Land
Belief that it was the United States’ destiny to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Joseph Smith?
Cession means.....?
What is Something that is given up.
What trail was used to go West where people wanted gold or silver and carried weapons since it was dangerous?
What is Santa Fe Trail?
Who were the agents that sold land for Mexico to attract more American settlers?
Who were empresarios?
When Santa Anna attacked, all the defenders in this building died.
What is ALAMO?
Who had the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or FIGHT!"?
Polk sends him to negotiate the border but Mexican government ignored him.
Who is John Slidell?
What does annex mean?
What is the place neither Native Americans nor white settlers dominate?
What is the Middle Ground?
What did Mexico offer to agents to attract more American settlers?
What are land grants?
Southern portion of New Mexico and Arizona was bought for 10 million dollars in1853?
What is Gadsden Purchase?
Who was Mexican president that imprisoned Austin?
Who is Santa Anna?
This is where Spanish people lived with Natives to convert Native Americans.
What is mission?
What is the trail that started from Independence, MO and where traders loaded their covered wagons with cloth, knives, and guns?
What is Santa Fe Trail?
What was the battle cry of the Texans during the Texas Revolution?
"Remember the Alamo!"
After Santa Anna revoked local powers in Texas (by sending Austin to jail) and other Mexican states, several rebellions erupted. What was this called?
What is Texas Revolution?
Who is Stephen Kearny?
What treaty gave Native Americans control over the Central Plains?
What is Treaty of Fort Laramie?
More than 50,000 people rushed to California in 1849. What do we call the people who came to California in this year?
What are Forty-Niners?
What is the war that ended with Illinois militia members slaughtering more than 200 Sauk and Fox people?
What is Black Hawk War?
People who went to California to find gold in 1849 are called...?
What is Forty-Niners?