Chapter 9-Manifest Destiny

Question 1

American settlement from sea to shining sea was called ____

Answer 1

Manifest Destiny

Question 2

What was the two most pressing problems for the Indians in the mid-1800s?

Answer 2

Buffalo herds dwindling

emigrants crossing their lands

Question 3

What was signed by the US Government and many Indian nations to keep the peace in the mid-1800s?

Answer 3

Treaty of Fort Laramie

Question 4

Many families went to __ in the 1830s-1860s.

Answer 4

Oregon

Question 5

Who was the most celebrated trail guide for Oregon bound pioneers?

Answer 5

Jim Bridger

Question 6

A _____ is a pioneer who has no legal title to the land where they live.

Answer 6

Pioneer squatter

Question 7

A dispute between Great Britain and the United States over the fate of the Oregon Territory was settled by treaty along the ____ line.

Answer 7

48th Paralell

Question 8

What was the slogan by many Americans to obtain the entire Oregon Country?

Answer 8

54’40” or Fight!

Question 9

Which country claimed California in the 1840s?

Answer 9

Mexico

Question 10

What was found at Sutter’s Mill, California in 1848?

Answer 10

Gold

Question 11

What type of settler rushed to California in the 1850s?

Answer 11

Single men hoping to strike rich gold claims

Question 12

What new invention did McCormick invent to harvest wheat on the Great Plains?

Answer 12

Reaper

Question 13

What new invention allowed farmers to cut the tough sod on the prairies?

Answer 13

Steel Plow

Question 14

Who invented the new Steel Plow

Answer 14

John Deere

Question 15

Why did the Mexican encourage US settlers to move to Texas in the 1820s and 1830s?

Answer 15

To protest Mexico from Indian attacks from Oklahoma.

Question 16

Who was the first leader of Texas setters in the 1820s?

Answer 16

Stephen Austin

Question 17

What Mexican dictator decided in the mid-1830s that no more American settlers would be permitted into Texas

Answer 17

Santa Anna

Question 18

What was the first major battle of the Texas Revolution in San Antonio?

Answer 18

Alamo

Question 19

Where were over 300 Texans outright murdered by Santa Anna’s troops in 1836?

Answer 19

Goliad

Question 20

At what battle did the Texas beat Santa Anna and gain their independence?

Answer 20

San Jacinto

Question 21

Who became the first President of the Republic of Texas.

Answer 21

Sam Houston

Question 22

What did Texas change its name to when it became an independent country?

Answer 22

Lone Star Republic

Question 23

What was the big question for many New Englanders that resisted supporting the Mexican War?

Answer 23

issues of expansion of slavery into new lands that would be won.

Question 24

The Texas/Mexican disputed territory lay between ___ and ____ Rivers.

Answer 24

Nueces River and Rio Grande River

Question 25

What US general crossed into the disputed territory that led to the declaration of war against Mexico?

Answer 25

Zachary Taylor

Question 26

Where was the first blood shed during the Mexican War.

Answer 26

Palo Alto

Question 27

During what years was the Mexican War?

Answer 27

1845-1847

Question 28

What regions of the US desired war with Mexico in the 1840s?

Answer 28

Southern and Western states

Question 29

What treaty ends the Mexican War?

Answer 29

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 30

Where was the Mexican Cession lands?

Answer 30

Texas, Southwest US, and California

Question 31

Before California is ceded to the US, they attempted to create their own country called _____ for a few weeks.

Answer 31

The Bear Flag Republic

Question 32

Which president refused to declare war on Mexico until the last moments before he left office?

Answer 32

John Tyler

Question 33

Which president called for outright war against Mexico so that he could fulfill his promise of Manifest Destiny.

Answer 33

James K. Polk