Ch. 9 Manifest Destiny

Question 1

two reasons why Americans headed West

Answer 1

religious freedom, chance to own their own farms

Question 2

two reasons why Americans headed West

Answer 2

religion, chance to own their own farms

Question 3

the idea that God gave land to Americans and wanted them to settle West

Answer 3

manifest destiny

Question 4

magazine editor who created the term “manifest destiny”

Answer 4

John Louis O’Sullivan

Question 5

settlers to stayed on land they did not own

Answer 5

squatters

Question 6

law that protected squatters by giving them to right to claim land

Answer 6

Preemption Act

Question 7

inventor of the iron-bladed plow

Answer 7

Jethro Wood

Question 8

inventor of the steel-bladed plow

Answer 8

John Deere

Question 9

inventor of the mechanical reaper

Answer 9

Cyrus McCormick

Question 10

In 1821, __ gained independence from Spain

Answer 10

Mexico

Question 11

in an effort to attract settlers to California, governor __ gave land to __

Answer 11

Alvarado; Sutter

Question 12

two mountain men who sold beaver furs and carved out east-to-west traveling paths for settlers

Answer 12

Kit Carson and Jim Bridger

Question 13

the most popular route from east to west

Answer 13

Oregon Trail

Question 14

the most popular route from east to west

Answer 14

Oregon Trail

Question 15

western settlers who found their own way west using guidebooks

Answer 15

overlanders

Question 16

group of 87 overlanders that got trapped during winter in the Sierra Nevada mountains

Answer 16

Donner Party

Question 17

agreement between US and Native Americans about what territories would belong to the Native Americans forever

Answer 17

Treaty of Fort Laramie

Question 18

Mormon leader to led his followers west

Answer 18

Brigham Young

Question 19

path west followed by Mormons

Answer 19

Mormon Trail

Question 20

place where Mormons settled

Answer 20

Great Salt Lake, Utah

Question 21

Spanish-speaking inhabitants of Texas

Answer 21

Tejanos

Question 22

Mexican men who tried to get American settlers in Texas; Spanish word for agents or contractors

Answer 22

empresarios

Question 23

law in which Mexico gave 26 empresarios land in Texas, and empresarios promised to fill it with settlers

Answer 23

National Colonization Act

Question 24

most successful empresario

Answer 24

Stephen Austin

Question 25

Americans who moved to Texas initially accepted _ citizenship

Answer 25

Mexican

Question 26

Haden Edwards declared Texas an independent nation called __

Answer 26

Fredonia

Question 27

In 1830, three things Mexico did to discourage Americans from taking control of Texas

Answer 27

- banned immigration into Texas - banned import of slaves - taxed imported goods

Question 28

Americans in Texas held two __ asking Mexico for more authority and a new constitution

Answer 28

conventions

Question 29

Americans in Texas held two __ asking Mexico for more authority and a new constitution

Answer 29

conventions

Question 30

Mexican president who lifted the immigration ban; later arrested Austin and made himself dictator

Answer 30

Santa Anna

Question 31

military leader of the Americans in Texas

Answer 31

Sam Houston

Question 32

mission where the Americans stayed and fought off Santa Anna's troops for 13 days, giving the rest of the American army time to organize

Answer 32

Alamo

Question 33

leader of the Americans at Alamo

Answer 33

Travis

Question 34

turning point of the war over Texas, where the Americans brutally defeated the Mexicans

Answer 34

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 35

first president of Republic of Texas

Answer 35

Sam Houston

Question 36

after winning the war, Americans in Texas wanted __, to join the US

Answer 36

annexation

Question 37

concern some Northerners had about admitting Texas to the US

Answer 37

they didn't want another slave state

Question 38

president who officially recognized Texas as an independent nation

Answer 38

Andrew Jackson

Question 39

Whig senator who ran against James Polk

Answer 39

Henry Clay

Question 40

party who favored annexing Texas

Answer 40

Democrats

Question 41

politician who claimed to want the Oregon Territory but secretly allowed Britain to have some of Vancouver Island

Answer 41

Polk

Question 42

a state representative

Answer 42

envoy

Question 43

American envoy sent to try to purchase land from Mexico

Answer 43

John Slidell

Question 44

general who led American troops to invade Mexican territory

Answer 44

Zachary Taylor

Question 45

general who led American troops to invade Mexican territory

Answer 45

Zachary Taylor

Question 46

American general who began an uprising against Mexico in northern California

Answer 46

John C Fremont

Question 47

American general who captured Mexico City

Answer 47

Winfield Scott

Question 48

treaty in which Mexico gave up California, Utah, Nevada, and parts of other states in exchange for money

Answer 48

Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

Question 49

to give up

Answer 49

cede