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Amer. Hist. Ch. 9
American History Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Joseph Smith | He and 5 associates astablished the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church) - killed by a mob |
| Market Revolution | people bought and sold goods RATHER than making them for their own use |
| Cyrus McCormick | permitted one farmer to do the work of 5 hands |
| Entrepreneur | a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture |
| John Deere | invented the steel plow |
| Santa Anna | Mexican President |
| Zachary Taylor | US General who led troops to the Rio Grande River at the start of the Mexican War(they called him "Old Rough and Ready") |
| Specialization | raising one or two cash crops that could be sold |
| Winfield Scott | one of the Generals that lead the invasion of Mexico (called "Old Fuss and Feathers") |
| Fifty four forty or fight | border of Canada - the slogan referred to 54 degree 40' latitude - the dispute was with Britain |
| Telegraph | to carry messages tapped in code across copper wire |
| Charles Goodyear | he developed vulcanized rubber |
| Republic of Texas | the name given to Texas after the rebellion (Texas became the 28th state) |
| Samuel F.B. Morse | a painter and scientist that invented the telegraph and morse code |
| Empresarios | land grants |
| Forty-niners | the prospectors who flocked to California in 1849 for gold |
| Stephen F. Austin | led the first of several groups of American settlers to a fertile area and issues land grants |
| Alamo | an abandoned mission used as a fort where Sanata Anna defeats 182 Texans |
| Annex | to incorporate or takeover something and make it part of your community |
| James K. Polk | the 11th President that urged the Mexican territory takeover |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that the US should be ocean to ocean |
| Sam Houston | led the Texans in the Lone Star Republic - defeating Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto - they killed 630 Mexican fighters as they shouted "Remember the Alamo" |
| Capitalism | the economic system in which provate businesses and individuals control the means of production |
| Elias Howe | invented the sewing machine |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo | the treaty between the US and Mexico agreeing the Rio Grande border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and California to the US |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | provided various Native American nations control of the Central Plain |
| Brigham Young | decided to move his followers beyond the boundries of the US, settling in Utah |
| Election of 1848 | Lewis Cass won |
| Republic of Califronia | a proclaimed nation before California became and offical state |
| Stephen Kearney | A Colonel ordered by Pres. Polk to march from Leavenworth, Kansas across the desert to Santa Fe, New Mexico in order to seize California and New Mexico (nicknamed "The Long Marcher") |
| Erie Canal | America's first major canal - Buffalo, NY |
| Santa Fe Trail | led 780 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Sutter's Mill | in January gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill near San Francisco |
| Texas Revolution | the war against Mexico gaining Texas independence |
| Gadsden Purchase | established the current borders of the lower 48 states |
| Black Hawk War | white settlers forced Native Americans to settle west of the Mississippi |
| Oregon Trail | started in Independence, Missouri and ended in Portland, Oregon |
| Gold Rush | people came to California for gold! |
| "G.T.T." | the initials of "Gone to Texas" |
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