Expanding Markets and Moving West (ch.9)

Question 1

Samuel Morse

Answer 1

Painter and scientist that invented the telegraph.

Question 2

Manifest Destiny

Answer 2

Americans began to use the phrase to express their belief that the US’s destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory.

Question 3

Oregon Trail

Answer 3

Started in Independence, Missouri, and ended in Portland Oregon in the Willamette valley. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman proved that it could be traveled by wagon.

Question 4

Alamo

Answer 4

An abandoned mission and fort. After Americans attacked the Mexicans that were there, Santa Anna killed every single one of them with one of his own attacks.

Question 5

Santa Anna

Answer 5

Mexican President. Arrested US man for coming and talking to him about self-government saying that he incited revolution.

Question 6

Sam Houston

Answer 6

Led the Americans in the Battle of San Jacinto, killing 830 Mexican soldiers in 18 minutes and capturing Santa Anna.

Question 7

Republic of Texas

Answer 7

Santa Anna signed the treaty of Velasco, granting Texas free. Houston became the president of the Republic.

Question 8

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 8

Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and California to the United States. The United States agreed to pay $15 million for the Mexican cession, which included present-day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming.The treaty guaranteed Mexicans living in these territories freedom of religion, protection of property, bilingual elections, and open borders.

Question 9

Inventions and technological advancements that changed lives as part of the market revolution?

Answer 9

Vulcanized rubber by Charles Goodyear, sewing machine by Elias Howe-> factory production of clothing. Telegraph by samuel f.b. Morse, mechanized farm equipment.Tehnology advances lowered prices.

Question 10

Why the concept of Manifest Destiny of particular appeal to Americans in the 1840s?

Answer 10

They believed it was th US’s destiny to expand to the Pacific and go into Mexican territory.

Question 11

Factors that attracted settlers to the west during the first half of the 19th century?

Answer 11

California Gold Rush,

Question 12

Developments that caused the US to go to war with Mexico.

Answer 12

Annexation of Texas, Texas Revolution, instability of Mexican government, Texas border, President Polk, Mexican gov’t refused to speak to John Slidell about the border.

Question 13

The effect that the gold rush had on the growth of California.

Answer 13

Migration over the land made the population of CA skyrocket from 400 to 44,000 in two years.