What were James K Polk's 3 main goals to achieve Manifest Destiny?
Texas, Oregon, and California
100
What current US state declared its independence from Mexico?
Texas
100
What trail helped travelers get to Oregon?
Oregon Trail
100
What was the major pull factor that led people to move to California?
Gold!!!
100
What president forced Native Americans to move west by the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
200
What group of people moved west to convert Native Americans and travelers to Christianity?
Missionaries
200
What famous Spanish mission served as the most famous battleground of the Texas War of Independence? (hint: America wanted to take revenge for it in the Mexican war)
The Alamo
200
What does the phrase "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" mean?
America wanted all of Oregon or it would fight the British for it.
200
In order to attain California, what did James K Polk do?
Fought a war with Mexico
200
What is the process of one culture becoming like another culture?
Assimilation
300
What were 2 types of internal improvements (forms of transportation) made by Henry Clay's American System?
- Roads
- Canals
- Railroads
300
Name one Texan leader at the Alamo or Battle of San Jacinto
Davey Crockett, Sam Bowie, Sam Houston
300
What group of Americans was primarily living in Oregon Territory before Americans acquired it?
Missionaries
300
Name 2 causes of the Mexican war.
Answers may vary:
1. Achieving Manifest Destiny by acquiring California
2. Revenge for the Alamo
3. Conflict over TX-MX border
300
What Native American leader was known for his active resistance to American westward expansion through violence on the frontier?
Geronimo
400
Why did Mormons move west?
Mormons moved west to attain religious freedom for their particular set of beliefs (including polygamy).
400
What was one reason that Texans wanted to be independent from Mexico?
Answers may vary.
EX: Too strict laws, desiring freedom, having to be Catholic, prohibition on guns, prohibition on slavery
400
Name 3 hardships on the movement west on the Oregon Trail.
Answers may vary.
Ex: Diseases, starvation, harsh weather, not prepared enough, damaged vehicles, harsh terrain
400
What was one effect of the Mexican War for America?
Answers may vary.
EX: Added Mexican cession, stirred up controversy over slavery, showed the America could be a bully
400
What is an area of land designated for use only by a particular Native American tribe?
Reservation
500
What are 2 impacts that mountain men had in Oregon and the Rocky Mountains?
Answers may vary.
EX: Created trails, served as trail guides, trapped animals, first to move
500
In 1845, America __________ Texas - officially adding it as the 28th state in the Union.
Annexed
500
What was the final boundary between the US and Canada according to the Oregon Treaty in 1845?
49th Parallel
500
What proposal asked for a ban on slavery in all land added from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
500
Define passive resistance and give an example set by Native Americans.
- Fighting back through non-violent ways
- Learning and creating own native american language