Sec 1 Settlers Move West
What year did Oregon become a state?
1859
How many days did the Texans hold Mexico out of the Alamo?
12 days
What year did Texas become a state?
1845
Why did people go west?
sod houses
Who did the U.S. agree to share the Oregon Country with for 10 years?
Great Britain
Where did Texas fight for independence?
Alamo
What was the final border between Mexico and Texas?
Rio Grande
People who rushed west to get rich were called?
49'ers
What was a tent home made of poles and animal hides named?
tipi
What were trappers who lived in the Oregon Country called?
Who was the first president of The Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
What treaty did Mexico sign in 1848 to claim California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, New Mexico. And parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
When did California become a state?
1850
What was the desire to be rich called?
gold fever
Where did the Oregon Trail begin and end? (states)
Beginning: Missouri
End: Oregon
Who controlled Texas in 1820?
Spain
What purchase claimed the bottom of Arizona and New Mexico?
Gadsen Purchase
Who were leaders of the Mormons?
Bringham Young/Joseph Smith
What did they call soft leather shoes?
moccasins
When fur fell into decline, what fort was built on the Oregon Trail?
Fort Bridger
What treaty did the Texans force Santa Anna to sign in 1836?
peace treaty
Which president asked congress to declare war?
President Polk
What was it called if a Mormon man had more than one wife?
polygamy
What did they call animal skin?
pelt