Chapter 13

Question 1

What area was under joint occupation with Britain in the early 1800’s?

Answer 1

Oregon

Question 2

How did the mountain men of Oregon make a living?

Answer 2

Trapping beaver

Question 3

Why did Americans begin traveling to Oregon?

Answer 3

Reports of fertile land for farming.

Question 4

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 4

The belief that America should extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Question 5

Who recruited 300 American families to help settle land in Mexico?

Answer 5

Stephen F. Austin

Question 6

Who led the Mexican troops in the Battle of the Alamo?

Answer 6

Santa Anna

Question 7

Who was the backwoodsman from Tennessee who volunteered to fight at the Alamo?

Answer 7

Davy Crockett

Question 8

What did the defenders of the Alamo do for the Texan fight?

Answer 8

Buy the larger Texan force some time to prepare for battle.

Question 9

Who became commander in chief of the Texan forces?

Answer 9

Sam Houston

Question 10

What was the surprise attack that killed 600 Mexicans and captured 700 Mexicans,
including Santa Anna?

Answer 10

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 11

What was the rallying cry of the men at this battle?

Answer 11

Remember the Alamo!

Question 12

What was formed in Texas after Santa Anna surrendered?

Answer 12

Lone Star Republic

Question 13

What were the 3 reasons Polk was determined to control NM and CA?

Answer 13

Trade, creating a clear passage way to the Pacific and Manifest Destiny.

Question 14

Where did America believe the southern border of Texas was? Where did Mexico
believe it was?

Answer 14

America thought the Mexican Border was at the Rio Grande River and Mexico thought it was at the Nueces River.

Question 15

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

Answer 15

Mexican troops attacked Zachary Tayler and his men in the disputed border area.

Question 16

What did Mexico end up losing after the war?

Answer 16

Half of the territory they had.

Question 17

The signing of what ended the Mexican American War?

Answer 17

Treaty of Quadalupe

Question 18

What did Mexico give up in the Mexican Cession?

Answer 18

California and New Mexico.

Question 19

Why did the Mormons go to Utah?

Answer 19

Religious Freedom

Question 20

Who led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake area?

Answer 20

Brigham Young

Question 21

Who was the first Californian to discover gold on his property?

Answer 21

John Sutter

Question 22

How were mining towns run if there were no jails or police?

Answer 22

Vigilance Committees

Question 23

What did the California Gold Rush do to the earth’s gold supply?

Answer 23

Double it in size.

Question 24

Who was the Jewish Immigrant who sold the miners pants made of denim?

Answer 24

Levi Strauss

Question 25

The Gold Rush had long lasting effects on what?

Answer 25

California state economy.

Question 26

What finalized the American mainland?

Answer 26

Gadsden Purchase

Question 27

What united the East to the Midwest in 1860?

Answer 27

Railroads

Question 28

Why did people from Ireland migrate to the US (What was wrong in their
country)?

Answer 28

Potato famine

Question 29

What was “king” in the American South and what city was the “capital”?

Answer 29

Cotton, Memphis

Question 30

Who owned small farms of 50 to 200 acres in the South?

Answer 30

Yeomen Farmers