Manifest Destiny 1
What was the 2,000-mile trail that stretched from Missouri to Oregon?
Name given to people who came to California in search of gold
49rs
What does it mean for a country to cede a piece of territory?
Give up
Name one thing that could cause a person problems as they travelled the Oregon Trail.
Disease, weather, floods, river crossing, Native attacks, robbery, fire, animals...
In what year did the California Gold Rush begin?
1949
Mountain Men were fur trappers of the Northwest. What was the main animal they were hunting for its fur.
Beaver
Why did the Mormons leave Illinois?
Religious discrimination (their leader, Joseph Smith, was killed by an angry mob).
What does it mean for a country to annex a territory?
Add it
Santa Anna became the leader of Mexico and shortly after Texas decided to fight for independence. What kind of leader did they call Santa Anna (meaning he had ultimate control over the government).
Dictator/Tyrant
What year did James Marshall find gold in California?
1948
Where was the Mormon’s final settlement?
Salt Lake, Utah
What term means the United States was destined by God to expand West?
Manifest Destiny
Which territory gained independence from Mexico in a war?
Texas
Finish the Statement: "Remember the ..."
Alamo
Women enjoyed greater equality in the West
True
Why did people move to Oregon?
Farm land, free land, new opportunities.
What did early settlers on the Oregon Trail travel in?
Wagon Trains
A ranchero is an owner of a ranch
True
What territory did this slogan apply to: "54-40 or FIGHT"?
Oregon
Name one thing the Compromise of 1850 did.
California was admitted as a free state
Congress passed a much tougher fugitive slave law to return escaped slaves to the South
the sale of slaves in Washington DC was ended.
Utah and New Mexico would use Popular Sovereignty
Why did some politicians not support the annexation of Texas?
They feared that adding a slave state might spark a political fight that could split the United States (it would disrupt the balance between free and slave states).
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo added what territory to the US?
California; Mexican Cession
Which group worked as miners in California but were faced with a special tax placed on non-citizens
Chinese Immigrants
What was the last piece of territory added to the US to achieve Manifest Destiny?
Gadsden Purchase
California was the first state to allow women to vote in 1869
False