Trails to the West
Head of the Mormon Church after Joseph Smith's murder.
Who was Brigham Young?
Agents hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas.
Who were empresarios?
Battle during which Americans declared California to be an independent nation.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
Group that was trapped in heavy snows while heading west; nearly half of the people died.
What is the Donner party?
Trail that led from Missouri to the Oregon Territory.
What was the Oregon Trail?
Mexican ruler during the Texas Revolution.
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
Purchase of parts of Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Word that means to search for gold.
What is prospect?
American merchant who created the American Fur Company.
Who was John Jacob Astor?
Young empresario who started a colony on the lower Colorado River.
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
Idea that the United States should stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
What is manifest destiny?
Swiss immigrant who started a colony near the Sacramento River.
Who was John Sutter?
Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico used primarily by traders.
What was the Santa Fe Trail?
Mexican priest who led a rebellion against Spain
Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla?
Eleventh president of the United States who supported manifest destiny.
Who was James K. Polk?
People who ccame to California looking for gold.
Who were the forty-niners?
Members of a church founded by Joseph Smith?
Who are the Mormons?
Battle in which Texas gained its independence.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
Treaty that gave much of Mexico's northern territory to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
People who mined for gold by using pans to wash out nuggets out of loose rocks.
Who were placer miners?