: Jeopardy: Jeopardy Review Game For Expanding West Unit

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Western Fur Traders and Trappers

Mountain Men

Government sent troops to support travelers on this trail west.

Santa Fe Trail

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s looking for

Religious Freedom

What helped to push the American fur trade west during the early 1800s?

Beaver furs are wiped out in the east due to the high hat fashion

What was the Oregon Trail and how did it impact expansion?

Went from Independence Missouri to Oregon or California, followed the Platt and Sweetwater River, Young families traveled by wagon train, walked most of the way, shortages of supplies, poor conditions, caused the settlement and population explosion in the west

Agents who brought settlers to Texas

Empresarios

Almost all of these defenders were killed protecting this fort. Three were allowed to escape to let people know what happened.

Alamo

Jackson refused to annex Texas because…

It would upset the balance of power between free and slave states

Who was the Mexican general who was victorious at the battle of the Alamo and forced to sign a treaty handing over his control of Texas

Santa Anna

Put the following events into chronological order: Mexico Independent Mexico and Texas Sign a Peace Treaty Battle of San Jacito Texas War for Independence Starts Battle of the Alamo

Mexico Independent Texas War for Independence Starts Battle of the Alamo Battle of San Jacito Mexico and Texas Sign Peace Treaty

What treaty allowed us to purchase the southern sections of what is today Arizona and New Mexico for the railroad?

Gadsden Purchase

What are the causes of the Mexican American War?

U.S. involvement with California U.S. involvment with Texas Issues over the southern border of Texas if it was the Nueces or the Rio Grande River

Summarize the Mexican American War in a single statment

The U.S. won many of the battles eventually capturing the capital city of Mexico City ending the war.

The Mexican American War started when…

Z. Taylor moved into disputed territory along the Texas border and refused to leave when asked.

What was the significance of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Officially ended the Mexican American War, Mexico turned over much of its territory to the United States called the Mexican Cession, this increased the size of the U.S. roughly 25%

Who are the forty-niners?

Gold seekers from America and abroad who went to California looking for gold

What was the impact of the Gold Rush on San Franciso?

Increased the population dramatically

Searching for gold by washing of gravel is known as what type of mining?

Placer mining

What was a result of the rapid population growth in California due to the Gold Rush?

Quickly allowed California to be a state

What was the impact of the gold rush on the west?

Increased population of California Forced to deal with the issue of slavery Allowed California to become a state Manifest Destiny is realized

Why did Americans want to settle in Mexican Territory?

Cheap Land grew cotton expanded slavery

Slang Term for going west and mining for gold

Seeing the Elephant

This is a group of western travelers heading for California that got stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter forcing them to cannibalism.

Donner Party

What role did the Transcontinental Railroad play in California’s development?

Allowed California’s economy to grow because it connected it to the rest of the nation

James Which president was responsible for adding much of the land west of the Mississippi River to the United States?K. Polk

James K. Polk

What was Manifest Destiny and how did the slavery issue get tied up with it in the 1840s and 1850s?

Manifest destiny was the idea that the U.S. was destined to expand its control over the entire content spreading democracy. As they spread issues came up with regard to allowing slavery in areas where profitable.