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U.S.-1900 Chapter 9
1900 U.S. & Prior U.S. History - Davis - SVHS - Expanding Markets West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| People control the factors of production which allows them to keep the profits. | Capitalism |
| People no longer needed to be self-sufficient because they had a place to go and exchange their goods and services. | Market Economy |
| People who can make a lot of money, but they assume all of the risk. | Entrepreneurs |
| Our God-given right to own all the land from the Arctic to Latin America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific | Manifest Destiny |
| Land between Indian and White settlements. | Middle Ground |
| Believed that the lost tribes of Israel came to America and blended with the Native Americans. | Mormons |
| Invented the Sewing Machine. | Elias Howe |
| Invented the Steam Boat. | Robert Fulton |
| Used a system of dots and dashes, messages could be tapped across the country. | Telegraph |
| Were dug to connect waterways. | Canals |
| He invented a communication system using 10 miles of copper wire then the government gave him $30,000 to increase it to 40 miles, the first message went between Baltimore and DC. | Samuel Morse |
| During the mid 1800s, America went from being primarily agricultural to more ______________, workers left farms and cottage industries to work in mills, often textile mills. | Industrial |
| Who died in debt after developing rubber and the process of vulcanization. | Charles Goodyear |
| Shipping goods this way was more expensive but speed was the key. | by Train |
| What created goods for the market with most advances occurring in the North. | Regional Specialization |
| Who purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France, doubling the size of America? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What gave Indians control of the Plains while at the same time the US agreed to abide by the treaty and make annual payments to the Indians. | Treaty of Fort Laramie |
| On what trail did traders exchange goods for gold, silver and fur with Mexicans and then returned home. | Santa Fe Trial |
| What party traveling West did not make it across the mountains before the November snowsand by the time they were rescued, only about half survived – by eating the flesh of the dead. | the Donner Party |
| The Mormon religion was established in 1846 by | Joseph Smith |
| Over what issue did Mormons face discrimination which forced them to move from New York to little-populated, Nauvoo, IL. | Polygamy |
| James K. Polk, an expansionist, used the slogan, "______________” in his presidential campaign. | "54° 40’ or Fight” |
| Why did Mexico encouraged American farmers to settle in Mexico? | to protect the area from Indians |
| After the Americans declared independence in Texas Santa Anna marched his army to the ___________in San Antonio, destroyed the fort and killed all the Americans inside. | Alamo |
| American forces, led by _______________, defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto thus the Republic of Texas was born. | Sam Houston |
| Why was Texas denied statehood at first? | they wanted to enter the Union as a slave state |
| Which President who was an expansionist threatened war with Britain over the Oregon Territory and sent troops into Mexico to instigate a war – that Mexico could not win? | James K. Polk |
| What gave the U.S. the present-day states of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and California? | Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago |
| Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, outside San Francisco, Gold fever hit miners around the world and the population of CA increased to | over 100,000 people |
| Due to the Gold Rush California immediately applied for admission to the Union which upset the South because | they were outraged at the thought of another free state |
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