Trails
What are the 3 trails that people used to move west?
Oregon, Mormon, Santa Fe
What year was gold discovered in California?
1849
What Animal did the Plains tribes rely on?
The Bison
What is a cattle Drive?
Moving Cattle North to the market?
Who was the First President of the United States?
George Washington
To mine for Gold
What are the two methods of obtaining gold?
Mining and Panning
Who was the head General of the Mexican Army?
General Santa Anna
What is the name of the railroad that went across the United States?
Transcontinental Railroad
What Country attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941?
Japan
Why would someone move to Santa Fe?
What are the differences between mining and panning?
Mining is expensive, dangerous, and you have to dig into the ground.
Panning is cheap, not dangerous, but produces smaller amounts of gold.
Who was Chosen to lead the Army of Texas
Sam Houston
Who invented the American Fur Company?
John Jacob Astor
What President was so fat he got stuck in his bath tub at the White House?
William Howard Taft
Why would someone move to Oregon?
In search for free land and a fresh start.
How did the Mexican Cession expand the United States?
Expanded by litterally giving us more territory, areas like New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.
Who was allowed to create a settlement in Texas?
Stephen f. Austin
What is Manifest Destiny?
The rights of Americans to move and settle the west.
What is a mountain man and how did they help settle the west.
Men who would live in the mountains hunting and trapping for furs, they created the maps that the settlers would use.
How is the railroad going to Change the United States?
Allows for goods and people to be moved across the country quicker.
How did the horse change the way native Americans can hunt?
Allowed them to get in closer to the Animal making hunting easier.
Why did Mexico eventually ban Americans from settling in Texas?
Americans continued to Bring Slaves into Texas
Who won the 1984 NCAA Men's Basketball national Championship?
NC State