Missionaries
What skills did Elizabeth Spalding teach the Nez Perce people?
spinning and knitting
President of Mexico
Santa Anna
Why did people in Texas fight Santa Anna?
They wanted to bring back the Mexican Constitution of 1824
What measurement can you use to help you find the actual distance between two places?
Map Scale
What did the Whitmans's farm do for pioneers?
Supply food
President of Texas
Sam Houston
What battle did the Texas lose?
The Battle of the Alamo
What kind of map shows where an area is located in the world?
locator map
What did Americans cross as they moved west to Oregon Country?
The Great Plains
Mormon Leader
Joseph Smith
In what battle did the Texans defeat Santa Anna?
Who signed the treaty with Americans so that each side would have part of Oregon Country?
the British
Who build a mission to the Cayuse Indians in a beautiful valley?
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
First president to die in office
William Henry Harrison
What was the battle cry of Sam Houston's soldiers at the Battle of San Jacinto?
"Remember the Alamo!"
Where did the British and Americans decide the border would be for Oregon Country?
the 49th Parallel
Who started a school and wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language?
Henry and Eliza Spalding
Who took over the Morman religion after the death of its leader?
Brigham Young
What laws did Americans who moved to Mexico have to obey?
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that God gave Americans the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific