Misc. 2
Where did the first women's suffrage convention in 1848 take place?
Seneca Falls, New York.
Name the American empresario who brought settlers to Mexico?
Who is Stephen Austin.
Who is Sam Houston.
What was the disputed boundary between US and Mexico?
Rio Grande River
What is the main goal of Manifest Destiny?
What is Expansionism.
Most people died as a result of what along the Oregon Trail?
What was disease/starvation and accidents.
What did the Americans agree to in order to settle in Texas?
Become Mexican citizens, Roman Catholic and ban slavery
Who is Horace Mann.
Name the President during the Mexican War.
Who was James K. Polk.
According to what treaty did Mexico agree to recognize the southern boundary of Texas and acquire New Mexico and California territories.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
What is people believed they would make it to heaven by doing good works
Who was the volunteer who was supposedly the last defender killed after the fall of the Alamo?
Who is David "Davy" Crockett.
Free Points!
Free Points!
What was the country of Texas referred to as prior to the Mexican War (after Texas gained its independence)?
What is the Lone Star Republic?
What was the dividing line that settled the dispute with Britain over the Oregon Territory.
What is the 49th parallel.
American immigrants who came to Mexico did so for what reason(s)?
Cheaper land, cotton production
Why was the Battle of San Jacinto important?
What is because the Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign the Treaty of Velasco.
Who were the leaders of the women's right movement?
Who is Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B Anthony.
What were the effects of the Mexican American War?
What is the west was opened up for the Gold Rush, Manifest Destiny was fulfilled, the issue of slavery intensified between North and South
What territories were part of the Gadsden Purchase?
Arizona and New Mexico.
Name 3 of the antebellum reforms and explain the issues they tried to fix
What is the 2nd Great Awakening, Utopian Communities, Transcendentalism, Education, Institutional, Women's Rights, Temperance, and the Abolition movement
What is Mexico wanted to defend themselves from hostile natives and American expansionism.
Why was annexation of Texas an issue for the United States?
Because Texas was a big slave state and the south would have more power/representation in government
Identify one fact about the General known as "Old Rough and Ready"?
Zachary Taylor went on to become President of the United States.
Why did Santa Anna attack the Alamo?
What is for revenge for his family's honor.