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Expanding West
Expanding Westward Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2000 mile long trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon | Oregon Trail |
| Main way of travel for the settlers traveling west | Covered wagons |
| Trail from Independence, Missouri through the Southwest United States to Santa Fe | Santa Fe Trail |
| Belief that it was America’s obvious fate to settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean and spread democracy | Manifest Destiny |
| Religious group that moved West due to persecution and settled in the Salt Lake City area | Mormons |
| Founder of the Mormons | Joseph Smith |
| Leader who led the Mormons West to Utah | Brigham Young |
| Land agents hired by Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas in exchange for land | Empresarios |
| Young empresario who started an American settlement in Texas with 300 families | Stephen F. Austin |
| Collective name for the 300 families who settled Texas with Stephen J. Austin | The Old Three Hundred |
| Site of the battle which began the Texas Revolution | Gonzales, Texas |
| Head of the Texas Army | Sam Houston |
| Leader of the Mexican government | General Santa Anna |
| Important battle of the Texas Revolution where a small force of Texans were defeated and slaughtered at an abandoned mission | Battle of the Alamo |
| Rallying cry of the Texas Revolutoin | Remember the Alamo |
| Texas Revolution battle where Santa Anna's forces were surrounded and Santa Anna captured by the Texans | Battle of San Jacinto |
| 11th President of the United States | James K. Polk |
| State where President Polk was from | North Carolina |
| Political party represented by James K. Polk | Democratic Party |
| Cowboys who managed the large herds of cattle and sheep on Mexican ranchos | Vaqueros |
| Early Mexican settlers in California | Californios |
| US General who led an army into disputed region of Texas at the beginning of the Mexican-American War | Zachary Taylor |
| Site where the first blood was shed at the beginning of the Mexican- American War | Rio Grande |
| Event where Americans declared California an independent nation | Bear Flag Revolt |
| Battle between the Mexicans and Americans which weakened the Mexican forces and led to the eventual defeat of Santa Anna | Battle of Buena Vista |
| Battle where US General Winfield Scott defeated Mexican forces and captured Mexico City | Battle of Veracruz |
| North Carolinian who played a prominent role in the war and became a prominent military officer and now has a NC military base named in his honor. | Braxton Bragg |
| Treaty that officially ended the war and forced Mexico to give up much of its northern territory to the USA | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Land given to the USA by Mexico that included present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah as well as parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado | Mexican Cession |
| The US government paid Mexico $10 million in exchange for the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona, fixing the existing boundary between the USA and Mexico. | Gadsden Purchase |
| Builder of Sutter's Fort which was used to entice settlers to California | John Sutter |
| Group of travelers who met a tragic end when they became lost in the Sierra Nevadas for the winter | Donner Party |
| To search for gold | Prospect |
| Immigrants who flooded to California to find gold | Forty niners |
| Miners who used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel | Placer Miners |
| Top 3 gold producing states in the 1850's | 1. North Carolina 2. Georgia 3. California |
| Specific nationality of immigrants who flooded into California | Chinese |
| Causes of Westward Expansion | Belief in Manifest Destiny New lands acquired by the USA Pathfinders open trails to new territories. Gold discovered in California |
| Effects of Westward Expansion | Native Americans forced off lands. Americans travel West to settle new areas. The USA stretches to the Pacific Ocean. California experiences a population boom. |
| Slogan used by James K. Polk to annex the Oregon Territory | Fifty Four Forty or Fight |
| Treaty between the Native Americans and USA that states that the Native Americans would have control of the Great Plains and would not attack US settlers; the USA would also be allowed to build forts and roads but would stay out of Mexican lands | Treaty of Fort Laramie |
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