Chapter 13 quiz Flashcards
Which of these countries did not claim the oregon country
france
when they signed the adams-onis treaty, the spanish gave up their claim to oregon
true
Joint occupation meant the americans could settle in the oregon country and so could the ___
British
Which of these statements is true of the whitman family
They believed they could convert the cayuse to christianity
Which term did newspaperman john o sullivan make popular
manifest destiny
Which of these statemints about manifest festiny is true
thousands of americans became emigrants because of it
Mountain men carved out the first trails to the oregon country
true
49 n refers to the
boundary between the british and american parts of oregon
Covered wagons were called prairies schooners because they were powered by wind
false
Why did mountain men have to give up trapping beaver
There was a shortage of beaver due to overtrapping
After Florida became a territory who settled there
Planters from the south who needed more fertile land
What did the Floridian settlers do
Farmed cotton and tobacco
Florida became a state at the same time as
Iowa
Before becoming part of the united states, Taxas belonged to
Mexico
Texas called itself the lonestar republic when it
Won its independence
Which of these statements about the alamo is true
All of the defenders who fought there were killed
