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Chapter 10 “Expanding West”
Ms. Monteiro
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Which trail to the West, which left from Independence, Missouri, forked after
crossing the Rocky Mountains – one trail then went to California and one trail went to
Oregon
Oregon Trail
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What was the name of the fertile (had soil that was good for growing)valley that settlers traveled to in
Oregon Territory?
Willamette Valley
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Which trail to the West followed an ancient trading route first used by Native Americans and traders
who used it could make huge profits?
Santa Fe Trail
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What trail to the West was used by a religious group that eventually settled in Utah?
Mormon Trail
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How did most people travel to the West?
Wagon Trains
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What attracted Americans to settle in the Mexican territory?
Free Land
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What did American settlers in Mexican territory have to agree to do?
Obey Mexican Lands
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This abandoned mission became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution
Alamo
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In this battle, the Texans captured SantaAna and forced him to sign a treaty giving
Texas its independence
Battle of San Jacinto
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Give the two reasons why President Jackson did not want to annex Texas
to the United States
Admitting Texas as a slave would upset the balance between slave and free states, and did not want to have a
war with Mexico
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What started the Mexican-American War?
American troops went into disputed territory
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What is the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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What brought about the end of the Mexican-American war?
Mexico city, the capital of Mexico, was captured
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What was the name for the land that Mexico was forced to give to the United States
at the end of the Mexican-American war?
Mexican Cession
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By what approximate percentage did the Mexican Cession
increase the size of the United States?
25 percent
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What were gold-seeking migrants to California called?
Forty-Niners
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James Marshall found gold near this place along the American
River.
Sutter’s Mill
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Why did California become a state only two years
after becoming a part of the United States?
Its population quickly increased due to the Gold Rush, which qualified it to apply for statehood
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From what Asian country did
many “travelers to Gold Mountain” come?
China
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Chinese miners faced a great deal of this when
they came to California
prejudice
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Most of the first non-Native Americans who traveled West had these two jobs.
Fur Traders and Fur Trappers
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Why was the beaver population in the East gradually killed off?
Hats from their fur were popular!
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Another name for fur traders and trappers
Mountain Men
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Name for the yearly meeting of traders and trappers
Rendezvous
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Owner of the American Fur Company, who became quite wealthy buying skins to make hats and coats
John Jacob Aster