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HISTORY CH.15 LMM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE 1840'S AND THIS IS THE IDEA FOR ALL AMERICANS TO HAVE ALL THE WESTERN LAND TO THE PACIFIC? | MANIFEST DESTINY |
| 5 REASONS FOR GOING WEST? | 1. THE MOOD OF THE DAY 2. THE LURE OF THE LAND 3. DESIRE FOR WEALTH 4. ADVENTURE AND A NEW START 5. RELIGIOUS REASONS |
| WHO WENT WEST TO BE MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS TO ESCAPE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION? | MORMONS |
| WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE MORMON RELIGION? | JOSEPH SMITH |
| JOSEPH SMITH WAS KILLED WHERE? | ILLINOIS |
| WHAT WAS THE COMMERCIAL TRAIL THAT AMERICANS WOULD USE THIS TRAIL TO SELL ITEMS FROM MISSOURI TO SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO AND WAS THE FIRST TRAIL USED GOING WEST? | THE SANTA FE TRAIL |
| THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAIL USED TO GO FROM OREGON & CALIFORNIA? | OREGON TRAIL |
| WHO HAD FIRST DISCOVERED THE OREGON TRAIL? | MOUNTAIN MEN |
| WHO REDISCOVERED THE OREGON TRAIL IN 1824? | JEDEDIAH SMITH |
| WHAT BRANCHED OFF THE OREGON TRAIL & WENT SOUTH AND WEST OF CALIFORNIA? | CALIFORNIA TRAIL |
| IN WHAT YEAR DID JEDEDIAH SMITH REDISCOVER THE OREGON TRAIL? | 1824 |
| WHO LEAD THE 1ST GROUP OF AMERICAN SETTLERS INTO TEXAS IN 1822 AND HE SAID THE AMERICANS COULD RECEIVE 640 ACRES AT A LOW PRICE IF THEY PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE 2 MEXICO AND BECAME ROMAN CATHOLIC AND WAS ALSO THE FATHER OF TEXAS? | STEPHEN AUSTIN |
| WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO? | ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA |
| WHO HAD USED THE SANTA FE TRAIL TO EST. A TRADING OUTPOST CALLED BENT'S FORT. WHEN THEY TRAVELED THE TRAIL THEY USED OXEN AND NOT HORSES. THEY ALSO TOOK A CANON ON THE TRAIL FOR PROTECTION? | WILLIAM & CHARLES BENT |
| WHO HAD INVENTED THE BOWIE KNIFE AND DIED @ THE ALAMO? | JIM BOWIE |
| WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE TEXAN TROOPS, AND THOUGHT THAT THE AMERICANS HAD A CHANCE @ WINNING SO HE DIDN'T WANT MEXICO FIGHTING THE WAR BUT JIM BOWIE REFUSED AND BATTLE WENT ON? | SAM HOUSTEN |
| WHAT CATHOLIC MISSION TURNED INTO A FORT AND ALL MEN WERE KILLED (2 WOMEN AND 1 SLAVE HAD ESCAPED)? | THE ALAMO |
| WHAT WAS THE BATTLE CRY FOR SAM HOUSTON'S ARMY? | "REMEMBER THE ALAMO" |
| WHAT HOUSTON'S ARMY WERE CAPTURED AT SANTA ANNA & ALL FORCES AND FORCE GIM TO SIGN A TREATY RECOGNIZING TEXAN INDEPENDENCE? | THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO |
| WHO WERE THE 2 PRESIDENTS DURING THE MANIFEST DESTINEY? | JAMES K. POLK |
| WHAT WAS THE STARTING POINT OF THE TRAILS? | INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI |
| WHO WAS THE FUR TRADER WITH A CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY? | JEDEDIAH SMITH |
| MEXICO EARNED INDEPENDENCE BY WHOM? | SPAIN |
| WHO WAS THE TEXIAN COMMANDER AT THE ALAMO? | COLONEL WILLIAM TRAVIS |
| WHAT WAS THE REPUBLIC FOR AROUND 9 YEARS BEFORE THEY BECAME A STATE? | LONE STAR REPUBLIC |
| THE FORMAL PROCESS OF BEING ADDED TO THE UNION? | ANNEXATION |
| WHO WAS THE PATH FINDER AND HE ARRIVES IN CALIFORNIA WITH 60 SOLDIERS | JOHN CHARLES FREMONT |
| WHAT IS LEAD BY FREMONT & OTHER AMERICANS THAT LIVED IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY OVER THROUGH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT | BEAR FLAG REPUBLICAN |
| WAHT TREATY OFFICIALLY ENDS THE MEXICAN WAR? | THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE |
| WAHT IS THE BORDER OF MEXICO AND AMERICA | RIO GRANDE |
| WHAT WAS IT WHEN WE GAINED CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, TEXAS WYOMING, COLORADO, AND AMERICA WE PAYED $15,000,000.00 | MEXICAN CESSION |
| WHAT WAS A SMALL PIECE OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST THAT WE BOUGHT FOR $10,000,000 FROM MEXICO TO BUILD THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD? | GADSDEN PURCHASE |
| WHO WERE THE 1ST TO SEEK PERMANENT HOMES? | MISSIONARIES |
| IN 1846 WE SETTLE THE BOUNDARY OF OREGON AT THE _______ _________________? | 49TH PARALEL |
| WHO LIVED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS & THEY TRAPPED FURS AND BOUGHT PELTS FROM THE INDIANS? | MOUNTAIN MEN |
| GOLD WAS FIRST FOUND WHERE? | ON JOHN SUTTER'S RANCH |
| WHO WEE THE MEN WHO FIRST CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849 IN SEARCH FOR GOLD? | FORTY-NINERS |
| WHO'S PLAN WAS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? | HENRY CLAY'S |
| WHAT IS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? | THIS IS A DEAL TO ADMIT CALIFORNIA AS A FREE STATE & TO KEEP THE NORTH AND SOUTH HAPPY |
| WHAT WAS ALLOWING THE PEOPLE IN TERRITORY TO BE FEE OR SLAVE? | POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY |
| WHO WAS A MECHANIC ON SUTTER'S RANCH WHO ACTUALLY FOUND THE GOLD IN 1848? | JAMES W. MARSHALL |
| WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT THAT TAKES OVER FOR ZACHARY TAYLOR AND HE IS THE ONE WHO SIGNS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? | MILLARD FILLMORE |
| WHO WAS THE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS WHO GET IT PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS? | STEPHEN DOUGLAS |
| WHAT IS A GROUP OF POLITICIANS WHO DID NOT OPPOSE THE PROSLAVERY POSITION BUT, THEY WERE WILLING TO CONCENTRATE ON POLITICAL ISSUES AND LEAVE THE SOUTH ALONE? | DOUGH FACES |
| HO WAS A DOUGH FACE DEMOCRAT AND WILL WIN THE ELECTION OF 1852? | FRANKLIN PIERCE |
| DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS AND OLD ROUGH AND READY | OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS: EXCELLENT STRATEGIST/PRIM/HIS MEN HATED HIM OLD ROUGH AND READY: HIS MEN LOVED HIM/TERRIBLE STRATEGIST/DRESSED MESSY |
| Who was known as old fuss and feathers? | Winfield Scott |
| Who was known as old rough and ready? | Zachary Taylor |