U.S. HISTORY Page 1 Expanding Markets and Moving West, 1825—1850 Name:
Mrs. Dickinson
STUDY GUIDE, CHAPTER 9
Date/Period:
Chapter 9 Objective:
To understand the causes and consequences of western settlement and to summarize the events surrounding
the independence of Texas and the war with Mexico.
You should know the definitions of the following terms, and the answers to the objectives.
This information can be found in the textbook, in class activities, and in homework and in class
assignments.
This study guide must be in your folder and in class every day.
Students can expect daily quizzes on the sections covered in class and on the next day’s sections: check the
posted reading due dates.
Vocabulary you should know: these terms will appear on section quizzes, tests, etc.
diverse
frontier
harvest
interdependent
restriction
skirmish
persecuted
provoke
Ch. 9 Section 1: The Market Revolution
specialization
market revolution
capitalism
entrepreneurs
John Deere
Cyrus McCormick
telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse
Charles Goodyear
Vulcanization of Rubber
Objectives:
1. Describe how industrialization and capitalism shaped the U.S. economy.
2. Identify the inventions that enhanced people’s lives and helped fuel the country’s economic growth.
3. Explain how improved transportation and communication helped link America’s regions and made them
interdependent.
Chapter 9 Section 2: Manifest Destiny
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Joseph Smith
“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”
Brigham Young
Mormons
manifest destiny
Black Hawk War
Treaty of Fort Laramie
U.S. HISTORY Page 2 Expanding Markets and Moving West, 1825—1850 Name:
Mrs. Dickinson
STUDY GUIDE, CHAPTER 9
Date/Period:
Objectives:
1. Summarize the reasons American settlers headed west during the mid-1800s.
2. Describe the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans.
3. Identify the westward trails and who used them.
Chapter 9 Section 3: Expansion in Texas
Stephen F. Austin
land grant
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Texas Revolution
Alamo
Sam Houston
annex
Republic of Texas/Lone Star Republic
Objectives:
1. Explain why Mexico encouraged American settlement of Texas.
2. Describe the struggle between Mexico and the Anglo settlers over Texas.
3. Describe how Texas gained its independence.
Chapter 9 Section 4: The War with Mexico
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Stephen Kearny
Winfield Scott
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
forty-niners
Gadsden Purchase
gold rush
Bear Flag Republic/Republic of California
Objectives:
1. Summarize the conflicting attitudes on waging war with Mexico.
2. Describe key battles that helped the United States win the war with Mexico.
3. Identify U.S. territories gained from Mexico.
4. Explain the impact of the discovery of Gold in California on the development of the West.
5. How did the issue of slavery affect the debate over the war with Mexico?