Events
Freedom to practice their religious beliefs, particularly polygamy.
What forced a large group of Mormons to move west?
Fifty-Four-Forty or Fight
What was James Polk campaign slogan?
Businesses in smaller areas that became prosperous after personal failure during the Gold Rush.
What were the boomtowns?
Manifest Destiny is our obligation as a nation to expand and further the discovery by Lewis & Clark.
What was written by editor John Louis O'Sullivan?
The area of present-day states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming
What was the Oregon Country?
Acquiring the rest of now New Mexico and Arizona.
What was the Gadsen Purchase?
A "gentleman's agreement" between Britain and the U.S.
What was the Oregon Treaty?
What was the compromise between the U.S. and Britain regarding the international border?
A well-known group who rushed to the west for wealth.
Who were the forty-niners.
Push Pull factors.
A 2000 mile-long path to the west.
What was the Oregon Trail?
What appeared to be ships crossing over the land.
What were the covered wagons "schooners" used to move on the Oregon Trail?
Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery documentation and surveillance of the western lands to be furthered explored.
What was one point of justification for Manifest Destiny?
Those who were the first to travel the Oregon Trail.
Who were the missionaries?
Stretched from California to Texas.
What was the New Mexico Province prior to the Treaty of Guadalupe?
Becoming rich in a Mexico-controlled territory.
What was the California Gold Rush?
The Lone Star Republic.
What was Texas when they requested Annex to the U.S?
Mexico gave up present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe?
Married NA women, were beaver trappers, and beaver fur traders.
Who were the Mountain Men?
The second most popular name of California before the annex.
What was the Bear Flag Republic?
Also known as the Mexican Cession.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe?
The Rio Grande
What was the established international border between Texas and Mexico?
Annex
What is the term used when one country takes over part or all of another country or territory?
Purchasing large areas of land to sell for a profit.
Who were the land speculators?
Declared independence from Mexico while living in California.