Manifest Destiny

Question 1

Oregon Trail

Answer 1

Trail from Missouri to Oregon

Question 2

Texas Revolution

Answer 2

Texas’s war for independence from Mexico

Question 3

the Alamo

Answer 3

Site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution

Question 4

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 4

Treaty ending the War with Mexico

Question 5

Sam Houston

Answer 5

First President of the Republic of Texas

Question 6

Manifest Destiny

Answer 6

a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined by God, to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

Question 7

Give two reasons why Americans moved west

Answer 7

• Many Wanted to go to cheaper land
• People moved because of economic reasons

Question 8

How did the gold rush affect California?

Answer 8

• Population eruption
• Thousands of people spurred the development of farming, manufacturing, shipping, and banking
• San Francisco became a booming town

Question 9

Name three conflicts between Anglo settlers and Mexico

Answer 9

1. Spoke English instead of Spanish
2. Tended to be Protestants instead of Catholics
3. Many were southerners who brought their slaves

Question 10

Mexican War: Cause and Effect

Answer 10

Cause: President Polk sent the U.S army to blockade the Rio Grande River which causes a war between the United States and Mexico

Effect: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave almost half of Mexico’s land to the United States. The United States bought more land from Mexico.

Question 11

Texas Revolution: Cause and Effect

Answer 11

Cause: American settlers were coming to Texas with cultural issues and bringing slavery which Mexico was trying to free their slaves.

Effect: The texas revolution broke out in which a small Texan force tried to defend the Alamo. The Mexicans killed all 187 of the Americans. Under their commander Sam Houston, the Texans captured Santa Anna and won their independence

Question 12

When was Texas Annexed as part of the Union?

Answer 12

1845

Question 13

When was California admitted into the Union?

Answer 13

1850

Question 14

What were at least two key stipulations by the Mexican government of allowing American settlers into Texas in 1823?

Answer 14

Learn Spanish and convert to Catholicism

Question 15

How did the settlers ultimately respond to the stipulations set forth by the Mexican government?

Answer 15

By refusing.

Question 16

This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.

Answer 16

Treat of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 17

What were three causes of the Texas Revolution?

Answer 17

Growing tensions over language, slavery, and religion.

Question 18

What were two states that became part of the United States as a result of the Mexican War?

Answer 18

New Mexico and California

Question 19

Cause and Effect of Manifest Destiny

Answer 19

Cause: It was God’s wish that Americans expand the westward territorial

Effect: Americans ventured to new regions of the continent.