Chapter 13-14

Question 1

How did the mountain men of Oregon make a living?

Answer 1

Trapping Beavers

Question 2

Why did Americans begin traveling to Oregon?

Answer 2

Reports of Fertile Farming Land

Question 3

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 3

The belief that God wants America to extend from the Atlantic to the pacific

Question 4

Who recruited 300 American families to help settle land in Mexico?

Answer 4

Stephen F. Austin

Question 5

Who led the Mexican troops in the Battle of the Alamo?

Answer 5

Jim Bowie, William Travis, & Davy Crockett

Question 6

Who was the backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered fight at the Alamo?

Answer 6

Davy Crockett

Question 7

What did the defenders of the Alamo do for the Texan fight?

Answer 7

They held strong for 12 days

Question 8

Who became commander in chief of the Texan forces?

Answer 8

Sam Houston

Question 9

What was the surprise attack that killed 600 Mexicans and captured 700 Mexicans,
including Santa Anna?

Answer 9

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 10

What was the rallying cry of the men at this battle?

Answer 10

Remember the Alamo

Question 11

What was formed in Texas after Santa Anna surrendered?

Answer 11

Lone Star Republic

Question 12

What were the 3 reasons Polk was determined to control NM and CA?

Answer 12

Trade, creating a clear passage way to the Pacific Ocean, & Manifest Destiny

Question 13

Where did America believe the southern border of Texas was? Where did Mexico
believe it was?

Answer 13

America: Rio Grande

Mexico: Nueces River

Question 14

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

Answer 14

Boarder Dispute

Question 15

What did Mexico end up losing after the war?

Answer 15

Land from Nueces River and Rio Grande River

Question 16

The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?

Answer 16

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 17

What did Mexico give up in the Mexican Cession?

Answer 17

California and New Mexico

Question 18

Why did the Mormons go to Utah?

Answer 18

They needed a place to safely practice their religion

Question 19

Who led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake area?

Answer 19

Brigham Young

Question 20

Who was the first Californian to discover gold on his property?

Answer 20

John Sutter

Question 21

How were mining towns run if there were no jails or police?

Answer 21

Vigilance Committees

Question 22

What did the California Gold Rush do to the earth’s gold supply?

Answer 22

It doubled it

Question 23

Who was the Jewish Immigrant who sold the miners pants made of denim?

Answer 23

Levi Strauss

Question 24

The Gold Rush had long lasting effects on what?

Answer 24

California’s economy

Question 25

What finalized the American mainland?

Answer 25

Gadsden Purchase

Question 26

What united the East to the Midwest in 1860?

Answer 26

Locomotives

Question 27

Why did people from Ireland migrate to the US (What was wrong in their
country)?

Answer 27

They came cause of a terrible potato famine

Question 28

What was “king” in the American South and what city was the “capital”?

Answer 28

Cotton

Question 29

Who owned small farms of 50 to 200 acres in the South?

Answer 29

Yeomen Farmers

Question 30

What area was under joint occupation with Britain in the early 1800’s?

Answer 30

Oregon country