The West
The city, state most people left from to take the Oregon Trail.
What was Independence, Missouri?
Mexico offered these to any American willing to move to Texas and follow the Spanish customs.
What were land grants or tracts of land?
Texas and California both become independent for a short while. These are their two "Republic" names.
What were the Lone Star and Bear Flag Republics?
The president who pushed for war with Mexico.
Who was James K Polk?
Proviso that stipulated any lands taken from Mexico after the Mexican War must ban slavery in order to become a state.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
The country the U.S. argued with over the line of latitude with Canada. This included the phrase "Fifty Four Forty or Fight".
What was Great Britain?
The banning of slavery, speaking Spanish, and practicing Catholicism.
What were stipulations that Americans in Texas had to follow?
He led the Texans to victory as general during the Battle of San Jacinto.
Who was Sam Houston?
The river in Texas that the US claimed was the border between the United States and Mexico.
What was the Rio Grande?
The number of years President Polk served as president.
What was four?
This trail was further south than the Oregon Trail and was started by William Becknell.
What was the Santa Fe trail?
The present-day city where the Alamo was fought.
What was San Antonio?
The land that was annexed by the United States after about nine years of being a new nation.
What was Texas?
The document that signaled the end of the Mexican War.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The river Mexico believed was the actual border with Texas/United States.
What is the Nueces River?
The four countries that claimed ownership of the Oregon Country.
What were Spain, Russia, United States, and Great Britain?
Leader of the Mexican Army who intended to put down the Texan rebellion.
Who was Santa Anna?
Instead of the 54th Parallel, President Polk had to settle with this latitude when it came to control of the Oregon Country.
American general credited with seizing Mexico City in the Mexican-American War.
Who was Winfield Scott?
1820 Compromise that sought to make the North and South happy and avoid a possible civil war over slavery.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
An offshoot of the Santa Fe Trail, used to assist travelers threatened by Native American attacks in the West?
What was the Cimarron Pass?
This was the location of a surprise attack victory for the Texans that ended the Texas War for Independence.
What was San Jacinto?
The states that were added to the US from the Mexican Cession in 1848.
What are California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming?
The general who was sent with troops to the disputed territory between the US & Mexico.
Who was Zachary Taylor?
Line of latitude from an 1820 compromise that mandated any land below the line to be slaveholding and any land above the line to be free.
What is 36'30 North Latitude?