Chapter 13 - Manifest Destiny

Question 1

Who were Mountain Men

Answer 1

Rugged fur trappers who sold beaver skins to trading companies

Question 2

What does rendezvous mean

Answer 2

A place where Mountain Men met their traders to sell their beaver furs and buy needed supplies

Question 3

Overtime the beaver skins became less popular so the mountain men became ______ for wagon trains heading west

Answer 3

Guides

Question 4

The Oregon Trail started in ________, ________, and went to the Oregon country

Answer 4

Independence, Missouri

Question 5

The Oregon Trail was _____ miles and took 4-6 months

Answer 5

2,000

Question 6

The Oregon Trail was mostly used by _____ looking for rich and fertile land

Answer 6

Farmers

Question 7

What is the name of the belief that Americans should possess the whole continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific

Answer 7

Manifest Destiny

Question 8

After 6 years which state joined the union as a slave state with Iowa as a free state to keep the balance of power in Congress?

Answer 8

Florida

Question 9

What is the name of Mexican citizens living in Texas

Answer 9

Tejanos

Question 10

Who brought 300 families to live in Mexican-owned Texas

Answer 10

Steven Austin

Question 11

Who brought Mexican troops into Texas to challenge the Americans

Answer 11

General Lopez de Santa Anna

Question 12

Who brought Mexican troops into Texas to challenge the Americans?

Answer 12

General Lopez de Santa Anna

Question 13

Santa Anna’s troop of about ____ attacked less than 200 at the Alamo

Answer 13

4000

Question 14

All of the ______ were killed and the rallying cry became “Remember the Alamo!”

Answer 14

Americans

Question 15

The Americans defeated Santa Anna at the battle of ___ _______ forcing him to sign the Treaty of Independence

Answer 15

San Jacinto

Question 16

Texas became known as the Lone Star Republic and chose ___ _______ as president

Answer 16

Sam Houston

Question 17

The word for a government to take control over a territory

Answer 17

Annex

Question 18

How long did Texas have to wait to become a state

Answer 18

9 Years

Question 19

Texas joined the union as a _______ state

Answer 19

Slave

Question 20

Oregon joined the union as a _____ state

Answer 20

Free

Question 21

Which trail started in Independence, Missouri, and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Answer 21

Sante Fe Trail

Question 22

How long was the Santa Fe Trail

Answer 22

1800 Mi (2-3 Months)

Question 23

The war with Mexico ended with the signing of the_____ __ ___________ _________

Answer 23

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 24

In the Mexican Cession, the U.S gained all land from Texas to ____________

Answer 24

California

Question 25

The ___ ______ became the border between Mexico and the U.S

Answer 25

Rio Grande

Question 26

What allowed the borders of the U.S to be complete

Answer 26

The Gadsden Purchase

Question 27

Who, a rancher, found gold in his backyard using his sawmill. This caused the California Gold Rush

Answer 27

John Sutter

Question 28

Miners who came looking for gold in 1849 were called the __________

Answer 28

Forty-Niners

Question 29

What trail was used by prospectors who came looking for gold in California

Answer 29

The California Trail

Question 30

While the miners made little profit, who made the big moneys

Answer 30

The merchants

Question 31

The Morman Trail Started in ________, _________ to the ____ ____ ___ in _____.

Answer 31

The Morman Trail Started in Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Salt Lake in Utah

Question 32

The Morman Trail was used by Mormons to escape __________ _________

Answer 32

Religious Persecution