.

Answer 18

Mexican laws

Question 19

Americans ignored Mexican laws. How did Mexico respond to this?

Answer 19

They banned further american settlement

Question 20

As a result of Mexico’s actions the __________ began.

Answer 20

Movement for Texas independence

Question 21

The Texas constitution was modeled after the U.S. But legalized __________.

Answer 21

Slavery

Question 22

The Texas army was led by ________ and the Mexican army led by ________.

Answer 22

Sam Houston

General Santa Anna

Question 23

The Battle of _______ was fought in 1836.

Answer 23

Alamo

Question 24

Which 3 men fought for Texas and promised “Victory or Death.”?

Answer 24

Davy Crochet
Jim Bowey
William Travis

Question 25

Alamo was a massacre including he killing of _______ and ________. As a result Texas was more determined to defeat Mexico.

Answer 25

Women

Children

Question 26

_________ became president of Texas and Steven Austin as his ________.

Answer 26

Sam Houston

Secretary of State

Question 27

Most Texans hoped the U.S. would _______ them. Jackson refused because it would _________ the balance of free and slave states.

Answer 27

Annex

Upset

Question 28

_________ is the idea that the U.S. Would govern from ocean to ocean and question of ______ was connected to this.

Answer 28

Manifest destiny

Slavery

Question 29

Democrat ___________ became president in 1844.

Answer 29

James Polk

Question 30

Polk supported annexing _________ and ________.

Answer 30

Texas

Oregon

Question 31

Great Britain still had joint occupation rights to _________.

Answer 31

Oregon Country

Question 32

In ______ the U.S. and Britain signed a treaty giving all land ______ of the 49 parallel to the U.S.

Answer 32

1846

South

Question 33

Texas was annexed in ______ of 1845, which made Mexico mad, claiming that the U.S. _______ Texas.

Answer 33

June

Stole

Question 34

Mexico still had control over __________,__________, and _________.

Answer 34

Arizona
Nevada
California

Question 35

In 1833, Spanish missions were broken up and their land was given to ____________.

Answer 35

Wealthy California settlers

Question 36

There was a border dispute along the northern border between _______ and ________.

Answer 36

Texas

Mexico

Question 37

To settle the dispute the U.S. offered to buy ________ and _______ from Mexico.

Answer 37

New Mexico

California

Question 38

Mexico refused the offer so __________ camped his men right across the river from the Mexican army.

Answer 38

General Taylor

Question 39

________ and ________ opposed war against Mexico.

Answer 39

Whigs

Northern abolitionists

Question 40

California declared its independence at the ____________.

Answer 40

Bear Flag Revolt

Question 41

General _______ fled from Mexico City ending the war.

Answer 41

Santa Ana

Question 42

The Treaty of __________ ended the war.

Answer 42

Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 43

The U.S. received California, Nevada, Utah, most of _________, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. This is called the __________.

Answer 43

Arizona

Mexican cession

Question 44

The Mexican cession increased the size of the U.S. by _________ and cost _______ million dollars.

Answer 44

25%

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Question 45

The __________ set the existing boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.

Answer 45

Gadsden Purchase