Chapter 13-Westward Expansion

Question 0

Mountain Men

Answer 0

Fur traders who lived in the Rockies and traded with the Indians.

Question 1

Manifest Destiny

Answer 1

The belief that God intended for the U.S. to occupy all the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Question 2

Jedediah Smith

Answer 2

Discovered the South Pass.

Question 3

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

Answer 3

2 of the most notable guides.

Question 4

Santa Fe Trail

Answer 4

1st American route west of the Missouri River but inclined in importance due to the railroad.

Question 5

Stephen Austin

Answer 5

Petitioned the Mexican government to allow the American-settled region to become its own Mexican state.

Question 6

Antonio López de Santa Anna

Answer 6

(Mexico’s president) decided to use force against Texas.

Question 7

Jim Bowie and Sam Houston

Answer 7

Two of the American commander is that suspected that Antonio would try a winter invasion.

Question 8

The Almo

Answer 8

San Antonio’s abandoned mansion.

Question 9

Battle of San Jucinto

Answer 9

Houston defeats Santa Anna and secures Texan independence.

Question 10

Lone Star Republic

Answer 10

Texas remained independent after their attempt to annexation failed.

Question 11

Annexation

Answer 11

The formal process of joining the Union.

Question 12

James K. Polk

Answer 12

Became president in the election of 1844.

Question 13

Oregon Trail

Answer 13

The most important route for settlers and missionaries going west.

Question 14

Mormons

Answer 14

Sought religious freedom.

Question 15

Joseph Smith

Answer 15

Founder of Mormonism.

Question 16

Brigham young

Answer 16

Succeeded Smith and moved to the Mormons West.

Question 17

California trail

Answer 17

Was discovered by Jedediah Smith.

Question 18

John Sutter

Answer 18

He had secured a 50,000 acre grant from the Spanish.

Question 19

James W. Marshall

Answer 19

Discovered gold at John Sutter’s Mill.

Question 20

California gold rush

Answer 20

When gold was found in rivers.

Question 21

” Forty-niners “

Answer 21

Goldminers who moved west in 1849.

Question 22

Zachary Taylor

Answer 22

He was a general sent by Pres. Polk with his army across the golf of Mexico to the land of Corpus Christi.

Question 23

Mexican war

Answer 23

The US and the Mexicans fought over the southern border of Texas.

Question 24

John Charels Frémont

Answer 24

He took over California for America.

Question 25

Bear flag revolution

Answer 25

Frémont claimed Pres. Polk gave him orders to take California in order to become a “hero”.

Question 26

Winfield Scott

Answer 26

Was put in command of the Veracruz operation.

Question 27

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 27

Ended the fighting and establish the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas.

Question 28

Mexican secession

Answer 28

Consisting of the future state of California, Nevada, and Utah plus parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Question 29

Gadsden purchase

Answer 29

Completed the territory of the lower 48 United States.

Question 30

Wilmer Proviso

Answer 30

Propose that the US ban slavery in any territory taken from Mexico.

Question 31

Compromise of 1850

Answer 31

The US admitted California as a free state, and Congress divided the rest of the land gained through the Mexican secession into New Mexico and Utah territories.

Question 32

Popular sovereignty

Answer 32

Congress allowed people to decide whether they wanted to have slavery.

Question 33

Millard Fillmore

Answer 33

Tyler’s vice president who took the office of president after Tyler died 16 months after becoming president.

Question 34

Stephen Douglas

Answer 34

Push the compromise through by splitting Clay’s measures into five separate bills so that they could individually gather enough support to pass.

Question 35

Doughfaces

Answer 35

(Moderate Democrats) were the only ones willing to compromise.

Question 36

Franklin Pierce

Answer 36

I doughface Democrat.