Important Names 1
What was Mexico's agreement to sell land to the United States and made the Rio Grande part of the border between the two countries?
Mexican Cession
Which president helped the United States during its first economic depression?
Martin Van Buren
What was the name of the old Spanish mission where Texans fought against Mexico to be a free and independent state?
the Alamo
Where was the location of the 1849 Gold Rush before becoming a state?
California
Who improved the steam engine?
James Watt
What was the war between the United States and Mexico over western lands?
Mexican War
Who lived for only one month after becoming president?
What kind of leader has the power to take away individual freedoms from the people?
Dictator
What was the 2,000 mile trail settlers used to travel from Missouri to the Oregon Territory?
Oregon Trail
Who wrote The American Spelling Book?
Noah Webster
What was the name of the journey which relocated the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
Oregon Treaty
Who was the dictator of Mexico who harshly ruled over American immigrants living in Mexico?
Santa Anna
What were mining towns that were abandoned when there was no more gold to be found?
Ghost towns
Who is the "Father of the American Factory System"?
Samuel Slater
What act of Congress forced Native Americans to leave their tribal lands and move farther west?
Indian Removal Act
What treaty established a northeastern border between the United States and Canada?
Webster Ashburton Treaty
Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
Who were people who traveled to California to find gold?
Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
Who was the 7th U.S. president and the first president from the Democratic Party?
Andrew Jackson
What was land purchased from Mexico so that a southern railroad could be built?
Gadsden Purchase
Which battle was led by Sam Houston in which Santa Anna was defeated?
Battle of San Jacinto
Who were the medical missionaries to Native American tribes in Oregon?
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney