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Reetz Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did Father Miguel Hidalgo lead a rebellion? | To help get the people of Mexico out from the rule of Spain |
| What trail was used by traders to haul goods to trade with Mexican traders? | Sante Fe Trail |
| Who was the Donner party? | A group of Western travelers who got stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| What treaty ended the Mexican American War? | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Who was the head of the Mormon Church? | Brigham Young |
| Who was Sam Houston? | He led the Texan army in a victory over Santa Anna |
| What happened in the Bear Flag Revolt? | America declared California to be an independent nation |
| What did Santa Anna do that made Texans continue their fight for independence? | ordered the execution of prisioners |
| What was John Sutter known for? | starting a colony in California |
| Who led his followers to the West and settled in Utah? | Brigham Young |
| What is the basic part of a person's surroundings? | elements |
| What is a placer miner? | a person who mines for gold with pans to wash out loose rock and gravel |
| What is the name of the Mexican cowboys who tended cattle and horses? | Vaqueros |
| What is to prospect? | search for gold |
| What industry was John Jacob Astor part of creating? | fur and trapping |
| What were Mountain Men? | men hired to trap animals for fur |
| What are Empresarios? | agents who were hired to bring settlers to Texas |
| Who were the Forty-niners | a gold seeker who moved to California during the gold rush |
| What are Mestizos? | people of Indian and Spanish ancestry |
| What is the Manifest Destiny? | the belief that America should spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean |
| What happened even though the Miguel Hidalgo's revolt failed? | the rebellion continued to grow |
| What happened with the Gadsden Purchase? | the Mexican border was finally set |
| Who were not welcomed during the gold rush? | Chinese immagrants |
| What does the word explicit mean? | fully revealed without vagueness |
| What helped James Polk win the Presidency? | He was in favor of expanding the country |
| What started the Mexican-American War? | they disagreed on where the border should be |
| What happened as a result of the Battle of San Jacinto? | Texas gained their independence |
| What things lead to the westward movement? | gold was found in California US gained lands in the west Americans believed in the Manifest Destiny |
| What was the Alamo? | an abandoned mission that was the site of an important battle |
| What did Sam Houston do? | led the Texan Army to victory over Santa Anna |
| What trail was the only one to cross the Rocky Mountains? | Oregon Trail |
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