Chapter 14 Flashcards
established a large American settlement in Texas
Stephen Austint
year for the Texas War for Independence
1836
former governor of TN who Texans followed for leadership
Sam Houston
the Mexican dictator who was determined to crush the rebellion
General Santa Anna
a fortified mission in San Antonio in which 200 Texans fought 3,000 Mexicans under Santa Anna
Alamo
commanded the Texans at the Alamo
Colonel William Barret Travis
two well-remembered heroes who died at the Alamo
Jim Bowie
Davy Crockett
became the battle cry of the Texans for the remainder of the war
Remember the Alamo
battle in which Houston and his forces won a decisive victory and practically ended the war
Battle of San Jacinto
the first president elected by the Texans for the Lone Star Republic
Sam Houston
an expression of a people’s will by direct vote
plebiscite
Americans that believed that America was destined to eventually expand to the Pacific and that the annexation of Texas would not only hasten the process but would also add to the nation’s prosperity and power
expansionists
british establishment that established an extensive fur trade in the Oregon territory
Hudson Bay Company
appointed by the Methodist to go to Oregon Territory to establish a mission per the request of four Indian chiefs
Jason Lee
Lee preached his first sermon at
Fort Vancouver
two countries that continued to claim the Oregon Territory and agreed to jointly occupy the territory
Great Britain
United States
the American Board of Foreign Missions sent this Presbyterian medical missionary___________ and his bride ___________ along with the _____________ couple
Dr. Marcus Whitman and Narcissa
Reverend Henry and Eliza Spalding
the first white women to journey west of the Rockies
Narcissa Whitman
Eliza Spalding
Whitman’s leading of nearly a thousand settlers safely into Oregon was called the
Great Migration
the type of wagons used in the wagon train
Conestoga wagons
2,000 mile trip used to reach Oregon
Oregon Trail
the Whigs nominee for the election of 1844
Henry Clay
the Whigs platform said nothing about _________
expansion
the reason we had the Oregon Trail
because of South Pass
discovered South Pass
Jedidiah Smith
the Democratic nominee for the election of 1844
James K. Polk
Polk was referred to as ______________________ because few expected him to win the election
“dark horse candidate”
the Democrats’ slogan for the election of 1844
“Fifty-four forty or fight”
what did the Democratic slogan mean?
they would obtain control of the Northwest all the way to the 54 40` north latitude line or fight the British to get it
won the election of 1844
Polk
year Texas joined the Union as a slave state
1845
Florida was a
slave state
Iowa was a
free state
Wisconsin was a
free state
became the fixed boundary all the way to the Pacific, although Britain kept all of Vancouver Island and the right to navigate the Columbia River
49th Parallel
t/f: Polk got his 54 40 or fight.
False
the entrance of Iowa and Wisconsin , the ratio of free state to slave states was
15:15
road that traders followed into New Mexico
Santa Fe Trail
sent to protect the Texas border when Mexican activity threatened war
Zachary Taylor
in President Polk’s last attempt to preserve peace, he sent ______________________ as a special envoy to Mexico
John Slidell
General Zachary Taylor was known as
Old Rough and Ready
year Congress officially declared war on Mexico
1846
Taylor crossed Rio Grande into Mexican territory and captured the city of
Monterrey
sent by water to attack the Mexican coastal city of Veracruz and to press an attack from there to Mexico city
General Winfield Scott
battle in which Old Rough and Ready won a decisive victory against Mexico in overwhelming odds
Battle of Buena Vista
American settler in the _____________________ revolted against mexican authority
Sacramento Valley
the homemade flag with a grizzly bear and a single star
Bear Flag of the Republic of California
assisted the settlers of Sacramento Valley in their revolt
John C. Fremont (and Commodore Sloat)
ordered by President Polk to lead forces from Missouri across the Rockies into New Mexico
captured Santa Fe without firing a shot
Stephen W. Kearney
the treaty that ended the Mexican War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
year of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848
the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- Mexico recongized the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas
- Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the US
- US agreed to pay Mexico $15 million in cash
- US assumed the claims of American citizens against the Mexican government
the half-millions square miles granted to the US by Mexico
Mexican Cession
owned a sawmill in which gold was discovered in Sacramento Valley
John Sutter
the year that thousands of gold seekers descended on northern California
1849
the name for thousands of gold seekers that flooded California
forty-niners
became the 31st state
California
year that California became stat e
1850
the United States minister to Mexico who was authorized to negotiate with the Mexican government for the purchase of a narrow strip of land along the boundary of the New Mexico
James Gadsden
the name for the piece of land the US paid Mexico $10 millions for to ensure a direct route for the building of the proposed southern railroad to the Pacific
Gadsden Purchase
Methodist preacher who followed the goldrush to California
William Taylor
