Westward Movement
Texas Revolution
Mexican-American War
Mexican-American War Cont.
Oregon Trail
100
This term was used to justify Westward Expansion by stating that God had wanted Americans to take this land.
Manifest Destiny
100
Why did Mexico allow Americans to settle in Texas while it was still apart of Mexico?
To provide protection from Native American attacks
100
Where was the border between Texas and Mexico before the Mexican-American War?
Nueces River
100
Why did Abolitionists oppose the Mexican-American War?
It would expand slavery (They were trying to end it)
100
The United States compromised with which other country to gain control of the Oregon Trail?
Britain
200
Americans used Westward expansion to come together under common interests, what phrase describes this concept best?
Nationalism
200
Americans promised to speak Spanish, convert to Catholicism, become Mexican citizens, and not bring slaves to Texas. How many of these promises did they keep?
None
200
Where did the United States want the border between Texas and Mexico to move to?
Rio Grande
200
What type of media was used to push Northerners and Abolitionists to support the Mexican-American War?
Propaganda
200
Why did Christian Priests move out to the Oregon Territory?
To Convert Native Americans
300
These groups of people were living out in the West and were kicked out when Americans settled in their land.
Native Americans
300
What name did Texas while it was its own country before joining the United States?
Republic of Texas
300
Who was the President that declared war against Mexico to start the Mexican-American War?
James K. Polk
300
Which states did the United States gain as a result of the Mexican-American War?
California and New Mexico
300
What was one danger American settlers faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail?
Weather
Native Attacks
Disease
Accidents
400
American Progress
400
Why was Texas not able to become a state immediately after gaining independence from Mexico?
It would break the balance between free and slave states
400
Why did Americans from the South and the West support the Mexican-American War?
It would give them more land and expand slavery
400
Propaganda has been used outside of the Mexican-American War, what famous fictional hero was a form of Propaganda in WWII?
Captain America
400
What state did most Americans start their journey on the Oregon Trail from?
Missouri
500
The goal of Westward Expansion was to claim land from the Atlantic Ocean to which other Ocean?
Pacific Ocean
500
The addition of which other state allowed Texas to join the United States?
Maine
500
Why did Americans from the North oppose the Mexican-American War?
It was morally wrong to take that land
500
What resource was found in California that made Americans move out to the state in 1849?
Gold
500
The Creation of which technology made traveling the Oregon Trail much easier?
Trains