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Chapter 11 Directions: Using Ch. 11, pages 466­519, find the answers to the following questions. Do not use information from the text that we read in class. Instead, obtain your answers from the charts, pictures, graphs, maps, primary sources, biographies, America’s Literature etc. that we don’t have time to look at in class. Page # Question Answer 1. What was the “frontier food”? 2. How long did the trip west, along the Oregon trail, take settlers? 3. Mexican American cowhands that worked on ranches in the southwest were called… 4. What allowed California to be admitted into the Union as a free state? 5. Name one person that clearly doesn’t agree with manifest destiny. 6. What year does California become a state of Mexico? 7. What present day states did the US acquire through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? 8. What was the Pony Express used for? 9. What major city along the Oregon trail lies between the 40° & 42° N lines of latitude? 10. As a colonial family of Texas, how many acres of land were you given? 11. What was the ​
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“price of a life” at the auction held on 09/22/1852? 12. What were the last 2 states to be admitted to the Union? What Year? 13. How many countries does the Colorado River pass through? 14. T or F – Native Americans were one of the major threats of settlers along the Oregon trail. 15. Who was California’s first Governor? See other side Name: _______________________________ 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Scavenger Hunt ​
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Chapter 11 Name two battles the Texan Forces Won during the Texas War for Independence. On what page could I find an explanation of the process endured to become a state? What caused the use of the Oregon trail to diminish as a main means of transportation? What country did we acquire Alaska from? How much did we pay for it? What was the “battle cry” of the Texas Army? T or F – John L. O’Sullivan supported the idea of Manifest Destiny. How many victories did Mexico have during the “War with Mexico” against the US? What was the first capital of California? Where does the Colorado River start? Where does it end? What did Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton fight the US Government for? What did miners use to pan for gold? At what line of latitude was the Oregon country divided between the US and Britain? What year? What year did Levi Strauss begin manufacturing jeans? Who helped spread the word that Texas forces had been defeated at the Alamo? Name 2 things John Bidwell introduced to California. How many states were in the Union after Oregon entered in 1859? See other side