Chapter 14 Expansion

Question 1

What two states were once nations in the west?

Answer 1

California and Texas

Question 2

What was the original name of California?

Answer 2

The Great Bear Republic

Question 3

Why is the Battle of the Alamo significant

Answer 3

because it shaped events associated with the expansion of the U.S.

Question 4

The exploration and development of the American West depended on what?

Answer 4

the politics of the national government

Question 5

The manifest destiny of the U.S. was what?

Answer 5

God’s desire for the nation to dominate all of North America.

Question 6

The joint occupation of Oregon was an agreement between the United States and who else?

Answer 6

Great Britain

Question 7

In 1821, the government of Mexico allowed Americans to settle in Texas for what reason?

Answer 7

to provide a buffer against hostile Indian tribes

Question 8

What was the primary proposal by Democrats in the 1844 presidential election?

Answer 8

the reoccupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas

Question 9

The war against Mexico did what inside the U.S.?

Answer 9

generated significant opposition.

Question 10

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo did what two things?

Answer 10

set the Texas border at the Rio Grande and ceded California and New Mexico

Question 11

President James K. Polk and other expansionists wanted to obtain California in order to

Answer 11

spread Americans commerce into Asia.

Question 12

Who had the most domination in the California gold rush, companies or individuals?

Answer 12

companies

Question 13

What did the Wilmot Proviso declare?

Answer 13

slavery would be prohibited in any territory that might be acquired from Mexico.

Question 14

The “free soil” movement did what?

Answer 14

advocated outlawing the further extension of slavery.

Question 15

A significant issue in the election of 1848 was what?

Answer 15

how to deal with the issue of expansion of slavery in the newly acquired territories.

Question 16

Spot Resolutions

Answer 16

resolutions requested PresidentJames K. Polkto provide Congress with the exact location (the “spot”) upon which blood was spilt on American soil

Question 17

Comstock Lode

Answer 17

the first major discovery of silver ore in theUnited States that is located in Nevada

Question 18

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 18

a statement declaring that slavery would be prohibited in any territory that might be acquired from Mexico

Question 19

Lewis Cass

Answer 19

the losing nominee of theDemocratic Partyfor president in 1848

Question 20

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 20

the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives.

Question 21

Liberty Party

Answer 21

a minor party that was an early advocate of theabolitionistcause

Question 22

Free Soil Party

Answer 22

a short-livedpolitical party that’s main purpose was opposing the expansion ofslaveryinto the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery.

Question 23

John C. Freemont

Answer 23

the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States

Question 24

Empresarios

Answer 24

a person who has a contract with the Mexican government for land.

Question 25

Santa Anna(Antonio Lopez)

Answer 25

a Mexican leader who took on many political and military positions before and during the Mexican American war. He is often considered the Napoleon of the West.

Question 26

Tejano

Answer 26

Spanish word for Texan

Question 27

49'ers

Answer 27

gold seekers who traveled to California in 1849

Question 28

49th parallel

Answer 28

the proposed border of Canada and the U.S.

Question 29

54'40' or Fight

Answer 29

the popular slogan that led President Polk to victory of obtaining the entire Oregon territory

Question 30

Oregon Trail

Answer 30

the commonly used pathway for pioneers and companies traveling to Oregon and California

Question 31

Marcus Whitman

Answer 31

led the first large party of wagon trains along the Oregon Trail to the West, establishing it as a viable route for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who used the trail in the following decade

Question 32

Rendezvous system

Answer 32

a system including meeting expos for fur traders

Question 33

In Congress, most of the criticism of the Mexican War came from the?:

Answer 33

Whigs

Question 34

President Zachary Taylor favored what about slavery in future Mexican territory

Answer 34

swift admission of new states from the Mexican Cession, with the issue of slavery decided by the local inhabitants

Question 35

The Senate rejected annexing Texas drawn up by Secretary of State Calhoun because?:

Answer 35

he defended annexation as a way to protect and defend slavery.

Question 36

The Pre-Emption Action of 1841?:

Answer 36

legalized settlement on federal land prior to its being surveyed.

Question 37

One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that?:

Answer 37

the Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian.

Question 38

According to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the United States?:

Answer 38

gained California and New Mexico.

Question 39

Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have?:

Answer 39

prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico.

Question 40

The prominent issue in national politics in the 1840s was?:

Answer 40

the westward expansion of U. S. territory.

Question 41

What was the nickname of the Mexican American war?

Answer 41

Mr. Polk's war

Question 42

What were the name of the Oklahoma Land Rushers who snuck out on the land early?

Answer 42

sooners

Question 43

Who were the Exodusters?

Answer 43

African Americans migrating from the South

Question 44

What was the pony express?

Answer 44

a mail service