Who Am I? What Am I? Chapter 11: Expanding West
Section 1 – Trails to the West
1. John Jacob AstorCreator of the American Fur Company. Business owner
2. mountain menWestern fur traders and trappers
3. AstoriaName of the fur trading post at the mouth of the
Columbia River
4. rendezvous Annual meeting of fur traders to trade and socialize
5. Alfred Jacob MillerWestern artist
6. Robert GrayMerchant captain
7. Oregon Trail2,000 mile long trail from Independence, MO to Oregon
Country
8. Sanra Fe Trail Trail from Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM
9. Joseph SmithFounder of the Mormon church (Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints)
10. Book of MormonGolden tablets found by Smith containing religious
teachings
11. Brigham YoungLeader of the Mormon church after Smith’s murder
12. Mormon TrailTrail to Great Salt Lake City, Utah
Section 2 – The Texas Revolution
1. Father Miguel Hidalgo y CastilloMexican priest who led a rebellion against the Spanish
2. empresariosAgents contracted to bring settlers to Texas
3. Stephen F. AustinAgent who started a colony on the lower Colorado River
4. Old Three HundredName of the group of settlers brought by the man in #3
5. TejanosMexican residents of Texas
6. Antonio Lopez de Santa AnnaGeneral who was the ruler of Mexico
7. David G. Burnet (then Sam Houston)First president of the country of Texas
8. Lorenzo de ZavalaFirst vice-president of the country of Texas
9. AlamoMission that was the site of a massacre of Texas soldiers
10. San JacintoLocation of the final battle for Texas Independence
Section 3 – The Mexican-American War
1. Gadsden Purchase Name of agreement that gave US the southern part
ofNew Mexico & Arizona
2. Adobe Type of building material invented by the Anasazi Indians
3. water rights Laws set up controlling water use in the West
4. manifest destiny Term for America’s fate to reach the Pacific Ocean
5. John O’Sullivan Man who coined the term “manifest destiny”
6. John Tyler President, Pro-slavery Whig who wanted to annex Texas
7. James K. Polk Democrat governor elected President, expanded the US
8. “54-40 or Fight!” Slogan used to expand the US northern border into Canada
9. 1848 Date Oregon became a US territory
10. US Congress This law-making body that approved Texas annexation
11. Missions Term for churches set up by the Mexican government
12. Vaqueros Spanish terms for cowboys
13. Californios Early California settlers
14. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Man put in charge of early settlements in northern California
15. Zachary Taylor General put in charge of US army to fight over disputed Texas
land
16. Bear Flag Revolt Battle between Californios and Americans
17. John C. Fremont US Army Captain who fought with Americans in California
18. Winfield Scott US General who captured Mexico City
19. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty signed with Mexico giving US California, Utah, Arizona
Section 4 – The California Gold Rush
1. California Trail Trail that split at the Snake River, turned south
2. John Sutter Swiss immigrant who started a colony near the Sacramento River
3. Donner Party Pioneers who died trying to get across the Sierra
Nevada mountains
4. Sutter’s Mill (on American River near Sacramento) Location of the first gold find
5. forty-niners Name given to gold-seeking migrants to California
6. prospecting The search for gold
7. stake a claim The first person to arrive at a site would do this
8. placer mining Term for using pans, etc. to wash gold nuggets from loose rocks
9. 5% Percentage of immigrants who were women & children
10. Biddy Mason African American who became a prosperous landowner
11. China Immigrants from this country were taxed unfairly
12. 1850 Year California became a state
13. transcontinental railroad This method of transportation was completed in 1869
- US in 1783
- Florida
- Louisiana Purchase
- Texas (annexed)
- Oregon Country
- Mexican Cession
- Gadsden Purchase