Chapter 11 Expanding West Flashcards
Men who hunted and trapped beaver were called
____________.
Mountain Men
Americans started moving west for __________.
Beavers
As a result of the mountain men’s success, Americans started moving _________.
West
The Oregon trail was _______ miles long and took
_____ months to travel.
2,000
6
Where did the Oregon trail begin?
Independence, Mississippi
Pioneers lost food, water, and supplies. They also faced what geographical problem?
The Rocky Mountains
The __________ trail was also 2,000 miles, took 6 months to travel, and started in Independence,MS.
California trail
The ______ trail was 1,200 miles and took ____ months to travel.
Santa Fe
2
What did the Santa Fe trail later evolve into?
A major trade route
The _______ trail was 1,300 miles, took 4 months to travel.
Mormon
Where did the Mormon trail start?
Illinois
The Mormon trail was an escape route for _________.
Polygamist
Who led the Mormons to Utah?
Joseph smith
The ________ trail was 700 miles long and took 7 weeks to travel.
Old Spanish Trail
The Old Spanish Trail started in ________ and ended in _________.
Santa Fe
California
Mexico became independent in ______ and adopted its own _________ in 1824
1821
Constitution
The Mexican government attracted settlers by hiring _________.
Empresarios
__________ was hired to start a new colony of Americans.
Steven Austin
Settlers were given free land as long as they followed ________.
Mexican laws
Americans ignored Mexican laws. How did Mexico respond to this?
They banned further american settlement
As a result of Mexico’s actions the __________ began.
Movement for Texas independence
The Texas constitution was modeled after the U.S. But legalized __________.
Slavery
The Texas army was led by ________ and the Mexican army led by ________.
Sam Houston
General Santa Anna
The Battle of _______ was fought in 1836.
Alamo
Which 3 men fought for Texas and promised “Victory or Death.”?
Davy Crochet
Jim Bowey
William Travis
Alamo was a massacre including he killing of _______ and ________. As a result Texas was more determined to defeat Mexico.
Women
Children
_________ became president of Texas and Steven Austin as his ________.
Sam Houston
Secretary of State
Most Texans hoped the U.S. would _______ them. Jackson refused because it would _________ the balance of free and slave states.
Annex
Upset
_________ is the idea that the U.S. Would govern from ocean to ocean and question of ______ was connected to this.
Manifest destiny
Slavery
Democrat ___________ became president in 1844.
James Polk
Polk supported annexing _________ and ________.
Texas
Oregon
Great Britain still had joint occupation rights to _________.
Oregon Country
In ______ the U.S. and Britain signed a treaty giving all land ______ of the 49 parallel to the U.S.
1846
South
Texas was annexed in ______ of 1845, which made Mexico mad, claiming that the U.S. _______ Texas.
June
Stole
Mexico still had control over __________,__________, and _________.
Arizona
Nevada
California
In 1833, Spanish missions were broken up and their land was given to ____________.
Wealthy California settlers
There was a border dispute along the northern border between _______ and ________.
Texas
Mexico
To settle the dispute the U.S. offered to buy ________ and _______ from Mexico.
New Mexico
California
Mexico refused the offer so __________ camped his men right across the river from the Mexican army.
General Taylor
________ and ________ opposed war against Mexico.
Whigs
Northern abolitionists
California declared its independence at the ____________.
Bear Flag Revolt
General _______ fled from Mexico City ending the war.
Santa Ana
The Treaty of __________ ended the war.
Guadalupe Hidalgo
The U.S. received California, Nevada, Utah, most of _________, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. This is called the __________.
Arizona
Mexican cession
The Mexican cession increased the size of the U.S. by _________ and cost _______ million dollars.
25%
15
The __________ set the existing boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.
Gadsden Purchase
