Westward Expansion
True or False: The Mexican-American War was fought as a dispute over the border of California.
What is False. The Mexican-American War was fought as a dispute over the border of Texas.
The Gold Rush of 1849 happened in this western territory, quickly allowing it to become a new state.
California
True or False: The Mexican-American War was fought as a dispute over the border of California.
What is False? The Mexican-American War was fought as a dispute over the border of Texas.
This cash crop was imported from the South to European countries for textile production.
What is cotton?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed this state to be entered in the Union as a FREE state.
Answers: Maine, California, Arizona or Texas
California
The _______ River was the starting point for many western trails such as the Oregon, California, & Santa Fe Trails.
Answers: Missouri, Mississippi or Colorado
What is the Missouri River?
______ were religious communities that were established by Spanish explorers in North America.
Answers: Missions, Temples, or Synagogues
What are missions?
Abolitionists did not support the Mexican-American War in order to gain new territory out west because it would ___________.
What is expand slavery to new areas in the U.S.?
She wrote an important novel about the horrors of slavery titled Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The _______ Compromise prohibited the addition of new slave states to the U.S., north of the 36/30 parallel.
Answers: Great, 1850, Missouri, California
What is Missouri?
_______ were cattle ranchers living in California who gained land rights from the Mexican government.
Answers: Priests, Missionaries, or Rancheros
Who were rancheros?
Latinos comprise half the current population of this Western city, also famous for its sunny weather and entertainment industry.
Answers: Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco or San Diego
What is Los Angeles?
This territory was purchased by the U.S. government from Mexico for $20 million.
Answers: Arizona, New Mexico, California or Texas
What is California?
_______ is the right of the people of a state or territory to decide whether they want to be a free or slave state.
Answers: Abolitionist, Popular sovereignty, Arsenal or Martyr
What is popular sovereignty?
He was a well-known abolitionist who murdered Kansas citizens who supported slavery.
Who was John Brown?
___________ was the Commander of the Texas forces during the Texas Revolution (1835 - 1836).
Answers: Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, or Stephen Austin
Who was Sam Houston?
The "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" campaign regarded the border of this western territory.
Answers: Arizona, California, Nevada, or Oregon
What is Oregon?
This battle contributed to the U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War.
Answers: San Jacinto, Palo Alto, Gettysburg, Little Bighorn
What is Palo Alto?
The _____ has a warm climate that was perfect for growing cash crops like cotton and tobacco. The ______ had seasonal weather and large industries.
Answer: North, South OR South, North
What is South, North? The South has a warn climate that was perfect for growing cash crops like cotton and tobacco. The North has seasonal weather and large industries.
This famous Supreme Court case decided that slaves were considered personal property and did not have citizenship rights.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sandford?
Texas settlers broke Mexican law when they kept ownership of _______.
What is slaves?
This country lost more than half of its territories in the West to the United States.
What is Mexico?
Commander ________ led the successful capture of Mexico City to end the Mexican-American War.
Answers: Sam Houston, Winfield Scott, or Robert E Lee
Who was Winfield Scott?
In his public debates against Stephen Douglas, he declared that slavery is morally and politically wrong for our country.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The first battle of the US Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?