Chapter 13-14

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Oregon

Question 2

How did the mountain men of Oregon make a living?

Answer 2

Trapping beaver

Question 3

Why did Americans begin traveling to Oregon?

Answer 3

Because of reports of fertile land

Question 4

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 4

Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Stephen F. Austin

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Santa Anna

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Davy Crockett

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Bought Texans much needed time

Question 9

Who became commander in chief of the Texan forces?

Answer 9

Sam Houston

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Battle of San Jancinto

Question 11

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

Answer 11

“Remember the Alamo”

Question 12

What was formed in Texas after Santa Anna surrendered?

Answer 12

Lone Star Republic

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Us believes it is the Rio Grande. Mexico believes it is the Nueces River

Question 15

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

Answer 15

On April 24, 1846, Mexican troops attacked Zachary Taylor and his troops in the disputed border area

Question 16

What did Mexico end up losing after the war?

Answer 16

Half of its territory

Question 17

The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?

Answer 17

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 18

What did Mexico give up in the Mexican Cession?

Answer 18

California

Question 19

Why did the Mormons go to Utah?

Answer 19

Their leader, Joseph Smith, was killed in Illinois they left so they could safely practice their religion

Question 20

Who led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake area?

Answer 20

Brigham Young

Question 21

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

Answer 21

John Sutter

Question 22

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

Answer 22

They were run by vigilance committees

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Doubled it

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Levi Strauss

Question 25

The Gold Rush had long lasting effects on what?

Answer 25

California’s economy

Question 26

What finalized the American mainland?

Answer 26

The Gadsden Purchase

Question 27

What united the East to the Midwest in 1860?

Answer 27

Railroad tracks

Question 28

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

Answer 28

There was a terrible potato famine in Ireland

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Cotton is king and Memphis is the cotton capital of the south

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Yeomen farmers