Chapter 13 And 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

Catching and using beavers

Question 3

Why did Americans begin traveling to Oregon?

Answer 3

To get a better way of life

Question 4

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 4

The idea that Americans have the right to go 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

General Antonio López de 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

Give them more 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 Jacinto

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

Removed the Texan army from Texas

Question 13

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

Answer 13

To fulfill manifest destiny

Get people’s land there who wanted to be American

Resources

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Rio Grande

Question 15

Who became commander in chief of the Texan forces?

Answer 15

Sam Houston

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Remember the Alamo

Question 18

What was formed in Texas after Santa Anna surrendered?

Answer 18

Removed the Texan army from Texas

Question 19

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

Answer 19

To fulfill manifest destiny

Get people’s land there who wanted to be American

Resources

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Rio Grande

Question 21

Who became commander in chief of the Texan forces?

Answer 21

Sam Houston

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Remember the Alamo

Question 24

What was formed in Texas after Santa Anna surrendered?

Answer 24

Removed the Texan army from Texas

Question 25

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

Answer 25

To fulfill manifest destiny Get people's land there who wanted to be American Resources

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Rio Grande

Question 27

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

Answer 27

Mexico wanted back their land and America wanted it

Question 28

What did Mexico end up losing after the war?

Answer 28

California and New Mexico

Question 29

The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?

Answer 29

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 30

What did Mexico give up in the Mexican Cession?

Answer 30

California and New Mexico

Question 31

Why did the Mormons go to Utah?

Answer 31

A safe place to practice their religion

Question 32

Who led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake area?

Answer 32

Brigham Young

Question 33

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

Answer 33

John Solder

Question 34

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

Answer 34

By vigilante groups

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Double it

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Levi witin

Question 37

The Gold Rush had long lasting effects on what?

Answer 37

California

Question 38

What finalized the American mainland?

Answer 38

Completing Manifest Destiny

Question 39

What united the East to the Midwest in 1860?

Answer 39

RailRoads

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Potato Famine

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Cotton Memphis

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Yueoman Farmers