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Ch.12, Westward Expansion

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  • What river did Mexico believe was the border between Mexico and Texas?
    the Nueces River
  • Which President promised, "All of Oregon, All of Texas"?
    James K. Polk
  • What religion was prominent in the Mexican territory once owned by Spain?
    Roman Catholicism
  • What territory completed mainland America?
    the Gadsden Purchase
  • The fort that started the California gold rush belonged to whom?
    John Sutter
  • Name 3 reasons people had for moving west in the 1800s.
    gain riches (gold, business like railroads and suppy companies), more farmland, spread the Gospel
  • For which war did the Mexican War serve as a "training ground"?
    the Civil War
  • What name was given to Northern Democrats who were willing to compromise with the Southerner Democrats who wanted to protect slavery?
    doughfaces
  • What river did Polk and Taylor consider to be the border between Mexico and Texas?
    the Rio Grande
  • What hero of the Mexican War became President?
    Zachary Taylor
  • Which President was a doughface?
    Franklin Pierce
  • Name 1 thing the Compromise of 1850 did.
    allowed popular sovereignty, Fugitive Slave Law, outlawed slave trade in Washington D.C.
  • What group founded Salt Lake City, Utah?
    the Mormons
  • What is the land that the United States gained after the Mexican War?
    the Mexican Cession
  • What war served as a training ground for commanders of the Civil War?
    the Mexican War
  • List the 3 major battles of the Texas War for Independence.
    Goliad, Alamo, San Jacinto
  • What the name for Texas when it was an independent republic?
    the Lone Star Republic
  • What treaty ended the Mexican War?
    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • What did the Wilmot Proviso want to do?
    ban slavery in any new territory received from Mexico
  • What city was the Mexican supply base?
    Goliad
  • What two countries claimed the Oregon Territory?
    the United States and Great Britain
  • Whose nickname was "Old Fuss and Feathers"?
    Winfield Scott
  • What did the Mexican government hope for the American settlers in Texas?
    that they would adopt Mexican culture
  • Who were usually the first Americans to arrive in a new western area?
    trappers and traders
  • Who was the famous mountain man that discovered the South Pass?
    Jedediah Smith
  • Who were the first to settle permanently in the Oregon Territory?
    Methodist missionaries
  • What was the most important trail to the West?
    Oregon Trail
  • The Bear Flag Revolution brought what territory into America?
    California
  • Instead of the 54 40' line of latitude, what became the boundary between the United States and Canada?
    the 49th parallel
  • What man was the first discover gold in California?
    James W. Marshall
  • Who became President after Taylor died in office?
    Millard Fillmore
  • What was the most important trail to the West?
    Oregon Trail
  • What battle was a major loss for the Texans, but eventually spurred them on to victory?
    the Alamo
  • Who was the president of Mexico during the Texas War for Independence?
    Santa Anna
  • How did America achieve the goal of the Manifest Destiny?
    Many moved west for different reasons. We gained land from Mexico including Texas and California. We received the Oregon Territory from Great Britain.
  • Who led the Bear Flag Revolt?
    John C. Fremont
  • Who owned Texas directly after the Texas War for Independence?
    Texas (It was its own republic.)
  • What is the Manifest Destiny?
    the idea that God wanted America to have all of the western lands to the Pacific
  • Where was Santa Anna captured?
    San Jacinto
  • Which President wanted to fulfill the Manifest Destiny?
    James K. Polk
  • What man led Americans to live in Texas?
    Stephen Austin (or Moses Austin)
  • What were Northern Democrats who were willing to compromise with Southern slaveholders?
    doughfaces
  • Who helped get the Compromise of 1850 passed in Congress?
    Stephen Douglas
  • What battle resulted in the capture of Santa Anna?
    San Jacinto
  • What country owned the Texas territory before the United States?
    Mexico
  • Who was the president of Mexico during the Mexican War?
    Santa Anna
  • Who led the Mormons to Utah after Joseph Smith died?
    Brigham Young
  • What is the concept of allowing the people of a territory to decide whether they would allow slavery?
    popular sovereignty
  • On whose land was gold discovered in 1848?
    John Sutter
  • Whose nickname was "Old Rough and Ready"?
    Zachary Taylor
  • Who led the Mormons to Utah?
    Brigham Young
  • The Compromise of 1850 allowed what state to enter the Union?
    California
  • Where did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to ban slavery?
    the Mexican Cession
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