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Chapter 9 Flashcards

1
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US industrialization decreased

A

imports to America

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2
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shipping by canal was _than railroads

A

cheaper

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3
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main appeal of Texas for Americans

A

cheap land

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4
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Person most in favor of seizing land from mex

a. James k polk
b. zach taylor
c. john calhoun
d. abe lincoln

A

JAMES K POLK

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5
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Which was the FIRST battle responsible for starting trouble with mex

A

Alamo

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6
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final borders for lower 48states established in

A

Gadsden Purchase

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7
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Inventor of new rubber that didn’t melt/freeze

A

charles GOODYEAR

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8
Q

who was inventor of mechanical reaper

A

Cyrus Mccormick

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9
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Standard of living for average family _

A

improved

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10
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_ played major role in settling American West

A

MORMONS

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11
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_delayed annexation of Texas

A

balance of free/slave states

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12
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_led troops to rio Grande- asked for war

A

Zachary Taylor

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13
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_was declared independent when Fremont seized sonoma and raised a flag

A

Republic of Cali

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14
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_ was not ceded to US in Treaty of Guadalupe

A

Texas

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15
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_invention of telegraph improved transportation

A

Morse

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16
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terminally ill people left on westward trails watched by

A

WATCHER

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17
Q

Oregon Trail was _of santa Fe trail

18
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Stephen austin was an _

A

empresario

19
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_was repeatedly violated by US gov.

A

Fort Laramie Treaty

20
Q

Sam houston’s military defeated _

A

Santa Anna

21
Q

which river did POlk want as boundary of texas

A

Rio Grande

22
Q

_invention got oxen replaced with horses

A

Cyrus Mccormick

23
Q

Fort Laramie treaty was _Black Hawk War

24
Q

_screamed “remember the Alamo”

A

sam houston

25
Q

Tejas was annexed by Sam Houston T/F

26
Q

_invented steel plow

A

John Deere

27
Q

_Invented mechanical reaper

A

cyrus mccormick

28
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_is use of land, cash and labor to make $

A

capitalism

29
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_did not create a higher standard of living

A

capitalism

30
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_is when a farmer raises only 1/2 crops for sale

A

specialization

31
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invention of_ created entrepreneurs

A

steamboats

32
Q

national roads and canals _market revolution

33
Q

Donner Party successfully reached Cali

34
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_is the economic system where private corps control means of productions to make $

A

capitalism

35
Q

“to undertake”

A

entrepreneur

36
Q

idea that 49ers had god given right to expand

A

“manifest destiny”

37
Q

mormon migration to utah led by

A

Bringham Young

38
Q

Conflicts between Tejanos and Mex was from cultural, political and religious issues

39
Q

Fifty four forty or fight is location

40
Q

spanish missionaries were in southwest before Mexico and US

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