Chapter 7

Question 1

Native Americans on the Great Plains feared that the increasing flow of American settlers across their native hunting grounds would disrupt the wanderings of the _ _

Answer 1

buffalo herds

Question 2

The purpose to the early Spanish __ system was to spread Christianity and Spanish culture among the Native American tribes.

Answer 2

mission

Question 3

The _ _ was the most popular of the highly traveled trails that carried wagon trains out West.

Answer 3

Oregon Trail

Question 4

First used in 1845, the phrase “_ _” referred to the idea that God had provided the North American continent for U.S. citizens, and that God wanted them to inhabit, settle, and customize all lands from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 4

Manifest Destiny

Question 5

In the 1830’s inventions such as the 1._ _ developed by Cyrus McCormick and 2. _ with sharp-edged steel blades engineered by John Deere, allowed settlers in the Midwest to cultivate soil and harvest grain with far less labor.

Answer 5

1. mechanical reaper
2. plow

Question 6

Emigrants who made the journey across the Great Plains and over the Rocky Mountains on their way to a new life out west were called _.

Answer 6

overlanders

Question 7

Early pioneers who moved out West and settled on land they did not own were referred to as _.

Answer 7

squatters

Question 8

To _ means to transfer something from religious control to civil control.

Answer 8

secularize

Question 9

______ invented the dual edged steel plow in 1837, completely revolutionalizing agriculture on the tough soils of the Great Plains and opening up the central porton of the United States to cultivation and settlement.

Answer 9

John Deere

Question 10

_ _ led the Mormons out West to the Utah Territory in order to escape religious persicution.

Answer 10

Brigham Young

Question 11

The people of Texas vote to be 1._ into the United States, but President 2._ did not allow it.

Answer 11

1. annexed
2. Jackson

Question 12

Mexico required that American immigrants into Texas convert to 1._ , which very few did, and become 2. citizens.

Answer 12

1. Roman Catholicism
2. Mexican

Question 13

After achieving independence from 1., Mexico invited 2. and other foreigners to settle in Texas because Mexico could not persuade its own people to move to the frontier.

Answer 13

1. Spain
2. Americans

Question 14

_ _ _ _ _ was the leader/president of Mexico during the Texans’ struggle for Independence.

Answer 14

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Question 15

What battle was Santa Anna captured at?

Answer 15

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 16

A _ is a person of mixed European and Native American ancestry who usually worked as a vaquero or in occupations that required a specific skill.

Answer 16

mestizo

Question 17

After Mexico realized they had a problem in Texas what did they do?

Answer 17

Closed its borders to American immigrants, banned the importation of slaves, and taxed imported goods from other countries

Question 18

In 1821 1. _ _ _ led 300 American families to settle in 2. _ at the request of the Spanish and later Mexican Government.

Answer 18

1. Stephen F. Austin
2. Texas

Question 19

Still remembered as a symbol of strength, bravery and honor by Texans, __ __ was an abondoned Spanish mission outside of San Atonio where Texas rebels suffered defeat at the hands of Santa Anna during Texas’s fight for indiependnece.

Answer 19

The Alamo

Question 20

_ _ was the commander of the Texan ARmy during the Texan war for independence, and was later elected as the President of Texas.

Answer 20

Sam Houston

Question 21

When Texas became its own country, they _ (did / didn’t) make slavery legal in Texas.

Answer 21

did!

Question 22

Rank the following event in order from the earliest or first to happen (top) to the lates or last to happen (bottom).

Answer 22

1. Mexico wins independence from Spain
2. Mexico closes the border between Texas and the USA
3. Texas declares independence from Mexico
4. The Battle of San Jacinto
5. Texas votes to be annexed into the USA, but the USA does not allow Texas to join

Question 23

Benjamin Edwards led a small 1. _ against Mexican authority in Texas. Although he was mostly ignored, the 2. _ Government realized they may have a problem in Texas.

Answer 23

1. rebellion
2. Mexican

Question 24

Under the National Colonization Act, Mexico gave 26 American __ large grants of land in Texas in exchange for a promise to populate the land with a specified number of settlers.

Answer 24

empresarios

Question 25

At the Battle of __, 300 Texas soldiers surrendered to the Mexican army. They were all executed AFTER surrendering.

Answer 25

Goliad

Question 26

_ _ was the owner of a trading post and ranch in California where wagon trains stopped to resupply after overcoming the toughest obstacles on the journey to the West Coast.

Answer 26

John Sutter

Question 27

In the election of 1844 presidential race, what did winning candidate James K. Polk promise?

Answer 27

1.To annex Texas and Oregon 2. To buy California from Mexico

Question 28

The USA sign the1. _ Treaty with the 2._, making the Northern Border of the US official and finally extending the US to the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 28

1. Oregon 2. British

Question 29

In the Treaty of 1._ _, which ended the Mexican War, Mexico ceded about 500,000 square miles of territory to the USA, and they USA agreed to pay Mexico 2._ _ dollars.

Answer 29

1. Guadalupe Hidalgo 2. 15 million

Question 30

_ , a future US State, was once known as "The Bear Flag Republic".

Answer 30

California

Question 31

President _ pushed the Annexation of Texas through Congress.

Answer 31

Tyler

Question 32

The fighting between the USA and Mexico started because the US insisted that the Southern border of Texas was the 1._ _ and Mexico said it was the 2. _ _.

Answer 32

1. Rio Grande 2. Nueces River

Question 33

President Jackson did not want to admit Texas as a state because Northers opposed the addition of another 1._ state, or risk a war with 2._ who still considered Texas their territory.

Answer 33

1. slave 2. Mexico