Chapter 12 - Westward Expansion Flashcards
Which purchase completed the territory of the United States by adding a section of Mexican land on the border of New Mexico and Arizona?
The Gadsden Purchase
Who started the “Bear Flag Revolution”?
John Charles Fremont
Who led the Mormons to settle in Utah?
Brigham Young
Who was the American general during the Mexican War?
Zachary Taylor
Who discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill?
James Marshall
Who founded Mormonism?
Joseph Smith
What cession added land that would be the future states of California, Nevada, and Utah to the United States?
The Mexican Cession
True or False? The Oregon Trail had been forgotten until it was rediscovered in 1824 by John Astor.
False
True or False? The Mexican War served as a training ground for the Civil War.
True
True or False? The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo made the Rio Grande the boundary of Texas.
True
True or False? The Wilmot Proviso would have banned slavery in any territory from Mexico.
True
True or False? The building of Sutter’s Fort was most closely related to the start of the California gold rush.
True
What were the reasons for people moving to the West during the early 1800s?
- Desire to spread the gospel with the Indians
- Desire for new or more farmland
- Hope of gaining new riches
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
- Outlaw the slave trade in the District of Columbia
- Allow popular sovereignty
- Introduce a stricter Fugitive Slave Law
True or False? The Santa Fe Trail was used more by traders than settlers moving to new homes.
True
True or False? Immediately before Texas was annexed by the United States, Texas was a part of the Mexican Cession.
False
True or False? The principle of popular sovereignty said that people in the territories should decide whether they wished to allow slavery or not.
True
True or False? The Mormons founded Salt Lake City in Utah.
True
True or False? At the time of the outbreak of the Mexican War, the Sierra Nevadas were what the Americans believed to be the border between Texas and Mexico.
False
True or False? Northern Democrats who were willing to compromise on the political problems of the 1850s were called doughfaces.
True
True or False? James Polk succeeded to the presidency when Zachary Taylor died while in office.
False
True or False? Methodist missionaries were the first Americans to seek permanent homes in Oregon.
True
True or False? The Americans who moved to Texas while it was under Mexican control quickly adapted to the new culture and blended in with the Spanish population.
False
True or False? The Americans who moved to Texas while it was under Mexican control quickly adapted to the new culture and blended in with the Spanish population.
False
True or False? Stephen Douglas helped to gain the passage of the Compromise of 1850.
True
True or False? Opponents of slavery protested the admittance of Texas into the Union because they feared Texas would be divided into several slave states.
True
True or False? The Treaty of San Luis Obispo ended the Mexican War.
False
True or False? The president most closely associated with Manifest Destiny was Millard Filmore.
False
True or False? The United States and France both claimed Oregon Territory before 1846.
False
True or False? The United States gained control of Oregon all the way to the 54 degree 40’ line of latitude.
False
