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Question 0

who coined manifest destiny

Answer 0

John O’Sullivan

Question 1

expansionist view that nothing could stop the U.S. from expanding all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

manifest destiny

Question 2

4 roots of manifest destiny

Answer 2

religious
political
social
economic

Question 3

pro-slavery Whig from Virginia who wanted to extend the power of slave states

Answer 3

John Tyler

Question 4

the Whig party candidate in the 1844 presidential election

Answer 4

Henry Clay

Question 5

former Tennessee governor and democratic candidate for president in 1844

Answer 5

James K. Polk

Question 6

who won the election of 1844

Answer 6

james K. Polk

Question 7

motto for the Oregon country border dispute between the U.S. and Great Britain

Answer 7

fifty-four forty or fight

Question 8

what was divided at 49th parallel

Answer 8

Oregon country

Question 9

what did Mexico consider Texas to be after it was annexed by the U.S.

Answer 9

stolen province

Question 10

what river did the U.S. claim was the border of Texas

Answer 10

rio grande

Question 11

what river did Mexico think was the border for Texas

Answer 11

nueces

Question 12

who was ordered by president Polk to lead troops in the disputed area

Answer 12

General Zachary Taylor

Question 13

who was sent to Medco city to but California and New Mexico

Answer 13

John Slidell

Question 14

how much did John Slidell want to buy California and New Mexico for

Answer 14

$30 million

Question 15

the three firsts of the Mexican war

Answer 15

1st us war fought mainly on foreign soil
1st time the newspapers follow a U.S. war
1st to be photographed

Question 16

did all Americans support the Mexican war

Answer 16

no

Question 17

abolitionist who went to jail because he refuse to pay his taxes in support of the Mexican war

Answer 17

Henry David

Question 18

___ men volunteered for the Mexican war

Answer 18

200,000

Question 19

who claimed New Mexico for the United States and then went on to California

Answer 19

Stephen Kearny

Question 20

what was the American revolt in California

Answer 20

bear flag revolt

Question 21

who was the pathfinder

Answer 21

John C. Fremont

Question 22

who took over Mexican government and led the Mexican army against the Americans

Answer 22

General Santa Anne

Question 23

“old rough and ready”

Answer 23

Zachary Taylor

Question 24

"old fuss and feathers"

Answer 24

General Winfield Scott

Question 25

what day did us capture Mexico City

Answer 25

September 14, 1847

Question 26

what treaty ended the Mexican war

Answer 26

treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo

Question 27

what was the Gadsden purchase

Answer 27

land turned over to the United States

Question 28

how much was the Gadsden purchase

Answer 28

10 million

Question 29

what fixed the continental boundaries of the U.S.

Answer 29

Gadsden purchase

Question 30

residents of the southwest were pulled into the expanding ____ economy

Answer 30

growing market

Question 31

the U.S. government made Mexican-American landowners to go to court to prove they had ___ to their land

Answer 31

title

Question 32

laws were printed in ___ &___ in so e southwestern settlements

Answer 32

English | Spanish

Question 33

who founded the Mormons

Answer 33

Joseph smith

Question 34

who led the Mormons to Utah

Answer 34

Brigham young

Question 35

what city was where the Mormon settlement in Utah is

Answer 35

Salt Lake City

Question 36

what made the Mormons a target of religious persecution

Answer 36

practice of polygamy

Question 37

who's property was gold discovered on

Answer 37

John smith's

Question 38

fast ships that took people to California

Answer 38

clipper ships

Question 39

most miners were

Answer 39

young, unmarried men

Question 40

who arrived in California as a slave and became one of the wealthiest landowners in the state

Answer 40

biddy mason

Question 41

what means "travelers to gold mountain" in Chinese

Answer 41

gam saan haak

Question 42

who invented jeans

Answer 42

Levi Strauss

Question 43

the population of California made it eligible for statehood after ___ years

Answer 43

2

Question 44

during the gold rush, ___ struck it rich, but ___ did not

Answer 44

some | most

Question 45

where did the gold rich begin

Answer 45

John sutter's fort

Question 46

capital of Mexico

Answer 46

Mexico City

Question 47

who refused to pay taxes by protesting the Mexican war

Answer 47

Henry David Thoreau

Question 48

what is a Whig

Answer 48

people who believe war is unjust and unnecessary

Question 49

who was in charge of the U.S. army in the beginning of the war

Answer 49

General Zachary Taylor

Question 50

appointed governor of California

Answer 50

General Kearny