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Chapter 11 Jeopardy
Trails to the West
Question: Settlers too this trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
Answer: The Oregon Trail
Question: Traders took this trail to meet with Mexican merchants in the Southwest.
Answer: The Santa Fe Trail
Question: Brigham Young brought settlers across the country on this trail?
Answer: The Mormon Trail
Question: This trail followed the Oregon Trail until Idaho, then branched off towards the South.
Answer: The California Trail
Question: In which two cities did the Oregon Trail normally begin?
Answer: Independence, MissouriCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
Texan Independence
Question: He led settlers into Texas with Mexican permission.
Answer: Stephen F. Austin
Question: This man commanded the new Texan army?
Answer: Sam Houston
Question: Fighting in Texas began in this town?
Answer: Gonzales
Question: Although not the most important, this siege and defeat at the hands of the Mexican army is probably Texas' most famous battle?
Answer: The Alamo
Question: This battle ended the War for Texas?
Answer: San Jacinto
Mexican-American War
Question: Mexico was led by this military dictator?
Answer: Gen. Santa Anna
Question: The chunk of territory won by the U.S. after the war is generally referred to by this name?
Answer: The Mexican Cession
Question: He was the president and a driving force behind the Mexican-American War?
Answer: James K. Polk
Question: Mexican cadets bravely defended their capital city in this last battle of the war?
Answer: Chapultepec
Question: This treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Answer: The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Grab Bag
Question: This animal appears on California's flag?
Answer: A bear
Question: This man led soldiers across the Rio Grande and later became President of the United States?
Answer: Zachary Taylor
Question: The Mexican War was started by a border dispute centering around which two rivers?
Answer: The Rio Grande and the Nueces
Question: After the Mexican War the U.S. and Mexico made another deal for land, what was that deal (and the land that came with it) called?
Answer: The Gadsden Purchase
Question: The idea that the U.S. was meant to control North American from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
Answer: Manifest Destiny
People
Question: This fur merchant established the American Fur Company
Answer: John Jacob Astor
Question: This man founded the Mormon religion?
Answer: Joseph Smith
Question: He was commander at the Alamo?
Answer: William Travis
Question: This man helped California achieve its independence?
Answer: John C. Fremont
Question: This man replaced Joseph Smith when he was killed?
Answer: Brigham Young