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History Test
Stack #188644
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were mountain men? | a frontiersman that lives in the wilderness especially in the Rocky Mountains. Made a living by trapping beavers. They were fur traders. |
| James K. Polk | He was the president during the war. |
| Henry Clay | Helped with the Missouri Compromise. He ran for president in 1824 but was not elected. |
| What was the issue over the Oregon Territory's border with Great Britain and what was the compromise that resolved it? How is this different with American's dispute with Mexico over the borders in Texass? | Four countries wanted it. Spain and Russia surrendered. the US and GB made an agreement to share the Oregon Territory. 1840s- US wanted the land from the latitude 54 40 and below. GB didnt agree. so they compromised and the new line was 49 degrees north. |
| in the doc. we watched on the TX revolution and Alamo, it said that revolution has been wrongly said as fight between Americans & Mexicans, civil race and uncvil race why is this not right description of the TX revolution and the battle of Alamo. | it is not a correct description because most of the war was almost a civil war. the americans had to become mexican citizens to beable to live in texas. the war was against mexicans and texians and tejanos. the mex. were civil because they had a gov., con |
| America won nearly every battle in the Mexican-American War, controlled Mexico's capital and fought almost entirely throughout the country. Why then did the US not annex all of Mexico? | They did not annex the rest of Mexico because they did not want the Mexicans to come into the US. People like Calhoun and Emerson said that they wanted the US to stay a pure white nation. |
| Tejanos | a Mexican who claims Texas as his home. |
| empresarios | a person who helps arrange the settlement of the land of Texas- 1800s |
| Stephen F. Austin | wanted independence for Texas and ran for president. |
| General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna(president then dictator) | president and dictator of Mexico. He led the Mexican Army in the Texas Revolution. |
| James K. Polk | President at the time of the Mexican American War. |
| What were the reasons for going to war with Mexico? | the US wanted New Mexico and the California Territory. We wanted to extend to the Pacific for trade purposes. Manifest Destiny. |
| How did the gold rush help California grow? | it helped their economy, agrculture, shipping and trade. they had a much bigger population. |
| What does annex mean? | to take control of. |
| Cede | give |
| Manifest Destiny | the plan to overspread and possess the whole continent. |
| San Jacinto | on April 21, 1836 the Texas launched a surprise attack on Santa Anna's army. They shouted "remember the Alamo" and "Remember Goliad" They killed 600 people and captured 700 people including Santa Anna. |
| What was the Gadsen Purchase | In 1853, the US paid Mexico 10 million dollars for the strip of land along the Southern edge or present day states of Arizona and New Mexico. |
| Prairie Schooners | canvas covered wagons used on the Oregon Trail |
| The Alamo | an old spanish mission where an important battle of the Texas Revolution took place. It was taken over by the Mexicans in 1836. |
| Emigrants | People who left one country or region and went elsewhere |
| What 4 countries had a claim on the Oregon Territory? | Britain, US, Russia and Spain |
| What 4 things did American settlers agree to do in exchange for receiving land in Texas? | learn Spanish, become a Mexican citzen, convert to Catholicism, obey Mexican law. |
| Boomtowns | towns that were built extremely quickly |
| Why was California's entry into the Union delayed? | over the issue of slavery. |
| Levi Strauss | made the first pair of jeans for miners. He was Jewish. |
| Winfield Scott | A general, removed the Cherokee people. |
| Kit Carson | a mountain man who joined the American people in Sonoma |
| John C. Fremont | Army officer who made trips through California. |
| Rancheros | Mexican ranch owners |
| Sam Houston | Commander in chief, fought with Andrew Jackson, politician and was a member of congress. |
| William B. Travis | Commander at the Alamo, fought and died. |
| Davy Crockett | He wanted Texas to win its indepence. He fought in the battle of the Alamo and died. |
| Jim Bowie | Died in the battle of Alamo and he fought in it. He was a tough Texan. |
| General Zachary Taylor | He was the president of the US during the gold rush. He urged California to apply for statehood. |
| Forty-niners | People who went to California to find gold in 1849. |
| Mormons | member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints. Some of them supported polygamy. |
| Brigham Young | took over as head of the Mormons. |
| Bear Flag Republic | A republic in California that was made by Americans who took over Sonoma. They named it Bear Flag because their flag has a bear on it. |
| Oregon Trail | Pioneer trail that went from Independent, Missouri, to the Oregon Territory. |
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