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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, Missouri
Council 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