Chapter 13: Manifest Destiny (1810-1853) (PART 2)

MONDAY
Chapter 13 Vocabulary Crossword
Use the vocabulary words to complete the Chapter 13 Crossword Puzzle
1) Mountain man
8) Lone Star Republic
2) Land specular
9) Manifest Destiny
3) Santa Fe Trail
10) Bear Flag Revolt
4) Oregon Trail
11) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
5) Mormon
12) Mexican Cession
6) Tejano
13) Forty-niner
7) Battle of the Alamo
14) California Gold Rush
15) ACROSS
16) 1. The 1846 rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California.
17) 3. The belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
18) 7. A member of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830.
19) 14. In 1849, large numbers of people moved to California because gold had been
discovered there.
20) DOWN
21) 2. The nickname of the republic of Texas, given in 1836.
22) 4. The 1848 treaty ending the U.S. war with Mexico; Mexico ceded nearly one-half of its
land to the United States.
23) 5. A vast region given up by Mexico after the War with Mexico; it included the presentday states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado,
and Wyoming.
24) 6. In 1836, Texans defended a church called the Alamo against the Mexican army; all but
five Texans were killed.
25) 8. A person who buys huge areas of land for a low price and then sells off small sections
of it at high prices.
26) 9. A fur trapper or explorer who opened up the West by finding the best trails through the
Rocky Mountains.
27) 10. A person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.
28) 11. A person of Spanish heritage who considered Texas to be home.
29) 12. Trail that ran westward from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon Territory.
30) 13. Trail that began in Missouri and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
31) TUESDAY
Read pages 406-411
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1) Imagine you are an advisor to President James Polk.
2) Write a letter stating 5 demands you would recommend for terms of surrender in the
Mexican-American War.
32) WEDNESDAY
Read pages 412-417
Gold Rush Journey
1)
Imagine you are mining for gold in California in the year 1849.
2)
Write a journey entry describing your experiences.
3)
On the paper draw something the miners would have seen while searching for gold.
33) THURSDAY

Chapter 13 Part 2 Review Questions (ON THE BACK)

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1) Who became the 11th President of the United States of America?
2) What was Polks slogan for fighting to control all of the Oregon Territory?
3) In the Oregon Treaty of 1846, where did Britain and the United States agree to divide the
Oregon Territory?
4) Who was the newspaper editor that was one of the first people to use the term manifest
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destiny?
When did Congress admit Texas as a state?
Where did Texas claim was their southern border?
Where did Mexico claim was the southern border for Texas?
Who was the Spanish-speaking U.S. ambassador sent to offer Mexico $25 million for Texas,

California, and New Mexico?

9) Who was the American general during the Mexican-American War that would become the
12th President of the U.S?
10) Who was the U.S. Army general who captured New Mexico?
11) In the Bear Flag Revolt, who led the Americans?
12) A symbol for the Bear Flag Revolt was a flag with a grizzly bear made with what material?
13) Who was the President of Mexico during the Mexican-American War?
14) Who was the U.S. general that landed troops at Veracruz, and on September 1847 captured
Mexico City?
15) What was signed to end the Mexican-American War?
16) What was vast region of land given up by Mexican after the Mexican-American War?
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