The Oregon Territory

The Oregon Trail

How justifiable was
U.S. Expansion in the

1800s?

Objective

Multiple Choice

Mexico granted ______________________ the ability to start making a colony of American settlers in Texas?

• Sam Houston

• Stephen F. Austin

• Davy Crockett

• William Travis

Multiple Select

Which of the following were complaints of American settlers in Texas in 1830? [Select ALL that Apply]

• Americans were used to governing themselves and did not want to take orders from the Mexican government.

• Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829 and many Americans in Texas were slaveholders.

• All official documents had to be in Spanish.

• were upset that many Mexicans had settled in Texas illegally

Multiple Select

Which of the following were complaints of Tejanos in Texas in 1830? [Select ALL that Apply]

• Tejanos were upset that many Americans had settled in Texas illegally

• Americans showed little respect for Mexican culture

• Many Americans had no intention of becoming citizens.

Multiple Select

What arguments were made AGAINST annexing Texas so that it would be a part of the United States? [Choose 2]

• Annexation might lead to war with Mexico.

• Annexing Texas into the United States was manifest destiny.

• Northerners did not want to add another slave state to the nation.

• Southerners were eager to add another slave state.

Multiple Select

What arguments were made in FAVOR of annexing Texas so that it would be a part of the United States? [Choose 2]

• Annexation might lead to war with Mexico.

• Annexing Texas into the United States was manifest destiny.

• Northerners did not want to add another slave state to the nation.

• Southerners were eager to add another slave state.

Multiple Choice

A Spanish mission converted into a fort, it was besieged by Mexican troops in 1836. The Texas garrison held out for thirteen days, but in the final battle, all of the Texans were killed by the larger Mexican force.

• Mexican-American War

• Texas War for Independence

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• The Alamo

Multiple Choice

As a result of the battle of _____________________, Sam Houston and the Texan revolutionary army were able to secure Texan Independence from Mexico.

• Battle of the Alamo

• Battle of San Antonio

• Battle of San Jacinto River

• Battle of Austin

Multiple Select

What were 3 arguments against completing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803? [Choose 3]

• Eastern States feared addition of new states, weakening their power in Congress.

• Western States feared addition of new states, weakening their power in Congress.

• $15 Million was too much money

• The Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional

Multiple Select

What reasons MIGHT white Americans in Georgia want the United States to take over Florida from Spain? [Select ALL that Apply]

• Slave owners in Georgia were upset Seminole Indians welcomed runaway slaves

• Spain could do nothing to stop stop Seminole raids on farms in Georgia

• Seminole Indians raided landowners in Georgia

Multiple Select

Despite having only an order to stop Seminole raids into Georgia, Andrew Jackson did which of the following upon entering Spanish Florida? [Select ALL that Apply]

• executed [killed] two British subjects for encouraging Indian attacks

• replaced the Spanish Governor with an American Governor

• captured Spanish military posts

• invaded Florida

●Oregon Country (1819)
○Russia

○Spain

○Great Britain

○United States

●By 1825...
○Great Britain & The United
States had “joint
occupation” of the land.

Oregon Territory

William Clark

Meriwether Lewis

●Lewis and Clark
○Expeditions - 1804 and 1806

○Too rugged path for
pioneers to follow

●Jedediah Smith (1824)
○Found “South Pass”
through Rocky Mountains
enabling people to follow.

Oregon Territory +
Oregon Trail

Multiple Choice

What was the West's most valuable commodity [good] at the time of the Lewis & Clark Expedition? This good was used as money or a trade item.

• salt

• knives

• beaver pelts

• guns

Multiple Choice

How many calories of food did fur trappers need to eat to survive in the harsh conditions of the West? [Hint: It's 3 times your normal daily intake today]

• 2,000 calories

• 3,500 calories

• 5,000 calories

• 6,000 calories

Multiple Choice

The trails and wagon trails developed in the West by this frontiersman during the 1800s are still used today (e.g. Interstate 15). Who is this famous fur trapper?

• James K. Polk

• Davy Crokett

• Jedidiah Smith

• Stephen F. Austin

●Oregon “Fever”
○“Pioneers Paradise”

○Encouraged people to move

●James K. Polk (1846)
○“All of Oregon or none!”

○“Fifty-Four Forty or fight!”

○Too risky to go to war

○Compromise Treaty with
Britain - 49th Parallel

Annexation of Oregon