Ch.12

Question 1

belief US should spread coast-to-coast

Answer 1

Manifest Destiny

Question 2

purchase of California and New Mexico territories

Answer 2

Mexican Cession

Question 3

purchase of the S. parts of Arizona and New Mexico

Answer 3

Gadsden purchase

Question 4

rebellion in California

Answer 4

Bear Flag Revolt

Question 5

where gold was discovered in California

Answer 5

Sutter’s Fort

Question 6

group of people stranded in the Sierra Nevadas

Answer 6

Donner Party

Question 7

people who went to California as part of the Gold Rush

Answer 7

49ers

Question 8

cowboys

Answer 8

vaqueros

Question 9

used pans to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock

Answer 9

placer miners

Question 10

to search for gold

Answer 10

prospect

Question 11

lost the election of 1844

Answer 11

Henry Clay

Question 12

11th president

Answer 12

James K. Polk

Question 13

won battle of Santa Fe

Answer 13

Stephen Kearny

Question 14

general that won the battle of Buena Vista

Answer 14

Zachary Taylor

Question 15

general that captured Mexico City

Answer 15

Winfield Scott

Question 16

found gold at Sutters Mill

Answer 16

James Marshall

Question 17

path finder that helped Cali become independent

Answer 17

John C. Fermont

Question 18

famous frontiersman, killed at the Alamo

Answer 18

Davy Crockett

Question 19

famous for his knife

Answer 19

Jim Bowie

Question 20

commander of the Alamo

Answer 20

William Travis

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Stephen F. Austin

Question 22

popular method of mining

Answer 22

Placer mining

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Stephen F. Austin

Question 24

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

Answer 24

“Remember the Alamo”

Question 25

who was the commander of the Texan army

Answer 25

Sam Houston

Question 26

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

Answer 26

be catholic and become a Mexican citizen

Question 27

who was the Mexican dictator

Answer 27

Santa Anna

Question 28

what was the other name for the Republic of Texas

Answer 28

Lone Star Republic

Question 29

what river became known as the S. Border of Texas

Answer 29

Rio Granda River

Question 30

what did the US pay for the Mexican cession

Answer 30

15 million

Question 31

what did the us pay for the Gadsden purchase

Answer 31

10 million

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 33

what was polks campagin Slogan

Answer 33

fifty-four forty or fight