Manifest Destiny
Alamo/Texas Revolution
Miscellaneous
Oregon Trail
War with Mexico
100
What is Manifest Destiny?
Knowing that the United States of America was going to expand
100
What city is the Alamo in?
San Antonio
100
Where was the Gold Rush taken place at?
What is California
100
Where did the Oregon trail end
Oregon Territory
100
What State joining the USA made war with Mexico inevitable?
Texas
200
When Manifest Destiny happened, where did the USA expand to
The Pacific Ocean
200
How long was Texas its own county?
What is 10 years
200
What are the two main effects of the California Gold Rush
1) Rapid growth in the population 2) California became a state.
200
What mountains did the Oregon trail pass through
The Rocky Mountains
200
Who was the leader of Mexico
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
300
What was the First state added in the West
California
300
What is the name of people of Spanish decent who called Texas home?
Tejanos
300
Who were Jim Beckwourth and Jeddiah Smith
Mountain Men
300
Where did the Oregon Trail start
Independence Missouri
300
What treaty ended the War with Mexico?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
Who was the president that was in charge at the time?
James K. Polk.
400
What general became President of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
400
James Marshall found gold on whose land?
John Sutter
400
What was the most common mode of transportation to get to Oregon?
Wagon Train
400
What were the two main Generals in the War with Mexico?
Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor
500
Who were the three main groups of people getting in the way of Manifest Destiny
Mexicans, Native Americans and English
500
What river did Americans believe was the south border of Texas? Mexico disagreed.
The Rio Grande
500
What animal did mountain men most want to trap?
Beavers
500
The United States and Great Britain agreed to what parallel to divide the Oregon Territory?
the 49th Parallel
500
Remember the Alamo was a rallying cry during the War with Mexico. What other place did Americans "Remember"?
Goliad
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