History

Question 1

all of the following were reasons for people moving to the West during the early 1800s except the hope of gaining new riches or teh desire to work in fafctories

Answer 1

desire to ork in factories

Question 2

trappers and traders were usually the first white men to arrive in a western area

Answer 2

true

Question 3

which o fthse names goes with mountain ment brigham young franklin pierce or jedediah smith

Answer 3

jedediah smith

Question 4

which of the following was a missionary in the west joe meeek james bidge or marcus whiteman

Answer 4

marcus whiteman

Question 5

The americans who moved to Texas while it was under mexican control quickly adapted to the new culutrue and belended in with the spanish population

Answer 5

false

Question 6

mexican president _____ ____ opposed Texas independence

Answer 6

Santa Anna

Question 7

sam houston and his army rembembereed this place which stirred them to victoy

Answer 7

Alamo

Question 8

Opponents of slavery protested the admittance of texas into the union because they feared texas would be divided into several slave states

Answer 8

true

Question 9

john tyler won the election of 1844 by promising all of oregon all of texas

Answer 9

false

Question 10

the resulted in the capute of santa anna

Answer 10

the battle of san jacinto

Question 11

Which of the following descrubes texas immeditallyy before it was annexed by the united states an independent country a par o fthe mexican cession or a territory belongigin to mexico

Answer 11

Independent country

Question 12

methodist mssionaries were the firs marercans to seek permanent homes in oregon

Answer 12

true

Question 13

this rouete was discovered by jedediah smith and was the most important trail to the west

Answer 13

oregon trail

Question 14

who was te president most closely assocaited ith Manifest Destiny

Answer 14

james k polk

Question 15

the united states and _____ _____ both claimed oregon territoy before 1846

Answer 15

great britain

Question 16

the united states gained control of oregon all the way to the 54 40 line of latitude

Answer 16

false

Question 17

because of their controversial religious beliefs the mormons had difficulty finding an area to settl

Answer 17

true

Question 18

which of thse was a mormon franklin perice or brigham young

Answer 18

brigham young

Question 19

the _____ founded salt lake city in utah

Answer 19

mormons

Question 20

the spanish set up missions along the coast of california before the area fell into american hands

Answer 20

true

Question 21

who was part of the californa gold rush john charles fremont or james W marshal

Answer 21

james w marshal

Question 22

the building of the sutters’s for was most closely realtaed to what the settling of mormon territory or start of the califoria gold rush

Answer 22

gold rush

Question 23

who was part of teh bear flag revolution franklin peirece or john charles fremont

Answer 23

john charles frmont

Question 24

at the time of the outbreka of the mexican war the rio ______ was what the americans believed to be the boder between texas and miexico

Answer 24

grande

Question 25

the territoy of ______ came into american hands throught the bear flag revolution

Answer 25

California

Question 26

this war was carried out by old rough and ready and old fuss and feathere s

Answer 26

Mexican War

Question 27

which one of the following events occurred last the falll of the almao or zachary tyalor became the hero of bueina vista

Answer 27

zachary taylor hero of buena vista

Question 28

the treaty of _________ ______ ended the mexican war

Answer 28

guadalupe hidalgo

Question 29

in a sense the mexican war served as a training gound fo rthe civil war that wwas to come

Answer 29

true

Question 30

american gneral ____ ___ was elevated presdiddent in 1848 after gaining great popularity and success during the mexican War

Answer 30

zachary taylor

Question 31

what was the area mecico gave up tat teh end of the mexican war

Answer 31

mexican cession

Question 32

this completed the acquition of territory for the contientla untied states

Answer 32

gadsen purchase

Question 33

the wilmot proviso would have banned slavery in missouri maine or banned slavery n any territory taken form mexico

Answer 33

banned slavery in any territory taken from mexico

Question 34

stephen douglas helped to gain the passage of the compromise of 1850

Answer 34

ture

Question 35

northern deomcrats who were willing to compromise on the politcal problems of the 1850s were called

Answer 35

doughfaces

Question 36

________ _______ succeeded to the presidency when zachary taylor died while in office

Answer 36

millard fillmore

Question 37

the principle of _______ _______ said that people in the territiries should decide whether they wished to allow slavery or not

Answer 37

popular sovereignty

Question 38

which of these names goes with doughfaces james w marshal jedediah smit or franlkin peirce

Answer 38

franklin pierce