Chapter 13 Section 1: The West
What is the belief called that "America was destined to extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean"?
What is Manifest Destiny
What was the first territory that gave women the right to vote in 1869?
What is the Wyoming Territory
Which former President, who at the time was a member of the House. Was against the Mexican-American War and felt America had invaded Mexico?
Who was Abraham Lincoln
In what year was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints founded?
What is 1830
Which animal fur was most sought after and could fetch the highest price?
What is Beaver Fur
What area of the United States lies between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains?
What is the Great Plains
Roughly, how long in miles was the Oregon Trail?
What is 2,000 miles
Who led a group of 300 Americans to settle in Texas under a land grant that was given to his father?
Who is Stephen Austin
Who first discovered gold on John Sutton's land?
Who was James Marshall
This man was one of the most notable Mountain Men. He was even attacked by a grizzly bear and survived.
Who was Jedediah Smith
What Catholic Missionary was determined to convert Natives to Catholicism in California?
Who is Junipero Serra
How many people came to Oregon between 1840-1860?
What is 50,000
Who became President of Mexico in 1833 quickly turning the country into a dictatorship?
Who General Santa Anna
In just two years, the population of California went from 10,000 people to what?
What is 100,000 people
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What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Which President believed that America needed to increase in size to support its growing population?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Which German Immigrant made a fortune of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest?
Who is John Jacob Astor
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In what battle after the Alamo were Mexican forces defeated giving independence to Texas?
What is the Battle of San Jacinto
When the leader of the LDS church was killed, who replaced him and took the Mormons to Utah?
Who was Brigham Young
What animal saved the Mormons crops from the crickets that were eating them?
What is a Seagull
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In what year did Mexico win its independence from Spain?
What is 1821
In 1847, this Native tribe of the Pacific Northwest was hit with a measles outbreak. Blaming the new settlers, violence broke out.
Who were the Cayuse
Who took command of the Bear Flag Rebellion in California?
Who is John C. Fremont
The Mormons had been driven out of New York, Ohio, and Missouri. By 1844 what city and state had they settled in?
What is Nauvoo, Illinois
What river did the Mexican Government think Southern Texas stopped at and Mexico began?
What is the Nueces River