Manifest Destiny

Question 1

joint occupation

Answer 1

people from two countries living in the same region

Question 2

mountain men

Answer 2

person who lived in the Rocky Mountain and made his living trapping animals for their fur

Question 3

emigrant

Answer 3

people who leave their country

Question 4

prairie schooner

Answer 4

cloth-covered wagon that was used by pioneers to travel West in the mid-1800

Question 5

manifest destiny

Answer 5

the idea that the United States was meant to spread freedom from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Question 6

Tejano

Answer 6

a Texan of Hispanic, and often Mexican, descent

Question 7

decree

Answer 7

official order

Question 8

barricade

Answer 8

block off

Question 9

annex

Answer 9

take control of

Question 10

ranchero

Answer 10

rancher, owner of a rancho

Question 11

rancho

Answer 11

ranch, especially the large estates set up by Mexicans in the American West

Question 12

Forty-niner

Answer 12

person who came to California to find gold in 1849

Question 13

boomtown

Answer 13

a fast growing community

Question 14

vigilante

Answer 14

a person who takes it on himself to bring law and order to a place

Question 15

Joseph Smith

Answer 15

Founded the Mormon religion during the 1830s and 1840s

Question 16

Stephen Austin

Answer 16

Brought 300 families to Texas and became their leader

Question 17

Mexican Cession

Answer 17

Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico

Question 18

John Fremont

Answer 18

In the 1840s, Americans came to California. One person was John C. Frémont, an army officer. He wrote about how nice the weather was there, and also described the vast natural resources. This attracted even more Americans.
General John C. Frémont was leading a revolt against Mexico in California. Frémont won. The rebels declared California independent of Mexico.

Question 19

Alamo

Answer 19

A mission building that American soldiers barricaded. Mexican general Santa Ana attacked and the Battle of the Alamo lasted 13 days. Santa Ana killed all the Americans.

Question 20

New Mexico Territory

Answer 20

present day New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, parts of Colorado and Wyoming

Question 21

Why did mountain men move west?

Answer 21

They trapped beavers and sold their skins to fur companies.

Question 22

Identify the first white Americans who built permanent homes in Oregon

Answer 22

Fur traders

Question 23

Explain why the Mexican government encouraged Americans to settle in Texas

Answer 23

Mexico owned Texas and wanted more people to settle there.

Question 24

Explain why the Mexican government eventually changed their minds about the Americans settling in Texas

Answer 24

They did not want Americans because the Americans did not want to follow their rules, such as speaking English and being Catholic.

Question 25

Identify why Americans wanted to settle in New Mexico Territory

Answer 25

Manifest Destiny To trade a long a new route west

Question 26

Explain how Native Americans lived in California on Mexican territories and on missions

Answer 26

Native Americans worked on ranchos, and in exchange they received food and shelter. They were treated like slaves by most rancheros.

Question 27

Explain of the term Manifest Destiny

Answer 27

The idea that the United States was meant to spread freedom from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Question 28

Identify the last piece of land that completed Manifest Destiny for the U.S.

Answer 28

New Mexico Territory

Question 29

Explain why California needed a constitution to create a government

Answer 29

People from all over moved there because of gold. There was no laws or police, vigilantes took over. They wrote a constitution to become a state.

Question 30

Explain why the fur trade declined in the US

Answer 30

Over trapping led to few beavers left, and change in fashion meant less people wanted fur

Question 31

Explain what the 1818 agreement between the US and Britain established for Oregon

Answer 31

They agreed to joint occupancy- settlers from both countries could live there

Question 32

Identify the start of the Oregon trail which became the launching off point on the Oregon trail in the US

Answer 32

Independence, Missouri

Question 33

Explain how James K. Polk won the election of 1844

Answer 33

Because of his support for manifest desitny

Question 34

Explain why Brigham Young moved to the Great Salt Lake valley

Answer 34

After Joseph Smith was killed, Brigham Young took over as leader of the Mormons. He decided that the Mormons should move again to find religious freedom.

Question 35

Identify what countries were involved in the Adams-Onis Treaty

Answer 35

United States and Spain