Chp 13-14

Question 1

What area was under joint occupation with Britain in the early 1800’s?

Answer 1

Oregon

Question 2

How did the mountain men of Oregon make a living?

Answer 2

Trapping beaver

Question 3

Why did Americans begin traveling to Oregon?

Answer 3

Reports of fertile land for farming

Question 4

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 4

Belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Question 5

Who recruited 300 American families to help settle land in Mexico?

Answer 5

Stephen F. Austin

Question 6

Who led the Mexican troops in the Battle of the Alamo?

Answer 6

Santa Anna

Question 7

Who was the backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered fight at the Alamo?

Answer 7

Davy Crockett

Question 8

What did the defenders of the Alamo do for the Texan fight?

Answer 8

Bought the time

Question 9

Who became commander in chief of the Texan forces?

Answer 9

Sam Houston

Question 10

What was the surprise attack that killed 600 Mexicans and captured 700 Mexicans,
including Santa Anna?

Answer 10

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 11

What was the rallying cry of the men at this battle?

Answer 11

“Remember the Alamo”

Question 12

What was formed in Texas after Santa Anna surrendered?

Answer 12

Lone Star Republic

Question 13

What were the 3 reasons Polk was determined to control NM and CA?

Answer 13

Trade, creating a clear passage way to the Pacific Ocean, and Manifest Destiny

Question 14

Where did America believe the southern border of Texas was? Where did Mexico
believe it was?

Answer 14

Rio Grande River, Nueces River

Question 15

What did Mexico end up losing after the war?

Answer 15

Half of its territory

Question 16

The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?

Answer 16

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 17

What did Mexico give up in the Mexican Cession?

Answer 17

California and New Mexico

Question 18

Why did the Mormons go to Utah?

Answer 18

The leader of the Mormon religion, Joseph Smith, is killed in a Illinois and the group left so they could safely practice their religion

Question 19

Who led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake area?

Answer 19

Brigham Young

Question 20

Who was the first Californian to discover gold on his property?

Answer 20

John Sutter

Question 21

How were mining towns run if there were no jails or police?

Answer 21

Vigilance committees

Question 22

What did the California Gold Rush do to the earth’s gold supply?

Answer 22

Doubled it

Question 23

Who was the Jewish Immigrant who sold the miners pants made of denim?

Answer 23

Levi Strauss

Question 24

The Gold Rush had long lasting effects on what?

Answer 24

California’s economy

Question 25

What finalized the American mainland?

Answer 25

The Gadsten Purchase

Question 26

What united the East to the Midwest in 1860?

Answer 26

Railroad tracks

Question 27

Why did people from Ireland migrate to the US (What was wrong in their
country)?

Answer 27

A terrible potato to famine

Question 28

What was “king” in the American South and what city was the “capital”?

Answer 28

Cotton, Memphis

Question 29

Who owned small farms of 50 to 200 acres in the South?

Answer 29

Yeomen farmers