Manifest Destiny
The belief that it was the United States Destiny to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny
What was the name forts that protected the Spanish Missions inTexas
What was a Presidio.
Who was the President of the US at the time of the Mexican-American War?
Who was James K. Polk
Where was gold found in 1848? (Not the state, the place)
What is Sutter's Mill.
What was the Nickname of Zachary Taylor?
What was Rough and Ready.
What was the area in the center of the nation west of the Mississippi River that was dominated by neither settlers or Native Americans?
What was the Middle Ground
Who was the First President of the United States
Who was George Washington
Who was the Native American Princess who saved John Smith?
Who was Pocahontas
What happened on December 21, 1620
The Pilgrim first landed in Massachusetts
He was the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans
Who was Black Hawk
The name of the Spanish/Mexican settlers in Texas.
Who were the Tejanos
Who was the Spanish-speaking emissary sent to Mexico to attempt to negotiate the purchase of California and New Mexico from Mexico
who was John Slidell
What City was the supply center and port for the incoming miners?
Where was Sn Francisco
What was the Nickname of Stephen Kearney?
What was. The Long Marcher.
What state did Joseph Smith found the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
Where is New York
In what war did the American involvement begin with the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What was World War II
In 1799, who was the Nation's biggest distiller of Whiskey?
Who was George Washington
What happened on September 11, 2001?
The Terrorist attacks
This Treaty gave Native American nations control of the central plains if they promise not to attack settlers passing through their lands
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie
He lead the first Anglo settlers of Texas into the fertile valley between the Brazos and Colorado rivers
Who was Stephen F. Austin
Who was the General ordered to march to the Rio Grande River and Blockade it
Who was Zachary Taylor
What was the name given to the incoming prospectors who arrived a year after the gold was discovered?
Who were 49ers.
What was the Nickname of President Polk
What was Polk the Purposeful
On this Southwestern Trail from Council Grove Kansas to its destination it required protection for the wagon trains
What was the Santa Fe Trail
What was another name for the "War between the States?
What was the Civil War
What was the name of Andrew Jackson's home in Kentucky?
The Hermitage
What happened on April 12, 1865
The formal surrender of Confederate arms took place at Appomattox Court House with ended the Civil War
This Trail which started in Independence Missouri, roughly followed the route of Lewis and Clark and ended in Portland.
What was the Oregon Trail
Both Davey Crocket and Jim Bowie died at this battle.
What is the battle of the Alamo
Who was ordered by Polk to march to Santa Fe and capture it.
Stephen Kearny
The population of California grew to over _____________ by 1849
What is 100,000
What was the nickname of Gen. Winfield Scott
What was Old Fluff and Feathers
These types of wagons were usually pulled by six horses and were capable of loads up to 6 tons
What was the Conestoga Wagon
What early American President lived at the estate named Monticello
Who was Thomas Jefferson
Where was the "Kennedy Compound"
What is Hyannisport, MA
What happened on June 21 1788
The Constitution was ratified and went into effect.
This man coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny.
Who was John L. O'Sullivan
He was the President of Mexico at the time of the Texas Revolution
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
What Republic was represented by the Grizzly Bear Flag
The Republic of California
These two groups suffered with discrimination in Gold Rush California
Who were free Blacks and Chinese
What was the Nickname given to the white english speaking settlers of Texas
what are Anglos
What did Andrew Jackson Offer to pay Mexico for Texas?
What is Five Million
Where was the first English settlement in North America?
What is Jamestown, Virginia
What did the Original "Hollywood" sign say?
What was "Hollywoodland"
What happened on November 22, 1963?
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas.
This man founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Who was John Smith
This was the Battle where Santa Anna was Captured
What was the battle of San Jacinto
Along with Mexico City, this city's capture was the end of the Mexican-American war
What was Vercruz
This man was supposed to have discovered the first nugget of Gold.
Who was James Marshall
What was Andrew Jackson's Nickname?
What was "Old Hickory"
Who was the Whig Candidate in the 1848 Presidential election?
Who was Zachary Taylor
Who was the youngest President ever?
Teddy Roosevelt (42)
Who was the President directly before Abraham Lincoln?
Who was James Buchanan
What happened on April 19, 1775
The battle of Lexington and the "Shot heard around the world."
What was the name given to the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Who were Mormons
What was the Spanish name given to the agents appointed to sell the large Mexican land grants to settlers
who were Empresarios
What was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War?
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is the Chemical Symbol for Gold
What is AU
What was Henry Clay's Nickname
What was the Great Compromiser
In what California Town, did Fremont declare Californian independence from Mexico
What was Sonoma (p. 294)
What Civil war General became the 18th President of the United States
Who was US Grant
Where does the Vice President's official residence
On Observatory Circle, Washington, DC
What happened on August 6, 1945
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima