Ch.12 Flashcards

1
Q

belief US should spread coast-to-coast

A

Manifest Destiny

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2
Q

purchase of California and New Mexico territories

A

Mexican Cession

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3
Q

purchase of the S. parts of Arizona and New Mexico

A

Gadsden purchase

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4
Q

rebellion in California

A

Bear Flag Revolt

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5
Q

where gold was discovered in California

A

Sutter’s Fort

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6
Q

group of people stranded in the Sierra Nevadas

A

Donner Party

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7
Q

people who went to California as part of the Gold Rush

A

49ers

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8
Q

cowboys

A

vaqueros

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9
Q

used pans to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock

A

placer miners

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10
Q

to search for gold

A

prospect

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11
Q

lost the election of 1844

A

Henry Clay

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12
Q

11th president

A

James K. Polk

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13
Q

won battle of Santa Fe

A

Stephen Kearny

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14
Q

general that won the battle of Buena Vista

A

Zachary Taylor

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15
Q

general that captured Mexico City

A

Winfield Scott

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16
Q

found gold at Sutters Mill

A

James Marshall

17
Q

path finder that helped Cali become independent

A

John C. Fermont

18
Q

famous frontiersman, killed at the Alamo

A

Davy Crockett

19
Q

famous for his knife

A

Jim Bowie

20
Q

commander of the Alamo

A

William Travis

21
Q

received a land grant from his father to start as settlement in Texas

A

Stephen F. Austin

22
Q

popular method of mining

A

Placer mining

23
Q

choose a site for the first colony for American settlers in Texas

A

Stephen F. Austin

24
Q

What was the rallying cry of the Texans at the Battle of San Jacinto?

A

“Remember the Alamo”

25
Q

who was the commander of the Texan army

A

Sam Houston

26
Q

what 2 things did Americans coming to Texas have to do to get land

A

be catholic and become a Mexican citizen

27
Q

who was the Mexican dictator

A

Santa Anna

28
Q

what was the other name for the Republic of Texas

A

Lone Star Republic

29
Q

what river became known as the S. Border of Texas

A

Rio Granda River

30
Q

what did the US pay for the Mexican cession

A

15 million

31
Q

what did the us pay for the Gadsden purchase

A

10 million

32
Q

what was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican War?

A

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

33
Q

what was polks campagin Slogan

A

fifty-four forty or fight