Manifest Destiny
What higher power was noted as providing the authorization of America to expand westward (Divine Mandate)?
God
Name one (1) of the two (2) Indian Chiefs who were at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
How did Mexico view Texas' independence?
as a rebellious state that they would soon defeat.
A person who arrived in California during the Gold Rush.
"Forty-Niner"
What party took its name from a "movement of the people"?
The Populist Party
Searched for gold, silver and other precious metals in the western territories
Miners/49'ers
To add or acquire new lands or territories into an existing country or territory
Annexation
Name one reason for Lt. Col. Custer and the 7th Cavalry's defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Outnumbered, Fighting on the Indian's territory, Less Effective Firearms, Impatience, Condition of U.S. Troops
What issues resulted in the Texians to want to become independent and break from Mexico?
They no longer wanted to conform to Mexican lifestyle and laws - speak Spanish, become Catholic, follow Mexican laws, taxes, slave laws, etc.
Military operational term describing no prisoners will be taken during a military confrontation
No Quarter
What California city was the main starting point for most 49'ers and saw extensive growth during the Gold Rush?
San Francisco
He won the Presidential Election of 1896
William McKinley
Looked to raise cattle and sell them at market
The Cowboys
This real estate transaction in 1803 by President Thomas Jefferson added 828,000 square miles to the United States
The Louisiana Purchase
What prompted the U.S. to violate the 1868 Treaty of Ft. Laramie with the Native Americans in the west?
The Black Hills Gold Rush
What was the tactical defeat, but moral victory that took place in San Antonio, Texas in March of 1836?
Battle of the Alamo
He was the president and military commander of Mexico in 1836
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
This religious group traveled west to escape religious persecution
The Mormons
One of the Populist Party's goals was to get who/what group out of debt?
The Farmer
Searched for fertile and sustainable soil
The Farmers
What did the Dawes Act of 1887 attempt to do to the Native Americans?
Assimilate them to American culture
After Texas became an independent republic was it admitted as a free or slave state?
Slave state
What battle led to the defeat of the Mexican military by the U.S.
The Battle of San Jacinto
The specific location where gold was first discovered in California
Sutter's Mill
When supply increases, prices do what?
Fall
Worked on the new and expanding transportation method which was expanding westward
Railroad Workers
How did "Manifest Destiny" change the United States during the mid 1800s?
People began flooding to the unexplored west. Pushed the boundaries to the west.
What was the name of the all African American U.S. Army cavalry unit in the west?
The Buffalo Soldiers
Who was the first president of The Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago
The main overland route leading west to the California/West Coast territories
The Oregoin Trail
Was an organization of farmers and their interests in 1867
The Grange
This group was escaping religious persecution in the eastern U.S.
The Mormons
What was a major negative consequence for Native Americans during Manifest Destiny?
Forced displacement from their ancestral lands
Led the 7th Cavalry and was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
What can Texas claim to have been prior to statehood that no other state in the U.S. can?
Was a stand-alone sovereign country
He was a frontiersman, statesman and militiaman from Tennessee who lost his life at the Alamo
Davey Crockett
What was the most predominant foreign ethnic group who came to California during the Gold Rush?
The Chinese
Bimetallism
Fleeing racism and the legacy of slavery encountered in the southern U.S.
The Exodusters
Name at least 2 groups that moved westward during Manifest Destiny?
Farmers, Miners, Railroad workers, Mormons, Settlers
This violent event between U.S. soldiers and Indians on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation signaled an end to the Indian Wars in the west (Hint: Not the Battle of the Little Big Horn)
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
What was the rallying cry after the defeat at the Alamo?
"Remember the Alamo!"
These future military leaders would gain valuable combat experience which would lend to their development as army officers
U.S. & Confederate Civil War Generals (Lee, Grant, Bragg, McCllelland, Jackson, Longstreet)
Around South America, the Panama Route, The Oregon Trail
The 3 possible routes 49'ers took to get to California
What can technological advances do to contribute to supply levels?
Increase / Surplus
They sought new life and new residential opportunities in the western territory
Homesteaders
Name one (1) of the three (3) reasons for U.S. Manifest Destiny?
Divine Right (from God), Desire to Spread Democracy, Pursuit of Economic Opportunities
Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano thought eliminating this natural resource from the American West would force the Native Americans to reservations
The Buffalo
The Alamo complex in Texas was in-fact a _______________
Spanish Mission
Mexico accepted the southernmost border with the U.S. would be determined by the __________ River?
The Rio Grande
Was California admitted to the Union as a free or slave state?
Free State
Democratic Presidential candidate in 1896
William Jennings Bryan
Main cause of death to settlers on the Oregon Trail
Disease