14.1-14.2

Question 1

year of the Texas War for Independence

Answer 1

1836

Question 2

year of the Annexation of Texas

Answer 2

1845

Question 3

years of the Mexican War

Answer 3

1846-1848

Question 4

year of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Answer 4

1848

Question 5

year of the California Gold Rush

Answer 5

1849

Question 6

year of the Gadsden Purchase

Answer 6

1853

Question 7

years of President James Polk’s presidency

Answer 7

1845-1849

Question 8

_______ was granted a large tract of land in Texas by the government of Mexico

Answer 8

Moses Austin

Question 9

first to lead American settlers to Texas

Answer 9

Stephen Austin

Question 10

violence began between the American settlers and Mexico, initiating the ________

Answer 10

Texas War for Independence

Question 11

leader of Mexico during the Texas War for Independence

Answer 11

General Santa Anna

Question 12

leader of Texan forces during the Texas War for Independence

Answer 12

Sam Houston

Question 13

first major battle of the Texas War for Independence

Answer 13

the Alamo

Question 14

______ led the Texan’s against Santa Anna’s army at the Alamo

Answer 14

William Travis

Question 15

notable people at the Alamo

Answer 15

Davy Crockett and James Bowie

Question 16

turning point in the Texas War for Independence

Answer 16

Battle of San Jacinto

Question 17

name for Texas after the Mexican army surrendered

Answer 17

Lone Star Republic

Question 18

first president of Texas

Answer 18

Sam Houston

Question 19

expression of the people’s will by a vote

Answer 19

plebiscite

Question 20

most expansionists (people who wanted to see America grow) lived in __________

Answer 20

the South

Question 21

The North was mostly against Texas joining because of ________

Answer 21

slavery

Question 22

two nations that had claims in Oregon that agreed to jointly settle the territory

Answer 22

United States and England

Question 23

_______ established an extensive fur trade for England

Answer 23

Hudson’s Bay Company

Question 24

Presbyterian medical missionary sent by the American Board of Foreign Missions

Answer 24

Dr. Marcus Whitman

Question 25

_________ established a Methodist mission in the Oregon Territory

Answer 25

Jason Lee

Question 26

_________ were the first white women to journey west of the Rockies

Answer 26

Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding

Question 27

_______ was led by Marcus Whitman across the Rockies to settle Oregon

Answer 27

Great Migration

Question 28

the main “road” that settlers took to the Oregon Territory

Answer 28

Oregon Trail

Question 29

the Oregon Trail was most travelled by ______

Answer 29

conestoga wagons

Question 30

responsible for the South Pass to Oregon

Answer 30

Jedediah Smith

Question 31

________ defeated Henry Clay in the election of 1844

Answer 31

James K. Polk

Question 32

Polk’s famous campaign slogan of his willingness to fight the British for the Northwest Territory

Answer 32

"Fifty-four Forty or Fight"

Question 33

Texas joined the Union in __1__ as a __2__ state

Answer 33

1. 1845 2. slave

Question 34

England and America agreed to a treaty in 1846 using the 49th Parallel as the _______ border

Answer 34

Canada/Oregon

Question 35

parallel the US and England agreed to use as the Canada/Oregon border

Answer 35

49th Parallel