Chapter 10 “Expanding West”

Part 2

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What was the name of the area in the PacificNorthwest that was claimed by Britain, Russia, Spain, and the United States?

Oregon Country

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About how long did it take to travel the Oregon Trail

to the West?

6 months

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What religious group did Joseph Smith start?

Mormons

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 Who was Brigham Young?

Second leader of the Mormon church

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The rush to the West occurred in part because of this item of clothing

Beaver Hat

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This Mexican priest led a rebellion to overthrow Spanish control of Mexico

Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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 Name the empresario who brought the first 300Anerican families to settle in Texas while it was still

part of Mexico.

Stephen F. Austin

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 Who was the ruler of Mexico, who suspended Mexico’s constitution and wanted to put greater

control on the American settlers in Texas?

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

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  What was the rallying cry of the Texans

at the Battle of San Jacinto?

“Remember the Alamo”

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Who became the hero of the Texan war forindependence, had the capital of Texas named after him, and became its first

president?

Sam Houston

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What do we call the idea that the United States was meant to spread from “sea to shining sea”,

from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans?

Manifest Destiny

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 In 1844, what was the main reason that James K. Polk was elected a President?

He believed in Manifest Destiny - Expansionism

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 What was the slogan “Fifty-four forty or fight!”about?

Latitude line to which Americans wanted

their northern territory to extend

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Name for the event in which Americansdeclared California to be an independent nation

Bear Flag Revolt

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 In 1864, who was the U.S. Naval commander who came ashore in California, raised the U.S.

flag, and claimed California for the United States?

U.S. Navy Commodore Robert Stockton

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Before the Gold Rush, what was the main reasonthat people came to California?

Meeting ground for traders from Mexico and the United States

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Name the group of people who in 1846 traveled to

California but were stranded in the

Sierra Nevada Mountains in winter.

Donner Party

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  What California port city became a

convenient trade center andstopping point for people on the

way to the gold fields?

San Francisco

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  Approximately what percentage of forty-niners

came from foreign countries?

20 Percent

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What was the name for forty-niners who used pans or other devices

to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock or gravel?

Placer Miners

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 Name the slave who was brought to California, gained her freedom, moved to the “small village”of Los Angeles, and eventually became one of the

wealthiest landowners in California

Biddy Mason

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 Until this was completed, California was isolated for twenty years from the rest of the United States

Transcontinental Railroad

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 Most miners did not become this

Rich

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In the dry climate of the West, large-scale agriculture was not possible

without irrigation and this

lead to arguments over what?

Water Rights

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 During the early years of Spanish rule of the West,what was the name of the system that organized and governed the land?

Mission System