Chapter 13

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

Trappin beaver

Question 3

Why did Americans begin traveling to Oregon?

Answer 3

Fertile land

Question 4

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Stephen F. Austin

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

Bought some much needed time

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 Rebublic

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Because of trade and creating a clear path to the Pacific Ocean

Question 13

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

Answer 13

US- Rio Grand river

M- Nueces River

Question 14

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

Answer 14

The dispute over the border

Question 15

What did Mexico end up losing after the war?

Answer 15

Half of its territory

Question 16

The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?

Answer 16

Treaty of Gucdalupe

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

So they could 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 Sulfur

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

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

Californias 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

Railroad tracks

Question 27

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

Answer 27

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

Yeumen

Question 30

Who led the Mexican troops tho the Battle of the Alamo

Answer 30

Santa Anna