Fortune-seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush
What is a forty-niner?
100
A measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time and effort
What is productivity?
100
Secretary of State under James Monroe, helped negotiate a treaty for Oregon
Who is John Quincy Adams?
100
President during Mexican-American War
Who is James K. Polk?
100
The 4 countries that made a claim for the Oregon Territory
What is the United States, England, Spain, and Russia?
200
A device that used electric signals to send messages
What is a telegraph?
200
A Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, decent
What is a Tejano?
200
Founder of the Mormon religion
Who is Joseph Smith?
200
Appointed the Commander in chief of Texas forces during their struggle for independence
Who is Sam Houston?
200
These were some of the long-term effects the Gold Rush had on California (Name 2)
Agriculture, shipping, and trade grew
Population increased
California became a state in 1850
300
Ranch, especially the large estates up by Mexicans in the American west
What is Rancho?
300
To add a territory to one's own territory
What is annex?
300
Developed a system that could send coded messages instantly across a wire
Who is Samuel Morse?
300
Led a slave revolt in 1831
Who is Nat Turner?
300
These farmers were the most common types of farmers in the south
What are yeoman farmers?
400
A system of Housing and cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
What is Underground Railroad?
400
Group of workers with the same skill
What is trade union?
400
Founder of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization
Who is Sarah Bagley?
400
Mexican General who fought against Texan forces
Who is General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
400
Name the three phases of industrialization
1. Employers divided jobs into smaller steps
2. Entrepreneurs built factories to bring specialized workers together
3. Workers used machines to complete tasks
500
Person who leaves his/her country to go live somewhere else
What is an emigrant?
500
A person opposed to immigration
What is a nativist?
500
Explorer who opened up the Santa Fe Trail
Who is William Bucknell?
500
Army Officer who wrote about California's beauty (not on the test)
Who is John C. Fremont?
500
How did the Mexican-American War start?
James K. Polk sent Zachary Taylor's army into the disputed area on the Rio Grande in the hopes of provoking the Mexican government. Polk wanted to take the land through warfare since he was unable to purchase it from the Mexican government