Lesson 1
What nations made a claim to the Oregon Territory?
U.S., Spain, Russia, and Great Britain
True or False
The United States and Britain fought a war over the Oregon Territory.
False
After gaining its independence from Spain, Mexico gained this state that experienced a gold rush.
California
True or False
The United States provoked Mexico into fighting a war over Texas.
True
What is a boomtown?
A city/town that quickly grows its population.
The U.S. worked out a joint occupation of the Oregon Territory with this country.
Great Britain
Why did it take six years for Florida to be admitted into the Union?
A free state was needed to maintain the balance of free and slave states.
Who won the Battle of San Jacinto?
Texans/Americans
Mexico lost about one-_________ of its territory after the Mexican-American War.
merchants
Who made a living by trapping and selling furs?
mountain men
Mexico gained its independence from Spain and therefore gained control of this future state settled by Stephen F. Austin.
Texas
This general was forced to sign a treaty granting Texas its independence.
Santa Anna
What are two terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Answers will vary
Mormons left Illinois and ended up in this state.
Utah
True or False
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman converted thousands of Native Americans to Christianity.
False
Who won the Battle at the Alamo?
Mexico
This president did not want to admit Texas into the Union in 1836.
Andrew Jackson
What are two terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Answers will vary
Mormons were originally from this state.
New York
What does "Fifty-four forty or fight" mean?
This was the line of latitude many Americans wanted for Oregon's northern border.
Mexico closed further immigration into Texas because the Americans there refused to do two things. What were they?
Learn Spanish and convert to Catholicism.
After the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas was this for almost ten years.
Its own country
President James K. Polk sent Zachary Taylor to a disputed area between these two rivers.
Rio Grande and Nueces
The Gold Rush had a lasting effect on California's
___________, _____________, and ___________.
agriculture, shipping, and trade