US History I

Mr. Grundfest

CH. 10 Westward Expansion Test Review

  1. Californios
  2. Gadsden Purchase
  3. Sam Houston
  4. Bear Flag Revolt
  5. manifest destiny
  6. Santa Fe Trail

g.Stephen Kearny

  1. empresarios
  2. Oregon Trail
  3. Sutter's Fort
  4. forty-niners
  5. Tejanos

TRUE/FALSE Write T next to each statement that is true and F next to each statement that is false.

  1. Zachary Taylor was president during the Mexican War.
  2. The man most responsible for the Donner Party’s problems was Lansford W. Hastings
  3. Businesspeople who received generous land grants from the Mexican government in return for recruiting settlers for Texas were called empresarios.
  4. When the Donner Party reached Fort Hall, James Reed was told to take the shortcut route by his friend
  5. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo caused the Mexican War.
  6. Conflict between the Mexican government and Texans over slavery helped cause the Texas Revolution.
  7. By the end of 1849 Anglo Americans outnumbered all others in the California goldfields, and they soon began to drive other groups from their claims.
  8. California became a state 4 years after the gold rush
  9. After the Texas Revolution a spirit of revenge against all Mexicans prevailed, and Tejanos faced increased discrimination.

Know the answers to these questions.

  1. How did white settlements disrupt Native American life in the Oregon Country?
  1. How did Forty-niners reach the California goldfields?
  1. The forty-niners got their name because
  1. How did expansionists argue that it was the nation's manifest destiny to gain land in the west?
  1. What phrase is most associated with US claims in OregonTerritory?
  1. What kinds of hardships did travelers face on the Oregon Trail?
  1. What happened to the Donner Party? Why?
  1. What issues dominated the 1844 presidential campaign?
  1. Why did the Texas Revolution occur?
  1. Why did Mexico promote American settlement in Texas?
  1. What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
  1. Whatwords describe the US conflict with Mexico in 1846?
  1. What Forts were a major stopping point on the California Trail?
  1. Which words describe life in California's mining camps?
  1. What happened to many Tejanos after the Texas Revolution?
  1. Which people were associated with the Mexican War?
  1. What happened to Texas immediately after the Texas Revolution?