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Chp. 12
Manifest Destiny
Question | Answer |
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People moved west to search for ___ to make hats to sell. | beavers |
___ were some of the first to explore and map the Rocky Mountains. | Mountain men |
Americans traded with Mexicans on the ___ ___ Trail. | Santa Fe |
Pioneers traveled down the ___ Trail and were helped by the Indians. | Oregon |
The US Gov. protected the traders on the Oregon Trail by sending ___ to keep Indians away. | troops |
The Mormon religion was founded by ___ ___ in NY. | Joseph Smith |
Practice of having more than one wife or husband. | polygamy |
Texans ignored the Mexican's ___ law. | slavery |
Mexican's president during their "civil war". | Santa Anna |
In which battle did all of the Americans die? | The Alamo |
___ ___ led the Mexican forces during the Battle of San Jacinto. | Sam Houston |
Belief popular in the 1840s that the obvious future role of the US was to extend it boundaries to the Pacific Ocean. | Manifest Destiny |
___ controls AZ, NV, NM, and CA when the war begins. | Mexico |
___ did not support the Mexican-American war. | Whigs |
The Treaty of Guadalupe increased the US by __%. | 25% |
People traveled west in ___. | wagons |
The pioneers west faced: | shortage of food, supplies, and water; rough weather; and wild animals |
Mormons lived in ___. | Utah |
___ ___ started the TX colony. | Steven Houston |
The US Gov. paid ___ to Mexico for AR and NM (Gadsden Purchase) | $10 million |
Bear Flag Revolt: Americans debate ___ an independent nation. | CA |
Who faced legal, economic, and social discrimination? | Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans |
Most Americans didn't welcome the ___ immigrants. | Chinese |
___ ___ discovered gold. | James Marshall |
Mountain Men survived the mountains by: | trapping animals, adopting NA customs and clothing, and often married NA women. |
Andrew Jackson was against getting Texas as a state because: | It would have made the slave state: non slave state ration unbalanced. |
What happened to the ( ) party? | After taking a shortcut, they got lost and spent many months stuck in the woods in the winter. They ran out of food and started dying off. The living people at the dead. A man was found with gallons of blood beside him. |
Describe Levi Strauss. | He made strong pants for gold miners. He was Jewish and from Germany. His jeans are still worn today. |
Describe CA's economy. | farming, ranching, and goldmining |