History Soars at Pheonix  

Westward Expansion Powerpoint Questions

 

 

1. Where were people on their way to in 1846? (Slide 2)

 

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2. What was the name of the trail people traveled west on? (Slide 2)

 

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3. Why do you think the people traveled near a river on the Oregon Trail? (Slide 3, use your own opinion)

 

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4. What were families in search of in Oregon? (Slide 4)

 

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5. Name four countries that claimed Oregon? (Slide 5)

 

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6. Who did the land of Oregon rightfully belong to? (Slide 5)  

 

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7. Who trapped animals and lived off the land? (Slide 6)

 

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8. What is a rugged individualist?   (Slide 6)

 

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9. Name two animals that attacked the fur trappers? (Side 7)

 

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10. Who did the fur traders learn their survival skills from? (Slide 7)

 

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11. What was the rendezvous? (Slide 8)

 

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12. What was dying out?  (Slide 8)

 

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13. How did Marie Dorion win her fame? (Slide 9)

 

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14. Who were the first white Americans to build homes in Oregon? (Slide 10)

 

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15. Where did Marcus and Narcissi Whitman build their mission?  (Slide 10)

 

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16. What do you think was “Oregon Fever?” (Slide 11, use you own opinion)

 

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17. What was the name of the trail the settlers followed? (Slide 12)

 

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18. What is happening in the picture on slide 12?

 

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19. What was life like on the trail?  (Slide 13)

 

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20. What spread quickly on the trail? (Slide 13)

 

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21. What country owned Texas in the early 1800’s?  (Slide 15)

 

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22. Who set up the first colony in Texas? (Slide 15)

 

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23. Who won their independence from Spain? (Slide 16)

 

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24. Who were the Tejanos? (Slide 16)

 

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25. Why did the Texans and Mexicans fight?  (Slide 18)

 

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26. Who was the Mexican leader? (Slide 18)

 

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27. Define the term, dictator.  (Slide 18)

 

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28. What was the name of the Spanish mission? (Slide 18)

 

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29. Who attacked the Mexicans in the Battle of Jacinto?  (Slide 18)

 

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30. How many stars are on the flag of Texas? (Slide 19)

 

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31. What was the nickname for Texas? (Slide 19)

 

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32. What were the people of the United States divided upon? (Slide 19)

 

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33. Define the term, annex. (Slide 19)

 

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34. What kind of man was Sam Houston?

 

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35. What territory made up the New Mexico Territory? (Slide 22)

 

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36. What country did California belong to? (Slide 23)

 

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37. What was the name of the town the English colonists built?  (Slide 23)

 

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38. Were the California Indians a peaceful people? (Slide 23, answer yes or no)

 

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39. What was the name of the Spanish City that was built? (Slide 24)

 

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40. Who was the first American to head for Santa Fe? (Slide 24)

 

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41. What was Becknell’s trail called? (Slide 24)

 

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42. Who built the first European settlements in California?  (Slide 25)

 

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43. Who started the first mission in San Diego?  (Slide 25)

 

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44. Define the term, self-sufficient.    (Slide 25)

 

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45. How did Mexico speed up the economy?   (Slide 26)

 

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46. What was a Vaquero?   (Slide 26)

 

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47. After Mexico won their independence, did conditions get better or worse for Native Americans?  (Slide 27)

 

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48. Define the term, Manifest Destiny. (Slide 28)

 

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49. What term justified taking over lands belonging to the Indians and Mexicans? (Slide 29)

 

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50. What qualities mad James Polk a great president? (Slide 29)

 

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51. Why did the Senate refuse to ratify the treaty?  (Slide 30)

 

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52. How did Sam Huston trick the United States? (Slide 30)

 

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53. Do you think Taylor felt his troops were “whipped?”  (Slide 31)

 

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54. What is a Creole?  (slide 31)

 

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55. What was declared in 1846? (Slide 32)

 

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56. What was the new independent nation called?  (Slide 32)

 

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57. In what year did Mexico win their independence? (Slide 32)

 

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58. In what battle did Zachary Taylor meet Santa Anna? (Slide 32)

 

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59. What did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo say? (Slide 32)

 

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60. What was the name of the land that made up the Gadsden Purchase?  (Slide 32)

 

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61. What was the largest group of settlers to move into the Mexican cession?  (Slide 33)

 

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62. What was the land that the Mormons settled called today?    (Slide 33)

 

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62. Where was gold found in 1848?    (Slide 34)

 

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63. Who were the Forty-niner’s?  (Slide 34)

 

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64. Did the miners strike it rich in finding gold?    (Slide 36)

 

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65. What was the name of the city that grew in California?  (Slide 36)

 

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66. What happened to the Native Americans that lived on the California land?  (Slide 37)

 

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67. What did African Americans face in California?  (Slide 37)

 

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67. Look on the chart on slide 38. Was manifest destiny successful? Explain you answer.  (Slide 37)

 

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