Vocab
A human-made waterway
Canal
What was he system of giving government jobs to people who had helped to get the winner elected?
Why did Americans need better ways to travel?
To move westward.
How did Americans settle Texas?
Stephen Austin advertised for people to come to a colony he was forming in Mexico.
I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?
A coin.
A fur trapper and trader who lived in the mountains and knew the wilderness
How did Adams win the election of 1824?
How did railroads improve transportation?
They made it faster to travel.
What happened at the battle of Alamo?
The Mexicans defeated the Texans.
I am not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Fire.
A large farm with grazing land for raising horses, cattle, or sheep
Ranch
How was Jackson different from past presidents?
Who were the mountain men?
Men hired by fur trading companies to trap beaver and other animals in the rocky mountains.
What started the war with Mexico?
The United States and Mexico did not agree on the boundary between their countries.
I am an odd number. If you take away a letter from me, I become even. What am I?
Seven.
A person who went to California in 1849 to find gold
Forty-niner
Who were Jackson's advisers?
A group of trusted friends called the "Kitchen Cabinet."
What were the two main trails to the far West?
Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail
What happened at Sutter's Mill?
James Marshall found two tiny nuggets of gold while supervising the construction of a sawmill.
What has a bed but can't sleep?
A river.
A tax on goods brought into a country
Tariff
What was the Indian Removal Act?
The act that forced thousands of Cherokees to leave their homeland and resettle.
What was the Manifest Destiny?
Americans' belief that they could live on any land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Why were people who went to California to seek gold called forty-niners?
Because the first group went to California in 1849.
Why did the banana go to the doctor?
He was not feeling well.