People of the West
Which group of Western settlers supplied beef to the nation?
Who repealed the 1824 Mexican Constitution?
Who is General Santa Anna?
What was a cause of Westward expansion?
What is availability of rail transport, availability of cheap land, religious persecution
Which group often disliked being called cowboys and preferred to be called what?
What are cowhands?
What are cowpunchers, cowpokes, or wrangler?
Who would keep "peace" in towns of the West?
When did the Texas Revolution begin?
What is October 1835?
Was it common for diseases and fammen to take the lives of people on the trail?
Yes
The belief that it is a person's moral duty to break a law that is wrong is known as...
What is civil disobedience?
Who was the first group to head West?
Who are the Mountain Men?
Following the treaty with Santa Anna, the Texans formed their own country called the?
What is the Lone Star Republic?
Who was the party on the Oregon Trail that thought they could take a shortcut through the mountains but ended up getting snowed in?
The belief that it is America's right to include all of North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans is known as...
What is Manifest Destiny?
What is an example of one of the jobs in a frontier town?
What are newspaper publishers, hotelkeepers, saloonkeepers, blacksmiths, general store merchants, preachers, and schoolteachers... etc?
How many Mexicans attacked Texan forces at the Battle of the Alamo?
What is 240,000?
Typically, how long was the journey on the Oregon Trail?
What is 2,000 to 2,200 miles?
What were common weapons for Lawmen and Gun-fighters to carry?
What are handguns, knives, pistols, and shotguns?
What was one of the beliefs of most Native American tribes?
What is the belief that people must leave a gentle "footprint" on the land. (Leave the place better than you found it, do not take what you cannot restore)
On what date did Texas declare itself independent?
When was March 2, 1836?
What items were common to pack for the trip?
What are tools, pots, pans, lanterns, farming equipment, guns, and a small stove?
How many hours a day would a cowhand work in the West?
What is 12-18 hours a day?