Chapter 9

Question 1

US industrialization decreased

Answer 1

imports to America

Question 2

shipping by canal was _than railroads

Answer 2

cheaper

Question 3

main appeal of Texas for Americans

Answer 3

cheap land

Question 4

Person most in favor of seizing land from mex

a. James k polk
b. zach taylor
c. john calhoun
d. abe lincoln

Answer 4

JAMES K POLK

Question 5

Which was the FIRST battle responsible for starting trouble with mex

Answer 5

Alamo

Question 6

final borders for lower 48states established in

Answer 6

Gadsden Purchase

Question 7

Inventor of new rubber that didn’t melt/freeze

Answer 7

charles GOODYEAR

Question 8

who was inventor of mechanical reaper

Answer 8

Cyrus Mccormick

Question 9

Standard of living for average family _

Answer 9

improved

Question 10

_ played major role in settling American West

Answer 10

MORMONS

Question 11

_delayed annexation of Texas

Answer 11

balance of free/slave states

Question 12

_led troops to rio Grande- asked for war

Answer 12

Zachary Taylor

Question 13

_was declared independent when Fremont seized sonoma and raised a flag

Answer 13

Republic of Cali

Question 14

_ was not ceded to US in Treaty of Guadalupe

Answer 14

Texas

Question 15

_invention of telegraph improved transportation

Answer 15

Morse

Question 16

terminally ill people left on westward trails watched by

Answer 16

WATCHER

Question 17

Oregon Trail was _of santa Fe trail

Answer 17

north

Question 18

Stephen austin was an _

Answer 18

empresario

Question 19

_was repeatedly violated by US gov.

Answer 19

Fort Laramie Treaty

Question 20

Sam houston’s military defeated _

Answer 20

Santa Anna

Question 21

which river did POlk want as boundary of texas

Answer 21

Rio Grande

Question 22

_invention got oxen replaced with horses

Answer 22

Cyrus Mccormick

Question 23

Fort Laramie treaty was _Black Hawk War

Answer 23

after

Question 24

_screamed “remember the Alamo”

Answer 24

sam houston

Question 25

Tejas was annexed by Sam Houston T/F

Answer 25

false

Question 26

_invented steel plow

Answer 26

John Deere

Question 27

_Invented mechanical reaper

Answer 27

cyrus mccormick

Question 28

_is use of land, cash and labor to make $

Answer 28

capitalism

Question 29

_did not create a higher standard of living

Answer 29

capitalism

Question 30

_is when a farmer raises only 1/2 crops for sale

Answer 30

specialization

Question 31

invention of_ created entrepreneurs

Answer 31

steamboats

Question 32

national roads and canals _market revolution

Answer 32

helped

Question 33

Donner Party successfully reached Cali

Answer 33

false

Question 34

_is the economic system where private corps control means of productions to make $

Answer 34

capitalism

Question 35

"to undertake"

Answer 35

entrepreneur

Question 36

idea that 49ers had god given right to expand

Answer 36

"manifest destiny"

Question 37

mormon migration to utah led by

Answer 37

Bringham Young

Question 38

Conflicts between Tejanos and Mex was from cultural, political and religious issues

Answer 38

false

Question 39

Fifty four forty or fight is location

Answer 39

false

Question 40

spanish missionaries were in southwest before Mexico and US

Answer 40

true