Midterm Review Flashcards
What is Manifest Destiny?
the belief that America was destined to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the river that is currently the boundary between Mexico and the United States?
The Rio Grande
What unique American religious group brought thousands of settlers to Utah?
Mormons
What brought thousand of people to California starting in 1849?
Gold was discovered
Who was the President of the United States during the Mexican War?
James K. Polk
Which territory did the United States gain as a result of the Mexican War (1846-48)?
A. Oregon Country
B. Louisiana
C. California and New Mexico
D. Texas
C. California and New Mexico
Women in the West often had more rights than women in other regions of the United States because…
their labor was needed for their families to survive
True or false: The issue of water rights was important in early California because much of California is desert with very little water.
True
What effect did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago have on the United States?
Mexico ceded a large area of territory to the United States
The Guadalupe-Hildago Treaty stated that the United States had to pay $18 million, and in turn, they got present-day California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming (the Mexican Cession).
A small number of Texans held off a large Mexican army for about two weeks at this fort before being massacred. The massacre inspired many Americans to volunteer for the Texan army.
The Alamo
Why did the Mormons leave the eastern states and move out west?
They wanted to escape religious persecution
Which of the following is NOT a geographical obstacle faced by people moving west?
A. hostile Native Americans
B. mountains
C. forests
D. rivers
A. hostile Native Americans
During the winter on Blackfoot Creek, what was the only type of food?
meat
Food was cooked and served by who?
the camp kicker
Where did the Mountain Men live?
together in lodges
A camp keeper did all of the following EXCEPT…
A. kill buffalo.
B. guard the horses.
C. keep fires.
D. cook.
A. kill buffalo
The Mountain Men amused themselves during the summer rendezvous by all of the following EXCEPT…
A. playing the game of “hand”.
B. horse racing.
C. dancing.
D. relating the past year’s events.
C. dancing
A treaty with Great Britain in 1846 established United States ownership of this region.
letter A
This was the area of the original United States in 1783.
letter G
This area was acquired from Spain in 1819.
Letter H
This independent republic was annexed by the United States in 1845 after winning its independence from Mexico.
letter F
This area was acquired from France in 1803.
letter E
A boundary settlement with Great Britain in 1818 gave this area to the United States.
letter D
This area was bought from Mexico in 1853.
letter C
The United States gained this region after the war with Mexico.
letter B
