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Who invented the mechanical reaper and what did it do?
What is Cyrus McCormick,made cutting grain easier and faster
100
What was Texas like in the 1820s?
What is In the 1820s, Texas was a part of Mexico, but few Mexicans had settled there. Many of the settlers grew cotton or started ranches. By 1832, 20,000 Americans had settled there.
100
What were some benefits of the prairie schooner?
What is the cover kept out sun, rain, and wind, it had large wheels that kept the wagon out of the mud, and a wooden wagon bed that was watertight to float across a river like a boat
100
What is a gold rush?
What is a rapid flood of people into an area where gold has been discovered
100
What is "gold fever"?
What is someone who has left their families and jobs to go find gold in another place has "gold fever"
200
What was the Industrial Revolution?
What is the period when there was a shift from making goods by hand to making them in a factory
200
Why did the Texas Revolution begin?
What is by 1835, many Texans had decided they should be independent of Mexico and prepared to govern themselves. They missed the freedoms they had left behind in the United States and wanted more open trade.
200
Why were many settlers drawn to the Oregon Country?
What is married couples could claim 640 rich acres of farmland for free; it had rivers, mountains, ancient forests, and a wilderness region.
200
Who is someone who takes risks to start a business, and give an example of one
What is entrepreneur, Levi Strauss
200
How did the miners get the name the "forty-niners"?
What is they left their jobs and families to go search for gold in California in 1849
300
Where did the National Road start and end?
What is started-Cumberland, Maryland, ended-Vandalia, Illinois
300
What does annex mean, and why were many Americans not in favor of the annexation of Texas?
What is annex means to take over and make a state, and many Americans did not support the annexation because they were concerned about the spread of slavery.
300
Who were two of the earliest settlers in Oregon Country who were missionaries and taught Native Americans about Christianity?
What is Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
300
When did California have enough population to become a state?
What is California had enough population to become a state in 1850
300
How much was the Gadsen Purchase?
What is $10 million
400
What did the Erie Canal do?
What is linked the Hudson River to Lake Erie
400
What was the Missouri Compromise?
What is the Missouri Compromise was a law passed by Congress in 1820 that allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state while Missouri entered the Union as a slave state. It also banned slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
400
What is persecution?
What is poor treatment because of religion
400
What is discrimination?
What is unfair treatment
400
Who was chosen to take command of the Texas Army?
What is Sam Houston
500
What were some changes brought about by the first railroads?
What is Railroad tracks could be laid anywhere, so travelers and freight did not have to follow rivers or canals. Farm products could travel directly to market. Many new towns sprang up along the tracks.
500
What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
What is The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican War. Mexico gave up its claims on Texas. It also turned over most of its other northern territory to the United States.
500
Describe the Santa Fe Trail
What is started near Independence, Missouri; ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico; about 900 miles; traders of silver, fur, and other manufactured goods
500
The Pony Express was a system of carrying mail by horse. How long did it take for mail to reach from Missouri to California? How did this help California’s economy?
What is it took about 10 days for the mail to reach California from Missouri. This helped the state of California develop lumber companies, ranches, and huge farms. Also, rails were laid across the whole continent, so California businesses could ship many of their products east by train.
500
What were flatboats useful for?
What is traveling downstream
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