Trails to thw West
The Texas Revolution
Mexican-American War
California Gold Rush
100
Head of the Mormon Church after Joseph Smith's murder.
Who was Brigham Young?
100
Agents hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas.
Who were empresarios?
100
Battle during which Americans declared California to be an independent nation.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
100
Group that was trapped in heavy snows while heading west; nearly half of the people died.
What is the Donner party?
200
Trail that led from Missouri to the Oregon Territory.
What was the Oregon Trail?
200
Mexican ruler during the Texas Revolution.
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
200
Purchase of parts of Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
200
Word that means to search for gold.
What is prospect?
300
American merchant who created the American Fur Company.
Who was John Jacob Astor?
300
Young emprasrio who started a colony on the lower Colorado River.
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
300
Idea that the United States should stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
What is manifest destiny?
300
Swiss immigrant who started a colony near the Sacramento River.
Who was John Sutter?
400
Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe used primarily by traders.
What was the Santa Fe Trail?
400
Mexican priest who led a rebellion against Spain
Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla?
400
Eleventh president of the United States who supported manifest destiny.
Who was James K. Polk?
400
People who ccame to California looking for gold.
Who were the forty-niners?
500
Members of a church founded by Joseph Smith?
Who are the Mormons?
500
Battle in which Texas gained its independence.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
500
Treaty that gave much of Mexico's northern territory to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
500
People who mined for gold by using pans to wash out nuggets out of loose rocks.
Who were placer miners?
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