Unit 6 Review

I

100

Huge properties for raising livestock

Rancho

200

People who went to California during the Gold Rush of 1849

Forty-niner

300

another word for covered wagon, so called because they look like ships sailing across a sea of grass

Prairie Schooner

400

President during Westward Expansion, Mex-American War, credited with finishing Manifest Destiny, also confirmed the discovery of gold in California 

James K Polk

500

expedition commissioned by Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory.

Corps of Discovery 

Haven't

100

Communities that quickly grow in population

Boomtown

200

to settle on public land to use as a home

Homesteading

300

Commander of the Texan army who led a surprise attack against Santa Anna's army. Best known for helping Texas earn its independence and was elected President of the Republic of Texas. 

Sam Houston

400

Announced that European nations must stay out of the affairs of the Americans, if not, it would be seen as an act of war.

Monroe Doctrine

500

Required that all escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters. Nicknamed the "Bloodhound Law". 

Fugitive Slave Act

Studied

100

To add land to a country

Annex/Annexation

200

Someone who went to an area before it was settled

Pioneers 

300

a covered wagon used to carry freight across the prairies

Conestoga

400

famous Alamo defender who refused to surrender even after his requested reinforcements never show. He was executed by General Lopez....famous last words "never surrender or retreat".

Colonel William Travis

500

Congress added California as a free state, but the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened.

Compromise of 1850

At

100

a group traveling together on a long journey. The wagons would travel in a straight line and then circle at night for protection

Caravan

200

A person who leaves to go live somewhere else

Emigrant

300

4th President elected, helped write the Federalist Papers, known as "Father of the Constitution" and was President during the War of 1812 with England.

James Madison

400

To give land to another country

Cede/Cession 

500

Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state. 11 Free/11 Slave

Missouri Compromise

All :(

100

A place that has never been seen

Frontier 

200

a person who lived in the mountains and was usually a trapper or a hunter

Mountain Man

300

the belief that the United States has the right and duty to control all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Manifest Destiny 

400

dictator of Mexico during the Mexican-American War, ruthlessly wiped out the Texan rebels at the Alamo.

General Lopez de Santa Anna

500

the most traveled trail west, about 2,000 miles long, started in Missouri and ended in Oregon.

Oregon Trail