US-Mexican War
The president who pushed for war with Mexico.
James K. Polk
The name for those who came to California in search of gold.
forty-niners
The territory bought from France that doubled the size of the US.
Louisiana Purchase
The name of the first American who led American settlers into the Mexican controlled territory of Texas.
Stephen F. Austin
Manifest destiny is the American belief to expand westward from what ocean to what ocean?
Atlantic to pacific.
The river in Texas that the US claimed was the border between the United States and Mexico.
the Rio Grande
The immigrant group that eventually left the gold mines and started businesses in California.
Chinese
The area gained from the Adams-Onis Treaty.
Florida
The name for Texas when it was a country.
Lone Star Republic
who did the Americans drive away from their homes during the expansion
Natives Americans
The General sent with troops to the disputed territory between the US & Mexico.
Zachary Taylor
The 19th Century American term that stated it was obvious fate to occupy & bring democracy across the North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
The land annexed after about 10 years of being a new nation.
Texas
The battle that gave Texas its independence from Mexico.
the Battle of San Jacinto
what president expanded the U.S. territory from Texas to California
James K. Polk
The document that signaled the end of the Mexican War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
A long-term effect of the gold rush on the Natives in California.
a drastic decrease in the Native American population
The country from whom the US negotiated the Gadsden Purchase.
Mexico
The states that were added to the US from the Mexican Cession. (Name at least 2)
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming
Who stood in the way of Manifest Destiny?
The Indian tribes
The amount of money the US offered to Mexico for the California Territory. Mexico refused the offer and this was a reason for the war.
$25 million
The nationalities that settled in California after the gold rush.
Mexicans, Europeans, African Americans, Chinese, and Americans
The territory that set the US border at parallel.
Oregon
Three reasons that the US was leery of annexing Texas.
due to Texas debt, Texas was a slave state, & fear of war with Mexico
Who was involved in the westward expansion?
Settlers, explorers, and women.