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Page 1: Chapter 10 “Expanding West” Ms. Monteiro 100 200 400 300 400 Trails West Texas Mexican- American War Grab Bag 300 200 400 200 100 500 100 200 300 400

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