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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? _______________________