Westward Expansion

Question 1

Stephen Austin

Answer 1

He established a colony on the lower Colorado river in 1821 to bring settlers west

Question 2

San Jacinto

Answer 2

A brief battle to capture part of Texas in San Jacinto in 1836. Led by Sam Houston

Question 3

Oregon (Trail)

Answer 3

Settlers moving west followed the Oregon Trail in the 1800s across the western half of the US to get to the Oregon area and to a better life

Question 4

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

*Texas Annexation and Mexican Cession

Answer 4

A treaty giving much of Mexico’s northern territory to the U.S. in the California area in 1848

Question 5

James Polk

Answer 5

The democrat’s representative for president; was governor of Tennessee and annexed Texas in 1845

Question 6

Lewis and Clark

Answer 6

Jefferson sent them to explore the Missouri River, to explore nature, and friend natives in 1803

Question 7

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 7

James Gadsden, U.S. ministered to Mexico negotiated the Gadsden Purchase for more Mexican land in the California area in 1853

Question 8

Buffalo

Answer 8

Buffalo where the main food for Indians and settlers on the western half of the U.S. in the 1800s because they were big and there were lots of them

Question 9

Texas Revolution

Answer 9

In 1833 Austin went to Mexico City to ask for more self government for Texans. This began the Texas Revolution

Question 10

Annex(ation) (Of Texas)

Answer 10

Texans hoped the U.S. would annex or take control of Texas in the 1800s so that they’d have more control and power

Question 11

Sam Houston

Answer 11

Texan commander who led the attack on San Antonio against the Mexicans troops under Santa Anna and won in 1836

Question 12

Andrew Jackson

Answer 12

The president who in 1837 decided to recognize Texas independent, but not to annex it

Question 13

Santa Anna

Answer 13

Elected president of Mexico in 1833, was on the other end of the Gadsden purchase with the U.S.

Question 14

Tejanos

Answer 14

In late 1700s, Comanche and Apache attacks has forced many Tejanos settlers of Spanish descent living in what is now South Texas to leave the region

Question 15

Pioneer Women

Answer 15

People who traveled west that were female and had few rights in the 1800s

Question 16

Gender Roles

Answer 16

Men had more rights than woman in the 1800s in the U.S. because men were thought of being more important than women

Question 17

Independence, Missori

Answer 17

Settlers moved west on the Oregon Trail which started in Independence, Missouri

Question 18

Sam Morse

Answer 18

In 1832, Sam Morse invented the telegraph to send and receive pulses of electrical current through a wire

Question 19

The Gold Rush

Answer 19

In 1848, gold was found by a worker at Sutters Mill which sent hundreds of thousands of men west to find gold

Question 20

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 20

Thomas Jefferson buys French land from Napoleon to U.S. land in 1803