Chapter 13 Review

1. Chapter 13 Review

2. A term which describes a place where mountain men used to meet to exchange trade goods; a place where people meet

3. rendezvous

4. A term used to describe the “add on” of territory

5. annex

6. A term which means to give up, especially as it applies to territory

7. cede

8. To hang in the form of an execution

9. lynch

10. An attack in which enemy forces surround and try to capture a city or fort

11. siege

12. A term describing a place where someone is safe from persecution

13. refuge

14. The first permanent American white settlers in Oregon were a. missionaries b. fur trappers c. Catholics

15. a. missionaries

16. The Mormons moved to the western part of the United States because they were a. seeking better farmland. b. forced from their homes from flooding. c. attempting to escape persecution because of their beliefs.

17. c. attempting to escape persecution because of their beliefs.

18. Mountain men led settlers through mountain passes and later would become permanent settlers in Oregon. True or False?

19. False

20. These were rugged individualists who lived off the land in the Oregon Country. a. missionaries b. Mormons c. mountain men

21. c. mountain men

22. True or False? Most 49’ers became wealthy from the gold they discovered in California.

23. False

24. What immediately happened after the Battle of San Jacinto? a. Santa Anna was executed. b. Texas became an independent nation. c. The Battle of the Alamo was fought.

25. b. Texas became an independent nation.

26. Texans wanted revenge against the troops of Santa Anna because of the massacre at a. the Alamo. b. Goliad. c. San Jacinto.

27. a. the Alamo.

28. Americans learned valuable lessons from the Mexicans including how to a. weave blankets and baskets. b. irrigate and mine using new techniques. c. travel across the desert with little water.

29. b. irrigate and mine using new techniques.

30. The biggest threat to people traveling by wagon train to the West was a. Indian attacks. b. winter storms. c. illness.

31. c. illness.

32. What was the incident which caused Congress to declare war on Mexico in 1846? a. The U. S. finally annexed Texas. b. Mexico invaded Florida. c. a border clash along the Rio Grande.

33. c. a border clash along the Rio Grande.

34. One of the problems faced by the new Lone Star Republic was the fact that a. the United States would not allow U. S. citizens to settle there. b. the U. S. claimed the land belonged to them. c. Mexico refused to recognize its independence.

35. c. Mexico refused to recognize its independence.

36. The U. S. and Britain settled their dispute over Oregon by a. the U. S. purchasing Oregon from Britain. b. Britain giving up its claim to all of the Oregon Country. c. an agreement to divide the land.

37. c. an agreement to divide the land.

38. Settlers were inspired to move to Oregon and the Far West in the 1820s because of the promise of a. more job opportunities. b. fertile land. c. established forts to protect settlers.

39. b. fertile land.

40. Mexico became fearful of losing Texas in the 1830s to a. Spain. b. the United States. c. the Native Americans.

41. b. the United States.

42. The siege at the Alamo is significant because Texan forces resisted Mexican forces for how many days? a. 6 b. 12 c. 21

43. b. 12

44. Santa Anna was defeated at the Battle of a. Goliad. b. San Jacinto. c. the Alamo.

45. b. San Jacinto.

46. Which of the following was acquired by the U. S. as a result of the Mexican War? a. Texas b. Oregon c. New Mexico

47. c. New Mexico

48. True or False? The religious and social beliefs of the Mormons were very similar to the general population living around them?

49. False

50. Texas was admitted to the U. S. by a. a joint resolution accepting the annexation treaty. b. war with Texas. c. the offer to purchase Texas for 15 million dollars.