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WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE 1840'S AND THIS IS THE IDEA FOR ALL AMERICANS TO HAVE ALL THE WESTERN LAND TO THE PACIFIC? MANIFEST DESTINY
5 REASONS FOR GOING WEST? 1. THE MOOD OF THE DAY 2. THE LURE OF THE LAND 3. DESIRE FOR WEALTH 4. ADVENTURE AND A NEW START 5. RELIGIOUS REASONS
WHO WENT WEST TO BE MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS TO ESCAPE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION? MORMONS
WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE MORMON RELIGION? JOSEPH SMITH
JOSEPH SMITH WAS KILLED WHERE? ILLINOIS
WHAT WAS THE COMMERCIAL TRAIL THAT AMERICANS WOULD USE THIS TRAIL TO SELL ITEMS FROM MISSOURI TO SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO AND WAS THE FIRST TRAIL USED GOING WEST? THE SANTA FE TRAIL
THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAIL USED TO GO FROM OREGON & CALIFORNIA? OREGON TRAIL
WHO HAD FIRST DISCOVERED THE OREGON TRAIL? MOUNTAIN MEN
WHO REDISCOVERED THE OREGON TRAIL IN 1824? JEDEDIAH SMITH
WHAT BRANCHED OFF THE OREGON TRAIL & WENT SOUTH AND WEST OF CALIFORNIA? CALIFORNIA TRAIL
IN WHAT YEAR DID JEDEDIAH SMITH REDISCOVER THE OREGON TRAIL? 1824
WHO LEAD THE 1ST GROUP OF AMERICAN SETTLERS INTO TEXAS IN 1822 AND HE SAID THE AMERICANS COULD RECEIVE 640 ACRES AT A LOW PRICE IF THEY PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE 2 MEXICO AND BECAME ROMAN CATHOLIC AND WAS ALSO THE FATHER OF TEXAS? STEPHEN AUSTIN
WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO? ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA
WHO HAD USED THE SANTA FE TRAIL TO EST. A TRADING OUTPOST CALLED BENT'S FORT. WHEN THEY TRAVELED THE TRAIL THEY USED OXEN AND NOT HORSES. THEY ALSO TOOK A CANON ON THE TRAIL FOR PROTECTION? WILLIAM & CHARLES BENT
WHO HAD INVENTED THE BOWIE KNIFE AND DIED @ THE ALAMO? JIM BOWIE
WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE TEXAN TROOPS, AND THOUGHT THAT THE AMERICANS HAD A CHANCE @ WINNING SO HE DIDN'T WANT MEXICO FIGHTING THE WAR BUT JIM BOWIE REFUSED AND BATTLE WENT ON? SAM HOUSTEN
WHAT CATHOLIC MISSION TURNED INTO A FORT AND ALL MEN WERE KILLED (2 WOMEN AND 1 SLAVE HAD ESCAPED)? THE ALAMO
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE CRY FOR SAM HOUSTON'S ARMY? "REMEMBER THE ALAMO"
WHAT HOUSTON'S ARMY WERE CAPTURED AT SANTA ANNA & ALL FORCES AND FORCE GIM TO SIGN A TREATY RECOGNIZING TEXAN INDEPENDENCE? THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO
WHO WERE THE 2 PRESIDENTS DURING THE MANIFEST DESTINEY? JAMES K. POLK
WHAT WAS THE STARTING POINT OF THE TRAILS? INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
WHO WAS THE FUR TRADER WITH A CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY? JEDEDIAH SMITH
MEXICO EARNED INDEPENDENCE BY WHOM? SPAIN
WHO WAS THE TEXIAN COMMANDER AT THE ALAMO? COLONEL WILLIAM TRAVIS
WHAT WAS THE REPUBLIC FOR AROUND 9 YEARS BEFORE THEY BECAME A STATE? LONE STAR REPUBLIC
THE FORMAL PROCESS OF BEING ADDED TO THE UNION? ANNEXATION
WHO WAS THE PATH FINDER AND HE ARRIVES IN CALIFORNIA WITH 60 SOLDIERS JOHN CHARLES FREMONT
WHAT IS LEAD BY FREMONT & OTHER AMERICANS THAT LIVED IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY OVER THROUGH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT BEAR FLAG REPUBLICAN
WAHT TREATY OFFICIALLY ENDS THE MEXICAN WAR? THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE
WAHT IS THE BORDER OF MEXICO AND AMERICA RIO GRANDE
WHAT WAS IT WHEN WE GAINED CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, TEXAS WYOMING, COLORADO, AND AMERICA WE PAYED $15,000,000.00 MEXICAN CESSION
WHAT WAS A SMALL PIECE OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST THAT WE BOUGHT FOR $10,000,000 FROM MEXICO TO BUILD THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD? GADSDEN PURCHASE
WHO WERE THE 1ST TO SEEK PERMANENT HOMES? MISSIONARIES
IN 1846 WE SETTLE THE BOUNDARY OF OREGON AT THE _______ _________________? 49TH PARALEL
WHO LIVED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS & THEY TRAPPED FURS AND BOUGHT PELTS FROM THE INDIANS? MOUNTAIN MEN
GOLD WAS FIRST FOUND WHERE? ON JOHN SUTTER'S RANCH
WHO WEE THE MEN WHO FIRST CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849 IN SEARCH FOR GOLD? FORTY-NINERS
WHO'S PLAN WAS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? HENRY CLAY'S
WHAT IS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? THIS IS A DEAL TO ADMIT CALIFORNIA AS A FREE STATE & TO KEEP THE NORTH AND SOUTH HAPPY
WHAT WAS ALLOWING THE PEOPLE IN TERRITORY TO BE FEE OR SLAVE? POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
WHO WAS A MECHANIC ON SUTTER'S RANCH WHO ACTUALLY FOUND THE GOLD IN 1848? JAMES W. MARSHALL
WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT THAT TAKES OVER FOR ZACHARY TAYLOR AND HE IS THE ONE WHO SIGNS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? MILLARD FILLMORE
WHO WAS THE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS WHO GET IT PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS? STEPHEN DOUGLAS
WHAT IS A GROUP OF POLITICIANS WHO DID NOT OPPOSE THE PROSLAVERY POSITION BUT, THEY WERE WILLING TO CONCENTRATE ON POLITICAL ISSUES AND LEAVE THE SOUTH ALONE? DOUGH FACES
HO WAS A DOUGH FACE DEMOCRAT AND WILL WIN THE ELECTION OF 1852? FRANKLIN PIERCE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS AND OLD ROUGH AND READY OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS: EXCELLENT STRATEGIST/PRIM/HIS MEN HATED HIM OLD ROUGH AND READY: HIS MEN LOVED HIM/TERRIBLE STRATEGIST/DRESSED MESSY
Who was known as old fuss and feathers? Winfield Scott
Who was known as old rough and ready? Zachary Taylor
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