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Final Jeopardy
United States
industrialist who
manufactured plows
suitable for working the
prairie soil (18041886)
John Deere
(January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852)
was a leading American statesman and
senator from Massachusetts during the
period leading up to the Civil War.
Daniel Webster
Known as the Father of Texas,
led the second and ultimately
successful colonization of the
region by bringing 300 families
from the United States.
Stephen Austin
Mexican general who tried to
crush the Texas revolt and who
lost battles to Winfield Scott
and Zachary Taylor in the
Mexican War (1795-1876
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
United States politician and
military leader who fought to
gain independence for Texas
from Mexico and to make it a
part of the United States (17931863), First president of the
Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
1842 between the US and the
Brits, settled boundry disputes
in the North West, fixed most
borders between US and
Canada, talked about slavery
and excredition
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
This expression was popular in the
1840s. Many people believed that the
U.S. was destined to secure territory
from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Ocean. This rationale
drove the acquisition of territory.
Manifest Destiny
Treaty that ended the Mexican
War, granting the U.S. control of
Texas, New Mexico, and
California in exchange for $15
million
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The recommendation that the U.S.
offer Spain $20 million for Cuba. It was
not carried through in part because the
North feared Cuba would become
another slave state.
Ostend Manifesto
between U.S. and Great Britain
agreeing that neither country would
try to obtain exclusive rights to
canal across Isthmus of Panama;
Abrogated by U.S. in 1881
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
California, Colorado, Nevada,
Black Hills of the Dakotas,
where gold or silver rushes
began; boomtowns started up
Mining Frontier
a large migration of people to a
newly discovered gold field
Gold rush
Miners rused to Coloroado,
Nevado, the Black Hills of the
Dakotas, and other western
states to search for silver.
Silver Rush
A period of time in which hundreds of
thousands of citizens moved west and
began to farm the frontier, very much due
to the Homestead Act of 1862, which
offered 160 acres of free public land to
any family that settled there for a period of
5 years.
Farming Frontier
San Francisco, Denver, Salt
Lake City created because of
gold rush or natural resources
Urban Frontier
Industrialization of 1840s on
created shoes, sewing
machines, ready-to-wear
clothing, firearms, precision
tools, and iron products for
railroads, etc.
Industrial Technology
Heavy stream of settlers to the
Oregon country
Oregon Trail
May, 1836: Santa Anna treaty
recognizes Texas claim to
territory
Mexico repudiates
Oregon settlers demand an end
to join u.s
British Occupation
Annexation to U.S refused by
who ?
Jackson
Americans encouraged to move
into Texas (1820)
The Texas Revolution
This was the famine that occurred in
Ireland that killed of thousands of
people because the main potato crop
could not grow because of bad soil
that year
Potato Famine
the mission in San Antonio where in
1836 Mexican forces under Santa
Anna besieged and massacred
American rebels who were fighting to
make Texas independent of Mexico
Alamo
elected Vice President and
became the 10th President of
the United States when
Harrison died (1790-1862)
John Tyler
This Colonel, under the direction of Polk, led
a small army that captured Santa Fe with no
opposition. He then proceeded to California
where he joined a conflict already in
progress that was being staged jointly by
American settlers
Stephen Kearney
Final Jeopardy Topic
Strip of land in present-day
Arizona and New Mexico that
was acquired by the U.S. in
1853 for $10 million.
Gadsden Purchase