OK History Chapter 8 Review
regular stopping places
stations
led another expedition of 130 people and 40 wagons that departed from Fayetteville, Arkansas through the Cherokee Nation and crossed the Grand River at Salina and the Verdigris near Claremore and headed northwest until they got on the Santa Fe Trail.
Lewis Evans
to add on, such as adding territory to an existing town, city, or state
annex
a neutral area between two larger areas with different uses
buffer zone
a procession of wagons traveling in single file
caravan
California through Indian Territory that went from Fort Smith along the California Trail until it came to Coal Creek, From there it turned southwest to El Paso, Texas, then west again.
Alternate California Route
Captain L. Evans's route that went from Fayetteville, Arkansas, then traveled through the Cherokee Nation, crossed the Grand River at Salina and the Verdigris near present-day Claremore, and headed northwest until they got on the Santa Fe Trail.
Alternate California Route
Explored the country along the Canadian River from Arkansas to the Cross Timbers. Saw no value of Oklahoma.
Benjamin Booneville
entered Oklahoma near Fort Smith and continued southwest to Boggy Depot where it crossed the Texas Road and went south to Colbert's Ferry and across the Red River. (from Mississippi Valley to California) Stagecoaches for the Overland Mail Company.
Butterfield Stage Coach
Marcy's trail from Fort Smith to Santa Fe.
California Road
Congress authorized him to survey and mark the Santa Fe trail in 1825.
George Sibley
new president elected in 1844 that quickly moved to make Texas the 28th state in 1845. Settled Oregon Territory dispute between Great Britain.
James K. Polk
Secretary of War who oversaw railroad proposal surveys from Miss. River to Pacific Ocean
Jefferson Davis
president of the Overland Mail Company who won the contract to carry mail between the Mississippi Valley and California in 1858.
John Butterfield
coined the term, Manifest Destiny, in the 1844 "Democratic Review"
John O' Sullivan
traveled hundreds of miles from Fort Smith to Santa Fe and on to Chihuahua Mexico with merchandise to trade w/ the Mexicans. Wrote "The Commerce of the Prairies"
Josiah Gregg
1860- A faster mail service going from Missouri to California. Young, lightweight men rode on them.
Know about the Pony Express.
A 17 year old grandaughter of Arkansas Governor Conway and cousin of President James Madison who men named "Rock Mary" after
Mary Conway
escorted 500 gold seekers from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. Called California Road. Wrote "The Prairie Traveler"
Randolph Marcy
Began at Independence Missouri, then the Cimarron Route (which cut through the Oklahoma Panhandle) to California
Santa Fe Trail
one of the first steamboats to travel Fort Gibson in 1827
Scioto
led 300 families from Missouri down the Texas Road in Indian Territory to settle in the new land that his father established in the Anglo colony in Texas.
Stephen F. Austin
Gold was discovered here in 1848.
Sutter's Mill
Called the Osage Trace. Passed by Vinita, then followed the Grand River by Salina and Fort Gibson on to Perryville and Boggy Depot and into Texas. Highway 69 follows this route today.
Texas Road
a railroad that spans the continent from ocean to ocean
Transcontinental railroad
signed in 1848- U.S. got all southwest territories and Mexico gave up its claims to Texas in exchange for $15 million.
Treaty of Guadalupe
Oxen, they didn't need as much food. It was cheaper, stronger and easier to work than horses or mules. They were also less likely to be stolen by Native Americans on the journey and would be more useful as a farm animal when you reached your destination.
What animal was best for pulling the wagons on the trails and why?
Fast-growing population outgrowing the orginal 13 states, economic downturns in 1818 and 1839, frontier land was inexpensive and offered new opportunities, concerned about unstable Mexican Govt. claims and British claims.
What conditions led to the Manifest Destiny?
The mssion to expand the democratic beilefs and ideals across the continent.
What is manifest destiny?
Texas annexation, a disputed border, and revolts in California.
What tensions between the U.S. and Mexico led us to war?
A handbook written by Captain Marcy for people traveling to California recommending routes and items that should be taken.
What was the "Prairie Traveler" and who wrote it?
1. Relocating the Five Trives and other Indians to the area of the Dakotas. 2. Securing a passageway through the territory and forming an Indian state. 3. Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. 4. 35th Parrallel route 5. Fort Smith to California ; Jefferson Davis
What were the proposals for building the transcontinental railroad and who was in charge of it?
By rivers on boats such as the canoes, keelboats, and steamboats.
Which way was the easiest way to travel in Indian Territory?
Explored the country along the Canadian River from Arkansas to the Cross Timbers. "I saw no place where I believe a settlement could be made to advantage... destitute of water, skirted with scrub and black oak... no minerals... little game... barren waste"
Who is Captain Benjamin Booneville and what phrases did he use to describe the land along the Canadian River?
they saw the democratic principles of the new nation of the United States as a welcome change from the more rensensive governments of their homelands; hoped to expand democratic beliefs and ideals across the continent
Why did the immigrants come to the U.S.?
a Missouri trader who led the first wagon train pulled by mules on the Santa Fe Trail in 1821.
William Becknell
a formal, legally binding agreement between two or more parties
contract
one who moves to a new country to settle there
immigrant
