Manifest Destiny

Question 1

general that put troops at the northern bank of rio grande

Answer 1

zachary taylor

Question 2

tried to work out differences w/ Santa Anna on the mexican territory

Answer 2

stephen austin

Question 3

jailed stephen austin and signed the peace treaty

Answer 3

santa anna

Question 4

opened the santa fe trail

Answer 4

william becknell

Question 5

man who led the mormons to utah

Answer 5

brigman young

Question 6

mountain man that was maled by a bear

Answer 6

jedidiah smith

Question 7

mr. manifest destiny; added land to america

Answer 7

james polk

Question 8

one of the generals in the invasion of mexico

Answer 8

winfield scott

Question 9

led a Tejano revolt

Answer 9

juan seguin

Question 10

newspaper editor that cam up with the term “Manifest Destiny”

Answer 10

john sullivan

Question 11

fur trappers

Answer 11

mountain men

Question 12

bought up huge amounts of land cheap and resold at a profit

Answer 12

land speculators

Question 13

some of many groups of people who moved west

Answer 13

manufacturers & merchants

Question 14

a large group if people who are mormon and moved to salt lake city to escape the angry mobs

Answer 14

mormons

Question 15

of spanish heritage but considered texas as home

Answer 15

Tejanos

Question 16

spanish or mexican settlers in California

Answer 16

californios

Question 17

Battle where Texan strike back in a sneak attack

Answer 17

san jacinto

Question 18

treaty if quadalupe hidaglo

Answer 18

ended war with texas

Question 19

huge area of land Mexico gave up

Answer 19

mexican cession

Question 20

popular belief in the 1800s

Answer 20

manifest destiny

Question 21

1,800 mexicans surround 183 texans inside the alamo mission

Answer 21

battle of the alamo

Question 22

american government wanted a strip of land across what is now new mexico

Answer 22

gadsden purchase

Question 23

number who moved west 1840-1860

Answer 23

250,000

Question 24

a group of 81 emigrants tried a shortcut to california but were caught in the show; resorted in cannibalism

Answer 24

donner party

Question 25

name three things that Americans had to agree to in order to settle and Mexican own Texas

Answer 25

1. hard worker
2. nondrinkers
3. able to speak Spanish

Question 26

name for things that motivated to American to move west

Answer 26

1. escape economic problems
2. begin a “fresh start”
3. start owning land
4. gold rush

Question 27

name 3 things the mexican government forced on new settlers bc they refused ti follow mexican law

Answer 27

1. closed the border
2. charged taxes
3. sent mexican troops to enforce all laws

Question 28

List two reasons why Americans did not want Texas to become a state

Answer 28

slavery

feared war with Mexico

Question 29

list 3 territories the united states gained in 1840s

Answer 29

california
texas
new mexico

Question 30

name 3 results of the treaty that ended the war w/ mexico

Answer 30

1. ended war w/ mexico
2. recongnized texas as part of the united states
3. rio grande as border

Question 31

describe what happened that caused the cry of remember the Alamo

Answer 31

after 13 days of violent battle, The Texans were defeated. Santa Anna ordered the execution of five survivors, but let a few woman and children go free

Question 32

describe 4 effects of the gold rush

Answer 32

1. people came all over the world
2. California became the center of banking
3. enough people move there for it to become a state
4. cost political turmoil

Question 33

leader of the texas army in the alamo

Answer 33

sam houston