Western Expansion

Question 1

The land that forms the furthest extent of a nation’s settled regions.

Answer 1

Frontier

Question 2

Government gifts of land.

Answer 2

Land Grant

Question 3

Owners of ranches.

Answer 3

Ranchero

Question 4

Extending the nation beyond its existing borders.

Answer 4

Expansion

Question 5

Fur Trappers of the Northwest.

Answer 5

Mountain Men

Question 6

A meeting where trappers would trade fur for supplies.

Answer 6

Rendezvous

Question 7

Led an American Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territoy.

Answer 7

Lewis and Clark

Question 8

Self-appointed law enforcer.

Answer 8

Vigilante

Question 9

A railroad line that spanned the continent.

Answer 9

Transcontinental Railroad

Question 10

Town that sprang up around mining towns or railroads.

Answer 10

Boomtown

Question 11

Leader of the colony of Texas.

Answer 11

Stephen Austin

Question 12

Government with one-person rule.

Answer 12

Dictatorship

Question 13

An attack in which one force surrounds a city or fort.

Answer 13

Siege

Question 14

Commander of the Texan forces.

Answer 14

Sam Houston

Question 15

To add on.

Answer 15

Annex

Question 16

President of the United States at the time of the Mexican American War.

Answer 16

James K. Polk

Question 17

To give up.

Answer 17

Cede

Question 18

A person who comes to a country which they were not born in order to settle there.

Answer 18

Immigrant

Question 19

The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled more than 800 miles to the Indian Territory. More than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.

Answer 19

Trail of Tears

Question 20

The Shoshone Indian guide of Lewis and Clark. She provided the explorers with invaluable survival techniques and advice.

Answer 20

Sacagawea

Question 21

One of the first settlers in a new territory.

Answer 21

Pioneer

Question 22

Pull Factor (definition)

Answer 22

a reason that attracts people to move to a new location

Question 23

Push factor (definition)

Answer 23

a reason that someone might leave their home

Question 24

Pull Factors (examples)

Answer 24

The Homestead Act, Gold, and the easy transportation that came with the transcontinental railroad

Question 25

Push Factors (examples)

Answer 25

land scarcity, poverty, and competition for homes and jobs with raising populations in the east

Question 26

Manifest Destiny

Answer 26

the believe that the United States was ment to control all of North America

Question 27

What land did the United States aquire through trade?

Answer 27

The Louisiana Purchase

Question 28

What land did the United States aquire through war?

Answer 28

Parts of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

Question 29

What land did America annex?

Answer 29

Texas