Vocabulary
money a business earns
profit
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
How long did the Battle of the Alamo last?
6 days
What percentage of people struck it rich during the gold rush?
10%
Name of the wagon they used on the Oregon Trail?
Prairie Schooner
Mexican Cowboy?
Vaquero
Invented the Reaper?
They wanted Slavery
What year was Gold discovered?
1848
How long was the Oregon Trail?
2,000 miles
to add a state to our country?
annex
Invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What resource did United States receive from Mexico that helped grow America in the West?
Cattle
Tell me three problems the miners caused while looking for Gold?
No law and order, destroyed land, racism, men left families, indians forced off lands
Name of the Family that was from Springfield Illinois and Died on the Oregon Trail?
Donner Party
Hostility and anger toward a specific group
persecution
Leader of the Texan Army that defeated Santa Anna?
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
Who was the first to discover gold?
James Marshall
The Mormon trail went from ________ to _________.
Southern Illinois to Utah
an artificial waterway?
Canal
Brigham Young
How much did Texas cost America?
Zero Dollars
What kind of Immigrants started coming to California?
Chinese
National Road was built from _________ to _________
Maryland to Illinois