SS CHAPTER 11

Question 1

Mountain Men

Answer 1

Often fur traders and trappers, these people traveled west and lived dangerous lives, often adopting Native American customs and clothing.

Question 2

Oregon Trail

Answer 2

2,000 mile long trail which stretched from places such as independence Missouri or council Bluffs, Iowa, west into Oregon Country.

Question 3

Father Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla

Answer 3

a Mexican priest who led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and mestizos, or people of Indian and Spanish ancestry.

Question 4

Stephen F Austin

Answer 4

In 1822 on young agent started a Texas colony on the lower Colorado River.

Question 5

The alamo

Answer 5

an abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.

Question 6

manifest destiny

Answer 6

obvious fate, to settle land all the way the the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy.

Question 7

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 7

officially ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the United States.

Question 8

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 8

For $10 million, the United States recieved the southern parts of what is now Arizona and Mexico.

Question 9

Forty NIners

Answer 9

Gold seeking migrants to California