Chapter 13-Manifest Destiny & Chapter 14-North And South

Question 1

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

Answer 1

The Oregon Country

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 the reports of fertile land for farming

Question 4

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 4

Belief that Americans should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean (“From sea to shining sea”)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Steven 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

The defenders of the Alamo had killed hundreds of Mexican soldiers but most importantly bought the Texans some 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

The 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

Lone Star Republic

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Because of trade, creating a clear passage way 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

Americans believed the Texas Border was the Rio Grande River
Mexico believed the border was the Nueces River, which is 150 miles north

Question 15

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

Answer 15

The disagreement of the Texas border

Question 16

What did Mexico end up losing after the war?

Answer 16

Mexico lost half of its territory after losing the war

Question 17

The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?

Answer 17

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo-February 1848

Question 18

What did Mexico give up in the Mexican Cession?

Answer 18

Ceded California and New Mexico and in return the US gave them 15 million

Question 19

Why did the Mormons go to Utah?

Answer 19

In the 1840’s, the leader of the Mormons, Joseph Smith, is killed in Illinois nod the group 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 Vigilantes Committees-People who take the law into their own hands

Question 23

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

Answer 23

The California Gold Rush more than doubled the world’s supply of gold

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-The strip of land along the southern edge of Arizona and New Mexico

Question 27

What united the East to the Midwest in 1860?

Answer 27

By 1860, railroad tracks unified the East and Midwest

Question 28

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

Answer 28

The Irish Migration was brought on by the terrible potato famine

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Cotton was the “king” in the South and Memphis was the capital during the 1800s

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Yeomen Farmers, farmers who did not have slaved and owned small farms