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CH 12 Quiz Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| General Santa Anna | Mexican dictator who led forces against Americans |
| Gadsden Purchase | 10 million purchase of land which gave the USA its present day border in Arizona and New Mexico 1853 |
| Treaty of Gaudalupe Hildago | ended Mexican American War USA purchased Mexican Cession for 10 million Promised to treat Mexicans fairly |
| Mexican Cession | Area USA bought from Mexico after Mexican American War California, New Mexico, Arizona, parts of Utah, Colorado, and Nevada 15 million |
| Oregon Trail | 2000 mile journey that began in Independence, MO through the Great Plains, over the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains ending in Oregon Country |
| Santa Fe Trail | lead settlers to the Southwest of USA where merchants sold goods for a large profit |
| Joseph Smith | Created the Mormon Church and began leading them West before he was murdered by a mob in Illinois |
| Brigham Young | Lead the Mormons to Salt Lake City Utah where they setup The Deseret largest single migration in US history |
| 49ers | gold seekers who went to california to find gold |
| "Fifty-four forty or fight" | James K. Polk's Democratic Campaign Slogan for the 1844 Presidential Election on the topic Oregon Border |
| Rio Grande River | Border between USA and Mexico set by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago |
| 49th latitude | border set by the USA and Great Britain for Oregon |
| annex | to add a territory |
| decree | an order or decision given by one in authority |
| Manifest Destiny | the idea popular in the USA during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean |
| Mountain Man | a frontiersman living in the wilderness, as in the Rocky Mountains |
| Texas Rebellion | 1835 Texans fought against the Mexican army in order to gain their independence |
| Battle of Alamo | Battle in the Texas rebellion that became a battle cry for future battles and inspired Texans |
| Stephen Austin | led settlers into Texas |
| What did mexico claim as the Mexican/ American border? | Nueces River |
| How did the development of fur trade in Oregon help settle this area? | Mountain men acted as guides to help the settlers coming to Oregon. |
| Causes of Mexican American War | Border issues & Acquiring land |
| Irish Immigrants | left because of a potato famine |
| German Immigrants | left because of a revolution in the country |
| Chinese Immigrants | left because of hearing about the Gold Rush |
| Push factors | are reasons that encourage a person to leave a particular place. |
| Pull factors | are reasons that encourage a person to relocate in a new place. |
| Know Nothing Party | a political party who called for a cut in immigration and a 21 year wait to become a US citizen |
| Mechanical Reaper | Allowed for grain to be harvest faster and more efficiently Cyrus McCormick |
| Steamboat | Robert Fulton |
| Tom Thumb | 1st locomotive led to future inventions |
| John Deere | invented the Steel Tip Plow |
| Nativist | a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants |
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