Wester Ho. Flashcards
Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett and William Travis fought and died in what battle?
The Alamo
The belief that the United States had the right to spears democracy from coast to coast is known as?
Manifest destiny
Who created Texas?
Sam Houston
Who defeated Santa Anna?
Sam Houston
The Oregon, Santa fa and Mormon trail were all used for what?
To take settlers west
Why did the Mormons settle in the great salt lake?
To escape religious persecutions
What was the cause if the Mexican war?
Boarder disputes
What was the testy of Guadalupe hidalgo?
Ended the war with Mexico and gave untied states California
What was discovered at stutters fort?
Gold in California
Why did u want to be a shop keeper in California
Cause they made the most money
What is prairie schooners?
Covered weagons going to the west
What did pioneers traveling west suffer from?
- extreme climate changes
- Indian attacks
- disease
- famine
What where clipper ships?
Methods of transportation and communication developed to connect the east to the wet coast
What is telegraph?
Methods of transportation and communication developed to connect the east to the wet coast
Methods of transportation and communication developed to connect the east to the wet coast like telegraph and clipper ships and ___________
Piney express
