Important People 1
Vocabulary
Battles and Repbulics
Important People 2
Events and Trails
100
Invented telegraph morse code can send messages to distant places
Who is Samuel Morse
100
Raising one or two crops for sale rather than for personal use
What is specialization
100
Texas' war for independence from Mexico
What is the Texas Revolution
100
11th United States president who wanted a war with Mexico to bring the US more lands
Who is James K. Polk
100
Treaty signed in 1851 by the U.S. and Native Americans
What is Treaty of Fort Laramie
200
Invented the steel plow that helped farmers prepare the land for planting
Who is John Deere
200
Economic change where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves
What is market revolution
200
Site of one of the most important battles in the Texas Revolution
What is The Alamo
200
The 12th president of the United States and American whig general in the war with Mexico
What is Zachary Taylor
200
Trade route between Missouri to New Mexico
What is Santa Fe Trail
300
Invented the mechanical reaper that made it possible for 1 farmer to do the work of 5
Who is Cyrus McCormick
300
Belief that God wanted the U.S. to expand West across the continent
What is Manifest Destiny
300
Independent nation formed after Texas defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution
What is the Republic of Texas
300
American general in the war with Mexico who took control of the Republic of California
Who is Stephen Kearney
300
Trail from Missouri to Oregon
What is Oregon Trail
400
Led Americans in establishing a colony in Texas
Who is Stephen F. Austin
400
Movement of people migrating to a place where gold has been found
What is the gold rush
400
Nation declared by the Americans after defeating the Mexicans
What is the Republic of California
400
American general in the War with Mexico who captured Mexico City the capital
Who is Winfield Scott
400
Treaty signed in 1848 by the US and Mexico to end the war
What is Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
500
Captured Santa Anna and was elected the 1st president of the new Republic of Texas
Who is Sam Houston
500
People who came to California searching for gold.
What are forty-niners
500
James Polk's campaign slogan that called for the annexation of the Oregon territory
What is "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"
500
Mormon leader who moved the Mormons to Salt Lake City, Utah for safer living
Who is Brigham Young
500
In 1853,U.S. bought more land from Mexico that established the US-Mexican border
What is Gadsden Purchase
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