Manifest Destiny

Question 1

Chapultapec

Answer 1

castle defended by Mexican cadets

Question 2

Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 2

treaty that ended the Mexican-American war

Question 3

John O’ Sullivan

Answer 3

coined the phrase “Manifest Destiny”

Question 4

The Donner Reed Party

Answer 4

family that ended up trapped in the Sierra Nevada

Question 5

Mexican Cession

Answer 5

land purchased in the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo for 15 million dollars

Question 6

Willamette Valley

Answer 6

fertile destination attracting settlers to Oregon

Question 7

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 7

asked to the the spot where american blood was spilled (Spot Resolution)

Question 8

Polygamy

Answer 8

Mormon practice of having multiple wives

Question 9

49ers

Answer 9

name for California immigrants during the Gold Rush

Question 10

Sam Houston

Answer 10

was the president of the lone star republic

Question 11

Stephen Austin

Answer 11

led the Old Three Hundred into Texas

Question 12

South Pass

Answer 12

20 mile-wide gap in the Rockies

Question 13

Nueces River

Answer 13

Mexico claimed this as the true boarder with Texas

Question 14

Los Ninos Heros

Answer 14

six cadets who died defending Mexico City

Question 15

James Marshal

Answer 15

discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill

Question 16

William B. Travis

Answer 16

lead the troops at the Alamo

Question 17

Rendezvous

Answer 17

annual meeting of mountain men

Question 18

54’ 40’ or Fight

Answer 18

slogan to annex Oregon Territory

Question 19

Dark Horse

Answer 19

name for Polk because he was commonly unknown

Question 20

Rio Grande

Answer 20

the wanted Texan boarder from mexico

Question 21

Santa Anna

Answer 21

Mexican general who attacked the Alamo