Matching 1
2. people who were the first to settle an area
A. pioneers
1. people who rushed to California in search of gold
forty-niners
24. died while in office
B. William Henry Harrison
19. What war was fought in 1846?
Mexican-American War
25. wanted to increase the borders of the United States
D. James K. Polk
3. people who gained the most money from the California Gold Rush
D. merchants
10. The British and Americans decided the border for Oregon Country would be on the ______.
49th parallel
13. president of Texas
B. Sam Houston
20. What did some Americans dislike about how Polk started the Mexican-American war?
they thought it was unjust
26. Name two advantages the Americans had in the Mexican- American war
1. guns and cannons were better
2. had better leaders
4. people who get natural resources from the earth
C. miners
11. In the Battle of San Jacinto, as Houston's soldiers attacked, they yelled ________.
Remember the Alamo!
16. president of Mexico
21. What caused California's population growth in 1849?
finding gold
27. Name one advantage the Mexicans had in the Mexican-American war.
They had more soldiers
23. replaced Whigs with Democrats in the national government
C. John Tyler
12. People in Texas decided to fight against Santa Anna to bring back the Mexican ____.
Constitution
18. Why did Polk want to take California?
excellent port cities
22. The belief that God gave Americans all the land between the two oceans is called what?
Manifest Destiny
29. Why did some slave owners not take their slaves to California?
they were scared they would run away to mine for gold