The West
Texas 1
Texas 2
Southwest
California/Oregon
100
A mountain man that had been attacked by a bear
Who is Jedediah Smith
100
Nickname of Texas in 1836
What is the Lone Star Republic
100
People of Spanish heritage that considered Texas their home.
What is a Tejano
100
A trail that led from Missouri to Santa Fe
What is the Santa Fe trail
100
A revolt of Americans led by John C. Fremont against Mexican Rule in California
What is the Bear Flag revolt
200
Born into slavery and became a mountain man
Who is Jim beckwourth
200
Head of 183 volunteers at the Alamo
Who is William Travis
200
One of the battles foughtover Texas independence; took place in San Antonio
What is the Battle of the Alamo
200
Settled in Utah, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Who are Mormons
200
Trail running from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon territory
What is the Oregon Trail
300
Men that opened up the west and were fur trappers and explorers
What is mountain men
300
Only man at meeting on independence of Texas that had military experience
Who is Sam Houston
300
Mexican President
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
300
Leader of the Mormons that led them out of the United States into Utah, which was part of Mexico at the time.
Who was Brigham Young
300
A carpenter sent John Sutter to build a mill; the first to discover gold in California
Who was James Marshall
400
People that bought huge areas of land in hopes to make a huge profit
What is a land speculator
400
Leader of 25 Tejanos at the Alamo
Who is Juan Seguin
400
A general that was ordered to place troops on the Northern Bank of the Rio Grande
Who was Zachary Taylor
400
Settlers of California that were of Spanish or Mexican Descent
Who were Californios
400
A large number of people rushing to California for gold
What is the California gold rush
500
Expansion is not only good, but bound to happen
What is manifest destiny
500
A colonizer of Spanish Texas according to live out his father's dreams
Who is Stephen Austin
500
Treaty that brought an official end to the war over Texas
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
500
American general that led troops to take over Mexico City
Who was Winfield Scott
500
Someone who went to California to find gold starting in 1849
Who were forty-niners
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