CHAPTER 9 U.S. HISTORY STUDY GUIDE

Put the correct word that makes each sentence complete.

1. The ______was the economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than making them themselves. 2. ______is an economic system in which individuals and businesses control the means of production. 3. The inventor of the telegraph was ______. 4. The inventor of the steel plow was ______. 5. The inventor of the mechanical reaper was ______. 6. ______is the belief that the United States would expand across the continent. 7. ______was the founder and leader of the Mormons. 8. ______was the leader of the Mormons who decided to move the group west to Utah. 9. The leader of American colony in Texas was ______. 10. ______was both a Mexican president and General who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution. 11. ______was the first president of the Republic of Texas. 12. The word meaning to make part of or incorporate is to ______. 13. The 11th president who wanted a war with Mexico was ______. 14. ______was an American general in war with Mexico and the 12th president. 15. The ______was the treaty that ended the war with Mexico.

16. ______was the site of a key battle in the Texas War for Independence, even though the Texans lost.

17. The final borders of the lower 48 states were established in the ______in 1853.

18. The name of a man who founded the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints that was killed by an anti-Mormon mob in 1844 is ______

19.“Fifty four forty of fight” referred to a boundary dispute between the U.S. and ______.

20. The inventor of new rubber product (vulcanized) that didn’t freeze or melt was ______

21. Why didn’t some people in the U.S. want Texas to become a state?

22.Which event was most responsible for creating a diverse population in California? 23. Which treaty provided various Native American tribes control of the Central Plains in exchange for their agreement not to attack white settlers? ______

24. Which territory was declared independent when a group of Americans led by John C. Fremont seized the town of Sonoma & raised a flag that featured a grizzly bear?

25. Which overland trail is going to start in Nauvoo, Illinois & end up in Utah?

LOOK ON THE MAP OF THE U.S.

26. South Dakota was acquired by the U.S. as part of the ______

27. California was acquired by the U.S. as part of the______

28. The southern part of Arizona was acquired by the U.S. as part of the ______

29. Florida was acquired by the U.S. as part of the ______

30. Idaho was acquired by the U.S. as part of the ______

31. The treaty signed with Britain to end the American Revolution gave the colonies land all the way West to the ______River.

32. The ______doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803 and added territory such as Missouri and Iowa.

33. Which trail began in Independence Missouri and went in a northwestern direction until it reached a valley near the Pacific Ocean? ______