Oregon Trail
This was the primary reason for American interest in California.
What is the Gold Rush?
The person who wrote the "Blue-backed Speller".
Who is Noah Webster?
The invention that John Deere was known for.
What is the steel plow?
This was needed for industrialization to occur.
What is agriculture?
American envoy to Mexico.
Who is John Slidell?
The first white woman to journey west of the Rocky Mountains were Eliza Spalding and __________.
Who is Narcissa Whitman?
This missionary preached to the settlers in California.
Who is William Taylor?
A voter; in layman's terms.
What is a plebiscite?
America’s greatest contribution to the history of sailing vessels.
What is the clipper ship?
This crop dominated Southern agriculture.
What is cotton?
This is the battle in which the Republic of Texas won her independence.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
This person led the Great Migration to Oregon Country.
Who is Marcus Whitman?
This was the first college to admit women.
What is the Oberlin College?
This was the fastest way to send a message to the West.
What is by telegraph?
This kind of road was raised above the surrounding terrain to aid drainage.
What is a macadam road?
This officer won the Battle of Buena Vista.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
This was the slogan for the Democratic Party in 1844 : _________ or Fight!
What is 54 40?
This person founded the first lyceum.
Who is Josiah Holbrook?
This person invented the reaper.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie to this other body of water.
What is the Hudson River?
This American officer aided the Californians in the Bear Flag Revolt.
Who is John C. Fremont?
Jedediah Smith was known as this.
What is a Christian trailblazer?
This type of education is concerned with passing on to new generations the knowledge and proven methods of the past.
a. normal
b. progressive
c. public
d. traditional
The Father of the American Factory System.
Who is Samuel Slater?
The National Road was originally known as this.
What is the Cumberland Road?
Name both Texan joint commanders at the Alamo.
Who are James Bowie and William B. Travis?
This was the length of the trip of the Oregon Trail.
What is 2,000 miles?
In 1849, thousands of gold seekers were called these.
What are the forty-niners?
This person encouraged normal schools, which were used in the training of teachers.
Who is Horace Mann?
This person invented the first practical steam boat.
Who is Robert Fulton?
This is where the United States and Mexico signed a treaty that ended the Mexican War.
What is Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This was where gold was first discovered.
What is Sutter's Mill?
Name four other crops that were produced in the South.
Answers may vary.
What is tobacco, rice, hemp, sugar cane, indigo, corn, oats, and wheat?
This person was a frontiersman who died at the Alamo.
Who is Davy Crockett?