Chapter 9

Question 1

John L.O Sullivan

Answer 1

coined the term manifest destiny or expansion fever

Question 2

Manifest Destiny

Answer 2

“God given” right for Americans to have all lands to the west

Question 3

Robert Fulton

Answer 3

Steam ship(the claremont and paragon)

Question 4

Watt and Bouton

Answer 4

Steam Engine

Question 5

George Stephenson

Answer 5

father of the railways, first train the Blucher went 4mph

Question 6

Colonel John Stephens(NJ)

Answer 6

father of U.S railway system(Hoboken)

Question 7

George Piellman

Answer 7

overnight cars

Question 8

Samuel F.B More

Answer 8

telegraph

Question 9

What was the first message on the telegraph?

Answer 9

What hath god wrought

Question 10

John Mcadams

Answer 10

Paved road

Question 11

Charles Goodyear

Answer 11

vulcanized rubber

Question 12

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 12

telephone

Question 13

John Deere

Answer 13

steel plow

Question 14

Cyrus Mcormick

Answer 14

wheat reaper

Question 15

Eli Whitney

Answer 15

Cotton Gin/interchangeable parts

Question 16

John Tyler

Answer 16

“accidental President” 10th president

Question 17

Why did Clay hate Tyler

Answer 17

Clay wanted American System and Tyler wanted State’s right’s
Tyler vetoed Clay’s bank bill twice

Question 18

Santa Fe trail

Answer 18

founded by William Becknell, made money trading with Mexicans for silver and gold

Question 19

Oregon Trail

Answer 19

trail of opportunity, dangerous. Went from Independence Missouri to Oregon Territory

Question 20

The Mormon Trail

Answer 20

Religious trail

Question 21

Brigham Young

Answer 21

Mormon leader who brought his people to Salt Lake City Utah after being attacked by an anti-Mormon mob and their previous leader Joseph Smith died

Question 22

Chisholm trail

Answer 22

cattle trail,named after Jesse Chisholm. Trail went from Southern Texas to Kansas

Question 23

Bozeman Trail

Answer 23

gold trail, founded trail John Bozeman

Question 24

The Donner party

Answer 24

took a short cut and got stuck in the mountains during a bad winter. Turned to cannibalism

Question 25

John J Astor

Answer 25

American Fur Company

Question 26

William Henry AShley

Answer 26

Rendezvous system(trading arrangement with Natives)

Question 27

Christopher KIt Carson

Answer 27

Fur trapper, scout, led Kearny in the Mexican war

Question 28

Jim Beckworth

Answer 28

found a pass through Sierra nevadas to Sacramento California, found beckworth pass

Question 29

Jedediah Smith

Answer 29

attacked by bear in Rocky mountains, found a pass called South Pass

Question 30

Jim Bridger

Answer 30

1st white man to locate the Great Salt Lake

Question 31

John Colter

Answer 31

Yellowstonw

Question 32

Joe Walker

Answer 32

Yosemite

Question 33

Hugh Glass

Answer 33

attacked by Grizzly bear and almost died

Question 34

Fort Laramie Treaty

Answer 34

Natives promised not to attack and were given control of central plains(broke treaty)

Question 35

James Knox Polk

Answer 35

11th president, wanted to expand slavery into Cuba, created dept of interior(conservation of natural reosurces)

Question 36

What were Polk's 4 promises?

Answer 36

-re-establish independent treasury system -reduce tariff -Acquire oregon, texas, california, and new mexico -serve 1 term

Question 37

Moses Austin

Answer 37

asked for permission to start a colony in Texas, Stephen F Austin his son

Question 38

William Barrett Travis

Answer 38

co leader at the Alamo

Question 39

Jim Bowie

Answer 39

went to Texas for a new life from his criminal past , co leader at the Alamo

Question 40

Davey Crockett

Answer 40

Tennessee frontiersman and congressman, rifle called old betsy

Question 41

Juan Seguin

Answer 41

Tejano, bilingual, friend of Stephen F Austin, was a messenger

Question 42

Santa Anna

Answer 42

Mexiacn Dictator

Question 43

James Fannin and General Herrera

Answer 43

were ordered by Santa Anna to kill everyone at the Alamo

Question 44

Sam Houston

Answer 44

1st president of Texas, found Santa Anna and other men camped out San Jacinto river, Texans killed Mexicans.

Question 45

Treaty of Velasco

Answer 45

Santa Anna Captured at gun point and forced to sign. Treaty recognized Texas as an independent nation. Created LOne Star republic

Question 46

Who replaced Santa Anna while he was exiled in Cuba?

Answer 46

General Jose Herrera

Question 47

John Slidell

Answer 47

sent by Polk to purchase California and New Mexico from Mexico and set the Rio grande river as the border but was turned away by General Herrera

Question 48

General Zachary Taylor

Answer 48

sent by Polk to blockade the Rio Grande river

Question 49

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 49

prohibited slavery in lands that might be gained from mexico, only military amendment, created by David Wilmot(PA)

Question 50

Spot resolution

Answer 50

by Abraham Lincoln, Americans were in the wrong because Mexico did not recognize the rio grande river as the border so America was infringing Mexico's territorial rights.

Question 51

Colonel Stephen Kearney

Answer 51

ordered by Polk to march across the desert from Kansas to Santa Fe, New Mexico fell to the U.S.

Question 52

Captain John C Fremont

Answer 52

seized the town of Samoa CA with a group of American Settlers and Kit Carson, created Bear Flag Republic

Question 53

Polk's scheme

Answer 53

plotted with Santa Anna while he was exiled in Cuba. Polk would help Anna sneak back into Mexico if Anna promised to end the war and end the border dispute in U.S. favor. Santa Anna lied!

Question 54

Treaty of Guadalupe and Hidalgo

Answer 54

Made the Rio grande river border, Gave U.S. NM and CA, nevada, utah, parts of arizona, colorado, and wyoming for $15 mill