Important People
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Important Things
Miscellaneous
100
This man created one of the largest fur businesses, the American Fur Company, and founded the city of Astoria.
Who is John Jacob Astor?
100
This was the name of a popular trail west that led from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
100
This means to search for gold.
What is prospect?
100
This was a group of western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevadas during winter.
What is the Donner Party?
100
These types of miners used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggest out of loose rock and gravel.
What are placer miners?
200
This man founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in western New York.
Who is John Smith?
200
The members of a church started by Joseph Smith were known as this.
What are Mormons?
200
This term refers to the gold-seeking migrants who came to California.
What are forty-niners?
200
This man opposed Henry Clay and favored acquiring Texas and Oregon.
Who is James K. Polk?
200
The gold rush began when gold was discovered at this man's mill.
Who is John Sutter?
300
This man took over the Mormon Church after John Smith was murdered.
Who is Brigham Young?
300
This term refers to fur traders and trappers.
What are mountain men?
300
This term referred to the colonists that were settled in California.
What are Californios?
300
This was an abandoned mission neaer San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.
What is the Alamo?
300
Under the terms of this purchase, the U.S. government paid Mexico $10 million to receive the southern parts of Arizon and New Mexico.
What is the Gadsen Purchase?
400
This man was a Mexican priest who led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and mestizos.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla?
400
This term refers to agents who were hired to bring settlers to Texas.
What are empresarios?
400
This term refers to cowboys who managed large herds of cattle and sheep.
What are vaqueros?
400
This was a 2,000 mile-long trail that stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into Oregon County.
What is the Oregon Trail?
400
This treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to turn over much of its norther territory to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
500
This man became the leader of Mexico and focused his attention on Texas.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
500
At this battle, the Americans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independence.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
500
This term means obvious fate and referred to our feelings of right in settling land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy.
What is manifest destiny?
500
This man started a colony on the lower Colorado River and later became secretary of state of Texas.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
500
During this revolt, the Americans declared California to be an independent nation.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
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