Indian Removal
Texas Independence
People and Events
Mexican-American War
Misc.
100
Name the Five Civilized tribes?
What are the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, and Seminole.
100
Name the American empresario who brought settlers to Mexico?
Who is Stephen Austin.
100
Name the first President of the Republic of Texas?
Who is Sam Houston.
100
What was the disputed boundary between US and Mexico?
Rio Grande River
100
What is the main goal of Manifest Destiny?
What is Expansionism.
200
Name the Principal Chief of the Cherokee who presented a petition to the U.S. Senate with 99% of the Cherokee people's signatures on it?
Who is Chief John Ross.
200
What did the Americans agree to in order to settle in Texas?
Become Mexican citizens, Roman Catholic and ban slavery
200
Name the defender of the Alamo who commanded the Volunteers?
Who is James "Jim Bowie".
200
Name the President during the Mexican War.
Who was James K. Polk.
200
Why did Santa Anna attack the Alamo?
To seek revenge for his family.
300
A minority of the Cherokee signed what treaty?
What is the Treaty of New Echota.
300
Who was the volunteer who was supposedly the last defender killed after the fall of the Alamo?
Who is David "Davy" Crockett.
300
Name one of the two largest immigrant groups that came to America in the Antebellum period and settled largely in cities where they faced discrimination?
What is Irish.
300
Name the General known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" responsible for the victories at Vera Cruz and Mexico City?
Who is Winfield Scott.
300
What was the dividing line that settled the dispute with Britain over the Oregon Territory.
What is the 49th parallel.
400
How many Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears?
What is four thousand.
400
What brought Americans and German immigrants to Mexico in the 1820's-30's?
Cheap land and the ability to make money through the production of cotton.
400
James Fannin and 350 Texans were executed where?
What is at Goliad.
400
Identify one fact about the General known as "Old Rough and Ready"?
Zachary Taylor went on to become President of the United States.
400
What did the U.S. receive as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Texas border along the Rio Grande and the Mexican cession which included California, New Mexico and Utah territories.
500
After passage of the Indian Removal Act, support for Cherokee independence came from John Marshall and the __________ ________.
What is the Supreme Court.
500
What location was more strategically important in order to stop the Texans from declaring independence?
What is Goliad.
500
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
500
Name the future Civil War general who was recognized by Winfield Scott for his bravery and heroism during the Mexican War?
Who is Robert E. Lee.
500
What territory above is highlighted in Turquoise?
What is Oregon Territory.
600
How did the Cherokee attempt to fight against the act?
The Cherokee people attempted to fight using legal precedents.
600
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.
600
Identify why the Battle of Gonzales was important or the significance of what happened at Washington on the Brazos in 1836?
Gonzales was the site of the first battle and first victory for the Texans/Tejanos of the Texas Revolution.
Independence for the Republic of Texas was declared at Washington on the Brazos creating the Lone Star Republic.
600
What what John Slidell's mission?
What is an effort to buy the territories of California and New Mexico and secure the southern border of Texas along the Rio Grande River.
600
What two territories came out of what is listed on this map as "Unorganized Territory"
What are the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.