Trails
This trail stretches around 800 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Santa Fe Trail
The Spanish Mission where 187 Texan defenders held off 4,000 Mexican troops for days before being
overwhelmed and killed is called?
The Alamo
Who is the founder of the Mormon religion and what happened to him?
Joseph Smith, angry mob raided his jail cell and killed him.
After being driven out of Illinois, the Mormons ventured West and settled near what geographic feature?
Great Salt Lake
On a scale of 1-10, how much of a baller is Vigil?
12
This trail led from Illinois to the Great Salt Lake.
Mormon Trail
Mexico encouraged American settlers to settle in Texas if they agreed to obey Mexican laws and practice what
religion?
Catholicism
This man led the Mormon migration to Utah.
Brigham Young
Individuals who flocked to California in the late 1840s to find gold and strike it rich were known as:
49ers
The fever of expansion that swept the United States during the 1840s and proposed that the United States of America was destined to occupy all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean was known as?
Manifest Destiny
This trail began in Independence, Missouri and ended at the Willamette Valley near present-day Portland.
Oregon
What is another name for the Texas Republic?
Lone Star Republic
Man who led the first group of American settlers to Texas.
Stephen F. Austin
What does the term "annex" mean?
To incorporate into.
Describe what the term Manifest Destiny means.
The belief that U.S. should expand from Atlantic to Pacific.
This is the name of the wagon train whose tragic attempt to take a shortcut left them stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains throughout the winter.
Donner Party
Describe the events that led to the annexation of Texas by the United States.
Mexico invites American settlers, tensions rise over religion and slavery, war breaks out (Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto), Texas wins freedom, Texas annexed by United States.
President and general who led Mexican troops against Texan defenders at the Alamo.
Santa Anna
Describe at least 3 factors that would influence someone's influence to travel west.
Gold, land, furs, business opportunities, religious freedom, etc.
Newspaper editor who coined the phrase, "Manifest Destiny"
John L. O'Sullivan
Describe 5 major obstacles faced by settlers moving westward.
Disease (fever, dysentery, cholera, typhoid, etc), Weather (storms, winter, heat, no water), Native American tribes, Rough terrain, Wildlife, etc.
Santa Anna's troops executed 300 Texans at this location.
Goliad
This man is known for his quick victory against the Mexico troops at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Sam Houston
Where was the Mormon religion founded? Where did it move from there?
Western New York, moved to Illinois.
How did the idea of Manifest Destiny effect the relationship between the United States and Native American tribes and the United States and Mexico?
Continuous westward expansion led to increased conflict with the Native Americans and, after the U.S. annexed Texas, eventually led to war with Mexico.