Manifest Destiny

Question 1

The U.S, Great Britain, and Russia all laid to part of Oregan in?

Answer 1

The Early 1800s

Question 2

After exhausting the beaver supply in Organ country, many________ ____found work as________

Answer 2

Mountain men found work as guides

Question 3

In ____ the democratic party’s Camphaingh slogan referred to the conflict with _____ ____over Organ country

Answer 3

In 1844, Conflict with Great Britain

Question 4

President ______ ______ refushed to annex Texas. President _______ _______ supported the annex of Texas.

Answer 4

Andrew Jackson, John Tyler

Question 5

The Mexican ranchos had ________ ________ working there land in exchange for _____ and ______

Answer 5

Native Americans, Food, and shelter

Question 6

Vigilantes

Answer 6

took the law onto their own hands

Question 7

Orgon trail

Answer 7

Route to western lands

Question 8

Ranchos

Answer 8

huge Mexican Properties

Question 9

Sam Houston

Answer 9

Commander of Texan forces

Question 10

Californios

Answer 10

Mexicans living in Califonia

Question 11

______ ______ was the last country to challenge the U.S For control of ______

Answer 11

Great Britain, Orgon

Question 12

______ ________ Allowed other pople from both _____ and the U.S to settle in Organ Contry

Answer 12

Joint Occupation, Britain

Question 13

___ ______ and ___ ______ lived in the west and worked as guides

Answer 13

Jim Bridger and Kit Carson

Question 14

Texas chose ____ _______ as it’s president after Texas won independence form ________

Answer 14

Sam Houston, Mexico

Question 15

Mountain Men made their living as _____

Answer 15

Trappers

Question 16

” We reached the camping place. What first struck our eye was several long rows of Indian tents ( lodges), extending along the Green River for at least a mile. Indian and whites were mingled here in varied groups. Of the Indians, there had come chiefly snakes, Flatheads, and Nezperces, peaceful tribes, living beyond the Rocky mountains the agents of the different trading companies ………

Answer 16

Adolph Wisilzenus, a German traveler in the west

Question 17

” We are creeping along slowly, one wagon after another, the same old gait, the same thing over, out one mudhole into another all day.” Amelia Stewart knight, 1853 The quote shows that the travelers felt

Answer 17

Boredom

Question 18

” The people of Texas, in solemn convention, assembles, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our conditions, do hereby resolve and declare that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended; and that the people of texas do ow constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic.” - March 2, 1836, from the

Answer 18

Florida Declaration of Sovereignty

Question 19

President __________ refused the request to annex ______ because ______ allowed slavery. Adding the territory to the U.S would upset the balance of slave and free states in congress, which could cause problems in the country.

Answer 19

Jackson, Texas, Texas

Question 20

_____-______ were pepole loooking for gold. They were called _______-______ because they arrived in California in ____

Answer 20

Forty-niners, 1849

Question 21

The ____ ____ affect California’s population because it made California more _______ as people arrived from all around the world.

Answer 21

Gold Rush, Diverse

Question 22

The _______ left ___ ____ because they were seeking a safe haven, as disapproving neighbors forced them to move.

Answer 22

Mormons, New York

Question 23

What was the end result of Mexico’s offering land to new settlers in the 1820s?

Answer 23

At first, Mexico welcomed them but soon the Americans outnumbered the Tejanos