8th Grade Chapt 11 Test

True or False: In the early 1800s, the United States, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia all laid claim to part of Oregon Country.

• True

• False

True or False: After exhausting the beaver supply in Oregon Country, many mountain men found work as guides.

• True

• False

True or False: In 1844 the Democratic Party’s campaign slogan referred to conflict with Great Britain over Oregon Country.

• True

• False

True or False: President Martin Van Buren agreed to annex Texas.

• True

• False

True or False: The Mexican ranchos had Native Americans working the land in exchange for food and shelter.

• True

• False

What was the last country to challenge the United States’s control of Oregon?

• Britain

• Mexico

What allowed people from both Britain and the United States to settle in Oregon Country?

• joint occupation

• Manifest Destiny

Jim Bridger and Kit Carson lived in the West and worked as

• farmers

• merchants

• guides

Match the following

• ranchos

• Mexicans living in California

• Californios

• commander of Texan forces

• vigilantes

• huge Mexican properties

• Sam Houston

• route to western lands

• Oregon Trail

• took the law into their own hands

Whom did Texas choose as its president after Texas won independence from Mexico?

• Davy Crockett

• Jim Bowie

• Sam Houston

• William B. Travis