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5th grade ss chp 13
5th grade American history chapter 13 on the Texas Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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