chapter 12

Question 1

Spanish explorer who claimed California in 1540

Answer 1

Jaun Rodriguez Cabrillo

Question 2

included nearly 1000 people

Answer 2

The Great Emigration of 1943

Question 3

U.S. bought another section of land on the border of New Mexico and Arizona for $10 million (five years after the war)

Answer 3

Gadsden Purchase

Question 4

which trails did the military started patrolling in 1827

Answer 4

Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail

Question 5

who were the first to develop permanent homes in Oregon?

Answer 5

Methodist missionaries

Question 6

the belief that God intended the Americans to have all the land west of the shores of the Pacific

Answer 6

“Manifest Destiny”

Question 7

what were the reasons people disagreed with manifest destiny?

Answer 7

• Americans should promote trade
• send missionaries
• model democracy for Indians and Mexicans

Question 8

did not allow slavery but did allow indentured servants

Answer 8

Mexico

Question 9

which election year did many Americans called for Oregon Territory to be brought into the Union as a state?

Answer 9

1844

Question 10

objected to the addition of Texas to the U.S.

Answer 10

Mexico

Question 11

all gathered at one spot here and formed a single annual caravan to ensure safety

Answer 11

Santa Fe Trail

Question 12

How many years did Texas stand by itself?

Answer 12

nine years

Question 13

followed the Oregon Trail for 12 hundred miles before turning south and west

Answer 13

California Trail

Question 14

Mormon’s new leader; led them to Salt Lake City

Answer 14

Brigham Young

Question 15

broke relations with the U.S.

Answer 15

Mexico

Question 16

hired by Sutter to build and operate a sawmill; he founded gold in the channel

Answer 16

James W. Marshall

Question 17

how many Texans survived the Alamo?

Answer 17

three

Question 18

Mexican military detachment arrived in Gonzales to obtain a brass canon, but they used it against them + the Mexicans retreated (1835)

Answer 18

The Lexington of the Texas Revolution

Question 19

the first to settle in Utah Territory

Answer 19

Mormons

Question 20

nation where 20k Mormons lived

Answer 20

“Deseret”

Question 21

located the most useful pass

Answer 21

Jedediah Smith

Question 22

one of the earliest routes the pioneers developed; primarily a trade route

Answer 22

Santa Fe Trail

Question 23

in what year did a mob kill Smith?

Answer 23

1844

Question 24

ended the war, made the Rio Grande the boundary of Texas, added the Mexican Cession to the U.S. 4 $20 mil., + canceled Mexico’s debts

Answer 24

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 25

in what year did more than 80,000 men went to California searching for gold?

Answer 25

1949

Question 26

how many men were in the last battle on the plain where the Jan Jacinto River runs into Galveston Bay?

Answer 26

800

Question 27

what two "territories" were war objectives?

Answer 27

California and New Mexico

Question 28

when did the Mexicans begin their siege

Answer 28

February 23, 1836

Question 29

what did the Mormons build that helped them stay independent from the U.S.?

Answer 29

mills and factories

Question 30

developed the system of Mormon belief; was killed in a mob

Answer 30

Joseph Smith

Question 31

won the 1844 election by promising "All of Oregon, All of Texas"

Answer 31

James K. Polk

Question 32

headed west for religious reasons

Answer 32

Mormons

Question 33

what led men to the Oregon Territory

Answer 33

furs

Question 34

Texas stood as the _____

Answer 34

"Lone Star Republic"

Question 35

in what placed did Spain set missions in?

Answer 35

- San Diego - San Francisco - Los Angelas

Question 36

took 4k men to Corpus Christi and Mexico took that as an act of war

Answer 36

Zachary Taylor

Question 37

what did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do?

Answer 37

- ended the war - Rio Grande the boundary of Texas - added Mexican Cession to U.S. for 20 mil. - canceled Mexico's debts

Question 38

what did the Compromise of 1850 do?

Answer 38

- U.S. would admit California as a free state - Congress would divide the rest of the Mexican Cession into New Mexico + Utah Territories

Question 39

amendment that did not pass the senate (proposed that the U.S. ban slavery in any territory gained from war)

Answer 39

The Wilmot Proviso

Question 40

what was the attack on Santa Anna in which almost all of the Mexican army was captures or killed called?

Answer 40

Battle of San Jancinto

Question 41

men who searched for gold

Answer 41

Argonauts

Question 42

Swiss immigrant that secured a 50k-acre grant from the Spanish

Answer 42

John Sutter

Question 43

who was the 3-acre mission under the command of

Answer 43

Davy Crockett and William Travis

Question 44

who led the "Bear Flag Revolution"

Answer 44

Charles Fremont

Question 45

why did the U.S. refuse Texas's request to join the Union?

Answer 45

Mexico threatened war if Texas became a state

Question 46

settlers used this trail to get to Oregon from the East

Answer 46

Oregon Trail

Question 47

when the word got out that there was gold, people went to California to find it

Answer 47

California gold rush

Question 48

the group of Texan soldiers who surrendered thought they would be kept as prisoners, but instead what happened?

Answer 48

all 200 of them were killed by the Mexicans

Question 49

when did Texas apply for admission to the Union?

Answer 49

1836

Question 50

How long did the surprise attack on Santa Anna last?

Answer 50

20 minutes

Question 51

arrested for treason

Answer 51

Stephen Austin

Question 52

600 trappers and traders that arrived in the new western area

Answer 52

mountain men

Question 53

when did Texas become a state?

Answer 53

1845

Question 54

tried to claim parts of Texas, but the Indians were hostile

Answer 54

Spain

Question 55

allowed a limited number of Americans to enter Texas

Answer 55

Mexico

Question 56

settled in California and set up missions in San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angelas

Answer 56

Spanish

Question 57

two American commanders

Answer 57

Jim Bowie and Sam Houston

Question 58

who wanted to abandon the Alamo and who wanted to stay with it?

Answer 58

abandon - Houston stay - Bowie

Question 59

German immigrant that set up the American Fur company in 1827

Answer 59

John Jacob Astor

Question 60

who located the South Pass??

Answer 60

Jedediah Smith

Question 61

people would decide whether they wanted slavery or remain free of slaves

Answer 61

popular sovereignty

Question 62

some people wanted which state to join the Union as a slave state?

Answer 62

Texas

Question 63

what were reasons for wanting to go to the West?

Answer 63

- good farmland - escape their past - adventure - ministry - mineral riches

Question 64

how many prominent Spanish settlements did Spain have?

Answer 64

three

Question 65

who explored Texas in the 1500s and 1600s

Answer 65

Spanish