Chapter 9 Expansion And Conflict Flashcards
During which President’s term did the boundaries of the nation stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
James K Polk
What term means Americans had a “God given right” to expand its culture across the country?
Manifest Destiny
Who is the American who stated the 1st settlement in Texas in 1821?
Stephen Austin
Who was elected president then made himself dictator of Mexico?
Santa Anna
Name the 3 men who shared leadership responsibilities of the command at the Alamo?
William Travis
Jim Bowie
Davy Crockett
Who was elected commander-in-chief of the Texan army and would become the nation’s 1st President?
Sam Houston
What is the name of the battle where Texas won their independence?
San Jacinto
What territory dis the United States want or desire with the campaign slogan “Fifty-four Forty or fight”?
Oregon
What state was admitted as the 28th state in the Union and caused a severe strain in the political relations between the United States and Mexico?
Texas
What is the name of the president who took over for William Henry Harrison in 1841 when the US boundary extended only to the western edge of the Louisiana?
John Tyler
Who is the American general who moved US troops to the Rio Grande knowing it would cause a war?
Zachary Taylor
Who is the congressman who went to the exact spot of where American blood was shed at the start of the Mexican War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the name of the American general who captured Mexico City?
Winfield Scott
What is the name of the American who during the Mexican War captured Northern California and established the Bear Flag Republic?
John C Fremont
What is the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican American War?
Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is the name of the large area of land in what is now the south west United States - - it was taken from Mexicans as a result of the Mexican War?
Mexican Cession
What is the name of the 45,000 square miles of Mexican land near the Gila River that the United States purchased?
Gadsden Purchase
What is the name of the proposal in Congress that called for no slavery in any of the new lands acquired from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
What is the term for the type of men who became social outcast by living in the mountains and trapping beaver?
Mountain Men
What is the name of the road that was referred to as the “Trail of Commerce?”
Santa Fe Trail
What is the - - once a year meeting where St. Louis merchants send goods out to the mountains and trade for furs?
The Rendezvous system
What is the name of the road that was referred to as the “trail of settlement?”
Oregon Trail
What is the name of the agreement in the US congress that came about as a result of the acquisition of territory from the Mexican War and the question of slavery in the area?
Compromise of 1850
What famous book about slavery did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
