Explorers
They traveled 7,000 miles in 2 months. What was the name of this expedition crew and what did they finally see?
"Corp of Discovery" & the Pacific Ocean
What was the name of a long journey that Native Americans were forced to take? Where were they headed?
"Trail of Tears"
15,000 Native Americans walked to Indian Territory and 4,000 died on the way due to disease, hunger and cold.
What could a steamboat do that a normal boat the flatboats could not?
Travel upstream against the current.
Who was the American who first brought hundreds of settlers to live in Mexican territory, Texas?
Stephen Austin.
What was the name of the German immigrant who sold work pants to miners?
Levi Strauss
Who was the historian who wrote the essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” and what was his emphasis?
Frederick Jackson Turner
wrote how the frontier represented freedom and new opportunities
What does "Manifest Destiny" mean?
They believed God was blessing them and they would bless those who would come to settle there with freedom.
What two countries were interested in Oregon and why?
America and Great Britainfor the profitable fur trade.
What was the big mistake that the Mexican government made?
They gave land to American settlers who then came by the hundreds and refused to follow their rules such as converting to Catholicism, becoming Mexican citizens, and freeind slaves they had with them.
Which Americans were against going to war against Mexico?
Name two correctly.
Abraham Lincoln
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This man discovered a Native American path called “Warrior’s Path” which later was called “Cumberland Gap.” What was the man's name and what was the path called once it was widened?
Daniel Boone & “Wilderness Road”
Who said "Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds, and the great sea, as well as the earth! Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?" What was he referring to?
Tecumseh (Shawnee chief)
referring to the sale of another Native American sale of land.
How did settlers travel on the Oregon Trail?
The traveled in groups of covered wagons (caravans) for 2,000 miles in 6 months.
What was the name of Mexico's ruler and the leader of the American army?
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Cruz
Sam Houston
What year did Mexico win its independence from Spain?
1821
Why did President Thomas Jefferson send out Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory?
To see if there was a way to cross the Rockies
and to look for an all-water route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
"We gave them forest-clad mountain and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and women? Rum and trinkets and a grave."
Who said this and what was he referring to?
Tecumseh
Referring to what the Americans gave them in exchange for land.
What was the name of the Mormon leader and where did they travel from and to?
Brigham Young
From New York to Utah
What is there to remember about the Alamo?
17 year old William Travis and his men stood their ground while being attacked in San Antonio.
All were killed.
Off-topic Bonus!
What is the name of Ms. Ellen's first cat?
Yeppi
Who were two individuals that knew Native American languages and joined Lewis and Clark?
Canadian trapper Charbonneau
and his 16 year old wife Sacagawea.
Which Seminole chief defeated the Americans in battle several times, was tricked into discussing peace, and died as a prisoner?
Chief Osceola
What is the meaning of "forty-niners"?
Gold seekers rushed to California in 1849.
Why did President James K. Polk want to aquire California?
Many harbors (for trade with China and Asia)
and he suspected Great Britain would take it if they didn't take it first.
Name Three States that Mexico ceded to the United States.
California
Nevada
Utah
part of Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona