Vocab
1. The ________________ _____________________ changed the way goods were manufactured.
Industrial Revolution
2. Describe the idea of Manifest Destiny.
The idea that the United States had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean.
5. Infer: How did Texas's fight for independence affect other parts of the United States?
It caused the Mexican War and led to the addition of further U.S. territory in the West.
10. Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled west with her family in the late 1800s. She wrote books about her adventures. How do her words help you to understand the reasons why some people chose to move west?
Some people wanted to move west to find more land, spread out, and be able to spend more time with nature.
11. Suppose you were writing a short story about a "forty-niner" during the gold rush in California. What kind of a character would you write about? What events might happen to your character?
Remember, facts can be proven while fiction is made up.
Look up facts about the gold rush in California. Add some facts to your story.
Also include some fictional parts to your story. What details will be fictional? Opinions can be in dialogue conversation or as part of your narrative writing.
1. People traveled in a ____________ _____________ as they journeyed west.
wagon train
3. Explain what mass population is.
Using the same parts to make many of the same item at one time.
6. Analyze: What were the advantages of the prairie schooner?
-Its cover protected riders and cargo against the sun, wind, and rain.
-It had large wheels and could float.
-It made travel in wagon trains easier.
1. ________________________________ was responsible for bringing American settlers into Mexican territory.
Stephen F. Austin
What happened to the population of San Francisco between 1847 and 1850? (Look at the graph on page 402 to help).
It increased by almost 25,000 people.
7. Apply: In what way did the inventions of the cotton gin, the telegraph machine, and the mechanical reaper change life in the 1800s? How do these inventions affect American life today?
These inventions made life and communication easier. They were the beginnings of technology we have today that make communication easier.
1. The __________________ ____________________allowed slavery in some states but not in others.
Missouri Compromise
4. Why did the population increase so much after 1848?
The gold rush brought many new people to the area.
8. What are the costs and benefits of growth?
A cost is tension and conflict between new settlers and existing residents. No one wants to give up their land for others to take.
Some benefits are increased trade, more opportunities for profit, and more places to live and explore.
9. Describe the conflict between American settlers and Mexicans in Texas and California.
-Texas was still under Mexican control
-Settlers did not like Mexican control
-Several battles took place, including the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto
-With the annexation of Texas, clashes started between Californian settlers and Mexicans
-A revolt near San Francisco was the turning point for California becoming a territory and then a state