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5th grade ss chp 13

5th grade American history chapter 13 on the Texas Revolution

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How did Mexico get settlers from the US to build ranches and farms in Texas? Mexico gave Moses Austin a grant of land and his son, Stephen F. Austin, recruited pioneers to buy the land and settle on it.
Who led the Texas army near the San Jacinto River and captured the Mexican President, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, resulting in Texas winning the Texas Revolution? Sam Houston
What was the widespread American belief of Manifest Destiny? the belief that the US should expand to the Pacific Ocean
Who was President when Congress voted to annex Texas and make it a state? James Polk
Why did some Americans, including President Abraham Lincoln, oppose the Mexican War? They believed we unfairly started the war to gain more land from Mexico.
Which of the following battles was a US victory during the Mexican War? Bear Flag Revolt
In 1846, the US and Great Britain signed a treaty agreeing to what? the border between Oregon and Canada
Who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)? Joseph Smith
What was the starting point, destination, and reason people took the Oregon Trail? The Oregon Trail started in Missouri and went to Oregon because people wanted fertile farmland.
What was the starting point, destination, and reason people took the Mormon Trail? The Mormon trail started in Illinois and went to Utah because the Mormons wanted religious freedom.
What was the starting point, destination, and reason people took the Santa Fe Trail? The Santa Fe trail started in Missouri and went to New Mexico because people wanted to trade silver, fur and manufactured goods.
What was the starting point, destination, and reason people took the Old Spanish Trail? The Old Spanish trail started in New Mexico and went to California because people wanted to trade, trap and settle.
Who discovered the gold in California that led to the gold rush? James Marshall
Why were California gold miners called forty-niners? Many of them arrived in California in 1849.
Who was the immigrant that became wealthy supplying the miners with pants that would hold up to the rugged job of prospecting? Levi Straus
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