Moving West
What is the belief that God ordained the U.S. to have all of the western lands, stretching the country from sea to shinning sea?
Manifest Destiny
Who was the dictator of Mexico at this time and would often lead troops into battle himself?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
On who's property was gold discovered in California that started the California Gold Rush?
John Sutter
With the capture of _________ _________ by Gen Winfield Scott, the Mexican War was won.
Mexico City
What is the name for the Congressional proposal to ban slavery in all the territory gained in the Mexican War?
Wilmot Proviso
What trail was primarily used for trade?
Santa Fe Trail
Who led American settlers into Texas after receiving permission from Mexico?
Stephen Austin
Who rediscovered the Oregon Trail in 1824 after it had been forgotten?
Jedidiah Smith
What two territories did the U.S. want to buy from Mexico that offended them so much, that it became a reason why the two countries went to war?
California and New Mexico Territories
What political party wanted to keep both slaves and free blacks out of the western territories?
Free-Soilers
(they lost popularity after the election on 1852)
Indians who were forced out of their lands to live in lands within certain boundaries is called what?
Reservations
What was the last battle of the Texan War for Independence?
(Hint: the battle only lasted 20 minutes and the Texans were able to kill/capture 1,400 Mexican soldiers).
Battle of San Jacinto
Who led the Mormons west where they founded Salt Lake City?
Brigham Young
What American soldier led the Bear Flag Revolution to claim the California territory as part of the U.S.?
Capt John Charles Fremont
(Fremont did not know the U.S. and Mexico were at war at this time. When the American fleet landed in CA, the land was given to the U.S.)
Now that the U.S. gained so much territory, the question now was whether or not they would be slave or free territories/states. Other than the moral implications of slavery, why was this such a significant issue in the U.S.?
Admitting more slave or free states would upset the balance in the Senate
What mountain man was person of great faith, and who was also the first white man to travel to California by land, to cross the Sierra Nevada, and the Great Basin
Jedediah Smith
What were the two reasons why Texas was not allowed to join the Union when they gained Independence?
1) It would upset the balance of slave and free states in the Senate.
2) Mexico threatened war if it joined the U.S.
Mormons were being persecuted in the U.S., but when a mob killed ________ _______, he became a martyr and caused the Mormons to move out west.
Joseph Smith
Which battle saw intense urban combat (house-to-house fighting) in September 1846?
Monterrey, Mexico
An American victory from Gen Zachary Taylor.As part of the Compromise of 1850, citizens of territories were able to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery or not. This is called?
Popular sovereignty
People who invested in supply companies and in ___________ generally made large profits out west.
railroads
On Oct 2, 1835, the Texan War for Independence began when the Mexicans tried to take a cannon from what small Texan town, but the town refused?
Gonzales
Its known as the "Lexington of the Texas Revolution" and created the "Come and Take it" flag
In 1846 the the U.S. and Britain (Canada) establish its border at the _____ _________?
49th parallel
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo did the following things:
1: Ended the Mexican war
2: Canceled Mexican debts to the US
3: Added the Mexican Cession to the U.S. in exchange for $20 million
4:
4: Made the Rio Grande the Texas/Mexico boundary
In the Comprise of 1850, where was the trading of slaves abolished?
Washington D.C.