Module 11/12

Exploring the West

100

This is where the Oregon Trail started

Council Bluffs, Iowa and Independence, Missouri

200

This is where the Santa Fe Trail ended

Santa Fe, New Mexico

300

This is where the Mormons traveled on the Mormon Trail to

Great Salt Lake, Utah

400

This western explorer has a peak named after him, he named the great plains a desert, and was arrested by the Spanish.

Zebulon Pike

500

This western explorer ventured out to California to make maps for the Army. He assisted the Bear Flag Revolt while in the territory. 

John C. Fremont

Faces and Figures

100

This famous hunter was a key in the settlement of the Ohio River Valley

Daniel Boone

200

This military dictator took control of the Mexican government before the Mexican-American War.

Antonio Santa Anna

300

This person established the Church of Latter Day Saints

Joseph Smith

400

This figure led a large settlement of Americans to Texas

Stephen F. Austin

500

This American general made it to Mexico City during the Mexican-American War, forcing the Mexican Army to surrender. His nickname was "Old Fuss and Feathers"

Winfield "Old Fuss and Feathers" Scott

Documents

100

This document settled the border in the Oregon Territory

Treaty of Oregon

200

This act gave federal land and money to universities for the expansion of engineering and agriculture institutions across the country

The Morrill Act

300

This document, signed by James Gadsden purchased a small strip of land in the American Southwest for 10 million dollars

Gadsden Purchase

400

This treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War, it included a clause known as the 'Mexican Cession'

Guadalupe Hidalgo

500

This act ended tribal ownership of native lands and forced private ownership, while sectioning off native land for sale

Dawes Act

Wars and other Battles

100

This is what Texans say to remember

Remember the Alamo

200

These are the states that the 'Mexican Cession' gave the United States

California, Nevada, Utah, and most of Arizona and New Mexico

300

This is the date that the United States declared war on Mexico

May 13, 1846

400

Which American general became famous during the Mexican-American War and later became president

Zachary Taylor

500

This American Naval commodore declared California a part of the US during the Mexican-American War

Robert Stockton

Misc

100

This battle ended the Texas Revolution

Battle of San Jacinto

200

This is why they called Californian gold miners '49ers'

They came in 1849

300

This is the name for the 'threatening' religious movement of natives, known for it belief that the buffalo will return and they will roam free across the plains, so long as they remain faithful

The Ghost Dance

400

This person coined the term 'manifest destiny'

John O'Sullivan

500

These are the three major platforms of the Populist Party

8-hour work day

Unlimited 'free' silver coinage

Limits on immigration