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chapter 11 ss
Question | Answer |
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this man created one of the largest fur businesses in the west, the American Fur Company. | John Jacob Astor |
this group of men was traders and trappers that settled in the Rocky Mountains. | Mountain Men |
this was a more than 2000 mile trail that stretched from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon Country. | Oregon Trail |
this was a trail that led a large group of religious settlers to the Great Salt Lake in Utah. | Mormon Trail |
Americans traded many goods with Mexicans along this trail that ran from Missouri to New Mexico. | Sante Fe Trail |
this religious group was founded in New York, but eventually settled in Utah because they were persecuted for their religious beliefs. | Mormons |
this man was the founder of the Mormons. | Joseph Smith |
this man was the leader of the mormons that settled the group in Utah. | Brigham Young |
these men were Mexican agents hired by the Mexican government to bring U.S. settlers to Texas. | Empersarios |
this man started a colony on the lower Colorado River and eventually became the Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas. | Stephen F. Austin |
american settlement in Texas was banned by the Mexican government because Americans kept bringing these into Texas. | Slaves |
this man ruled over Mexico during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War. | Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna |
this man was appointed head of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution and went on to be president of the Republic of Texas. | Sam Houston |
this place was an abandoned mission in Texas and was also an important site during the Texas Revolution; the battle here lasted for almost two weeks despite the Americans being greatly outnumbered. | Alamo |
this was the last battle of the Texas Revolution | Battle of San Jacinto |
this was the idea that it was ordained by God for Americans to settle the entire North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean | Manifest Destiny |
this president did not annex Texas because of pressure from his political party, the Wigs | Andrew Jackson |
during the election of 1844, both candidates, Clay and Polk, wanted to annex this territory and Texas | Oregon |
the debate over the oregon country was settled between U.S. and Great Britain when the U.S.-Canadian border was set at this. | 49th parallel |
much of Mexican-owned California operated under this type of farming system | Mission Sytem |
after the mission system ended in California, these "cowboys" herded the animals on the ranches. | Vaqueros |
the more than 3,000 Mexican settlers in California were known as this. | Californios |
this group opposed the Mexican-American War because they feared slavery would spread throughout the southwest region. | Whigs |
this event began with American settlers seizing the town of Sonoma, California and ended with California declaring its independence from Mexico. | Bear Flag Revolt |
this treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to give up its northern lands to the U.S. | Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
during this $10,000,000 purchase, the U.S. gained the southern portions of New Mexico and Arizona and finally established this boundary with Mexico. | Gadsden Purchase |
these people often came into conflict with American settlers in the Southwest over land use and rights. | Mexican Americans |
this group was stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during their trip to settle in California. | Donner Party |
the more than 80,000 gold-seeking migrants to California in 1849 were known as these. | Forty-Niners |
these people used pans and other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel in California. | Place Miners |
in 1849, about 20,000 of these arrived in the U.S. from Europe, Mexico, and South America in search for gold and a better life. | Immigrants |