chapter 14

Question 1

date; Texas war for independence

Answer 1

1836

Question 2

date; annexation of texas

Answer 2

1845

Question 3

date; Mexican war

Answer 3

1846-1848

Question 4

date; treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo

Answer 4

1848

Question 5

date; California gold rush

Answer 5

1849

Question 6

date; gadsden purchase

Answer 6

1853

Question 7

date; pres james Polk

Answer 7

1849

Question 8

as the south ran out of land, Americans started to look at the Mexican territory

Answer 8

lone star republic

Question 9

granted a large tract in TX by the govt. of Mexico

Answer 9

Moses Austin

Question 10

1st to lead American settlers to Texas

Answer 10

Stephen Austin

Question 11

freedoms of Americans were threatened under new Mexican govt.

Answer 11

Mexican restrictions

Question 12

violence began between the American settlers and Mexico, initiating what

Answer 12

texas war for independence

Question 13

leaders in the war for independence

Answer 13

gen. Santa Anna and Sam Houston

Question 14

leader in Mexico

Answer 14

general Santa Anna

Question 15

leader of the texan forces

Answer 15

leader of texan forces

Question 16

first major battle of the war

Answer 16

the alamo

Question 17

led the Texans against Santa Anna’s army

Answer 17

William Travis

Question 18

all of the defenders including who, were killed; this battle was lost

Answer 18

Davy crockett and James Bowie

Question 19

sam houston defeated and captured Santa Anna

Answer 19

battle of San jacinto

Question 20

the Mexican army surrendered and the ___________ was established

Answer 20

lone star republic

Question 21

first president of Texas

Answer 21

Sam Houston

Question 22

expression of the ppls will by a vote; Texas wanted to be annexed to America

Answer 22

plebiscite

Question 23

most expansionists who wanted to see america grow, lived in the _______

Answer 23

south

Question 24

the north was mostly against Texas joining because of _____

Answer 24

slavery

Question 25

both the US and England had land claims where

Answer 25

Oregon

Question 26

they agreed to jointly settle the territory

Answer 26

oregon

Question 27

established an extensive fur trade for England

Answer 27

Hudson bay company

Question 28

established a methodist mission in the Oregon territory

Answer 28

Jason Lee

Question 29

presbyterian medical missionary sent by the american board of foreign missions

Answer 29

Dr. Marcus Whitman

Question 30

first white woman to journey west of the Rockies

Answer 30

narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding

Question 31

led the great migration across the rockies to settle Oregon

Answer 31

marcus whitman

Question 32

the main road that settles took to the Oregon territory, most travelled by Conestoga wagons

Answer 32

Oregon trail

Question 33

the south pass

Answer 33

Jedediah Smith

Question 34

defeated Henry clay in the election of 1844; served as pres from 1945-1849

Answer 34

James k. Polk

Question 35

Polk's famous campaign slogan of his willingness to fight the British for northwest territory

Answer 35

Fifty-four Forty or Fight

Question 36

Texas joined the union in 1845 as a _______

Answer 36

slave state

Question 37

England and America agreed to a treaty using the 49th parallel as a Canada/Oregon border

Answer 37

49th parallel

Question 38

America general sent to protect the Texas border from possible invasion

Answer 38

Zachary Taylor

Question 39

nickname old rough and ready

Answer 39

Zachary Taylor

Question 40

an American diplomat who offered to purchase Mexico's territory in America; Mexico refused

Answer 40

John Slidell

Question 41

general Taylor led his army to the _____

Answer 41

Rio grande river

Question 42

mexico viewed this as an attempt invasion, so what happened

Answer 42

they declared war

Question 43

Taylor invaded Mexico and captured ______ in September of 1846

Answer 43

Monterrey

Question 44

general Winfield Scott invaded ______ and then attacked the capital

Answer 44

Veracruz

Question 45

led the American settlers in CA against the MX gov.

Answer 45

John c. Fremont

Question 46

bear flag revolt

Answer 46

is what the thingy was called, js study it frl

Question 47

led forces from Missouri across the Rockies to assist in N.M

Answer 47

Steven w. Kearny

Question 48

mexico lost all the major battles and was forced to ______

Answer 48

surrender

Question 49

ended the war, and gave CA, NM, and Texas to america

Answer 49

treaty of guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 50

owned a farm in Sacramento

Answer 50

John Sutter

Question 51

gold was discovered and poured into the state, what people were they called

Answer 51

forty-niners

Question 52

the population of California had _______ to join America

Answer 52

increased

Question 53

the border of california was finalized when the ________ was completed

Answer 53

gadsden purchase

Question 54

allowed for the US to possess any unclaimed land that had guano fertilizer

Answer 54

guano islands act