Flower
Who rushed to California in search of Gold
Forty-niners
Who was the leader of the Mormons?
A. Henry Spalding
B. Bringham Young
C. Sam Houston
B. Bringham Young
T/F
Polk wanted to take California because of all the factories there
False
Port cities not factories
What did Sam Houston Soldiers yell when they attack Santa Ana?
Remember the Alamo!
Where did the British and Americans decide the boarder would be for Oregon Country?
49th Parallel
What weer the people who first settled an are called?
Pioneers
Who wrote Christian writings and songs Nez Perce Language?
Henry and Eliza Spalding
T/F Manifest Destiny was the belief that God gave America all the land between of California and Mexico
False
It was the land between the 2 Oceans
Who was the doctor to the Cayuse People?
Marcus Whitman
Why did Americans dislike how Polk Started the Mexican-American War?
It was unjust and did not think it was the right way to get more land.
Who gained the most money from the California Gold Rush?
Merchants
What feature on a map shows where an area is located?
Locator Map
T/F
Slave owners did not take their slaves to California because they feared they would run away to mine for gold.
True
What did the Whitman's Farm do for the pioneers?
Provided them with food
What was the war fought in 1846 called?
Mexican-American War
Who gets natural resources from the earth?
Miners
T/F
In the war with Mexico one advantage America had over the Mexicans was that Americans had better leaders.
True
Who was the first US President to die while in office?
A. Sam Houston
B. Joseph Smith
C. William Henry Harrison
C. William Henry Harrison
People in Texas decided to fight against Santa Anna to bring back the Mexican______________
Constitution of 1824
Who was the president of Texas?
Sam Houston
T/ F
The Gold Rush caused California population Growth in 1849?
True
* Who purchased land west of the Mississippi River?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Sam Houston
C. Santa Anna
A. Thomas Jefferson
What laws did the Americans who moved to Mexico have to obey?
A. They must become Catholic
B. Must free their slaves
C. Both A/B
C. Both A/B
What was the result of the Mexican-American War?
America won more land.