Manifest Destiny

Question 1

Manifest Destiny

Answer 1

19th century belief it was America’s God given destiny to settle the continent of North America (spread their superior culture)

Question 2

John O’ Sullivan

Answer 2

American columnist who coined the term “Manifest Destiny”

Question 3

Trailblazers

Answer 3

Mountain men who created east-to-west passage routes for western settlement.

Overlander – Someone who travels overland to the West

Question 4

Oregon Trail

Answer 4

trail from Independence, Missouri to the West Coast

Question 5

Tejano

Answer 5

Native inhabitants of Texas (Spanish speaking)

Question 6

Empresarios

Answer 6

American plantation owners who are given land grants by the Mexican gov’t to grow cotton (land agent)

Question 7

Texian

Answer 7

An American living in Mexican owned Texas

Question 8

Stephen F. Austin

Answer 8

1st and most successful empresario

Question 9

Sam Houston

Answer 9

1. Military leader of the Texians
2. 1st President of independent Texas nation

Question 10

Santa Anna

Answer 10

Dictator and military leader of Mexico during the Mexican-American War

Question 11

The Alamo

Answer 11

(in modern day San Antonio)
1. Spanish mission/church where a group of Texians make their last stand
2. Becomes a symbol of Texan & American independence
3. Heavy losses for Mexicans; eventually win and kill almost all survivors

Question 12

Battle of San Jacinto River

Answer 12

1. American victory where Santa Anna agrees to give away Texas for his life
2. Treaty of Velasco = Texas ; Mexican legislature doesn’t accept

Question 13

Lone Star Republic (1836-1844)

Answer 13

Texas as an independent country

Question 14

Annexation

Answer 14

President Tyler adds Texas as a state in 1844 before his term ends

Question 15

James K. Polk

Answer 15

1. Nicknamed “Young Hickory”
2. “Dark Horse” candidate (Democrat)
3. strong believer of Manifest Destiny (Texas, Oregon, & California)

Question 16

“Who is James K. Polk”

Answer 16

Henry Clay’s arrogant Presidential slogan for the 1844 Presidential election

Question 17

Oregon Treaty (1846)

Answer 17

Cut Oregon Territory in ½ between the U.S. and Britain @ the 49th parallel

Question 18

Nueces River

Answer 18

What Mexico claimed is the southern border Texas

Question 19

Rio Grande

Answer 19

What U.S. claimed is the southern border of Texas

Question 20

Stephen Kearny

Answer 20

1. “Long March” from New Mexico to coast of southern California
2. cuts off American part of Mexican territory

Question 21

John C. Fremont

Answer 21

Captured northern California and declares it the Bear Flag Republic

Question 22

Bear Flag Republic (1846)

Answer 22

Independent northern California country after the overthrow of Mexican authority

Question 23

Winfield Scott

Answer 23

“Old Fuss and Feathers”; American war general who captured Mexico City

Question 24

Zachary Taylor

Answer 24

“Old Rough and Ready”; American war general who led an attack on northern Mexico

Question 25

Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

Answer 25

1. Treaty that ends of Mexican-American war 2. Texas southern border = Rio Grande River 3. U.S. gets the Southwest and West for $15 million (California & New Mexico)

Question 26

Mexican Cession

Answer 26

Land that the U.S. gained from the Mexican-American War treaty (former Mexican territories of California and New Mexico)

Question 27

Gold Rush

Answer 27

(49ers) Men seeking fortune mining gold in California during 1849

Question 28

Gadsden Purchase (1853)

Answer 28

the U.S. purchases a tract of land in the Southwest from the Mexican gov’t for $10 million to build the railroad

Question 29

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 29

popular sovereignty in new territories (New Mexico and Utah)

Question 30

Compromise of 1850

Answer 30

proposed by Henry Clay 1. California = Free State 2. remainder of Mexican Cession divided into 2 territories = Utah and New Mexico; settlers in these territories decide slavery on majority vote = Popular Sovereignty 3. No slave trade in Washington, D.C. ; slave holding is O.K. 4. Strong Fugitive Slave Law