Westward Expansion Flashcards
Vigilantes
Persons who took the into their own hands
Manifest Destiny
The belief that god wanted the white Americans to move west
Dawes Act
A law enacted in 1887, that distributed reservation land to individual owners when native Americans refused to give up their customs.
Homestead Act
Passed in 1862, this law offered 160 acres of land for anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years
Missionaries
A person sent by the church to preach, teach, and convert people’s to Christianity
Polygamy
Having more than one wife
Annex
To take a land from a country and add it to the union
John Sutter
A Swiss emigrant who had come to California in 1839 with the idea of building a vast empire.
Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
A military general and the elected president (Dictator) of Mexico.
James K. Polk
The 11th president of the US and strongly believed in Manifest Destiny. He used the Campaign slogan “54-40 or Fight!” And the first president to annex land.
Zachary Taylor
He was a general under James K. Polk that commanded 3500 men
Sam Houston
The Commander in Chief of the army of Texas and won the battle of San Jacinto, whic won Texas’s independence from Mexico.
Moses Austin
Wanted to colonize Texas but died
Stephan Austin
He took over Moses Austin’s Dream After He Died.
John Gast
Painter Of The Manifest Destiny Painting
What Were The First Pioneer Women Who Settled In The West were the first American Women To Do?
They Were The First To Get The Right To Vote.
Where Did The Mormons Settle In The Late 1840’s?
Utah
Which Territory Did The United States Gain As A Result Of The Mexican War?
Texas
In All Of Its Land Acquisitions, Where Did The United States Settle For Less Land Than It Wanted?
Oregon Territory
Barbed wire
This was used to keep farm animals inside the farm
Gold rush
When James Marshall on Johann Sutter’s Land. The word eventually spreads of this and many people move to the west (Oregon and California) in hope if finding gold.
What was the result of the Luisiana Purchase?
Many people wanted to start moving west.
Why did Americans move west?
They believed it was their “Manifest Destiny” to do so. Also, the went for religious freedom, for adventure, or to spread family.
Why was the annexation of Texas opposed by many northern Amerians?
They thought it would become a slave state.
