Mexican American war
Manifest Destiny
Westward expansion
Gold rush
Oregon Trail
100
About how many years did this war last?
What is 2 years
100
When was it believed that the expansion would happen?
What is the 19th century or 1800's
100
What was the Amount of Money Thomas Jefferson payed for the Lousiana territory?
What is 15 million dollars
100

What were the people called who went to California looking for gold?

What are The Forty Niners


100
About how long was the oregon trail?
What is 2000 miles
200
What was this war about?
What is the Territory of the Alta California and Texas
200

How far did people believe the expansion would eventually go?

Past the Louisiana territory

200
Before the purchase of the Lousiana Territory who did Thomas Jefferson send on an expedition?
Who is Lewis and Clark
200

What year did the gold rush start?

What is 1849


200
What was the trail established for?
What is fur trappers and traders?
300

List the two Mexican requirements for American settlement in Texas

Convert to Catholicism

No slaves 

300

What is the concept of Manifest Destiny?

The United States is destined—by God to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

300
What major river was one of the Borders of the Purchase?
What is the Missouri River
300

Identify three characteristics of the California gold rush.

1) Thousands move to CA for the rush 

2) Mining towns were rough places

3) Very few struck it rich

300
About how many settlers used the Oregon trail?
What is 400,000
400

What land feature now separates us from Mexico?

What is the Rio Grande River

400

How did manifest destiny affect Native Americans?


It led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Native Americans from their homes and onto reservations.



400
Why mainly did Thomas Jeffferson buy the territory?
What is natural resources?
400

The California Gold Rush lasted how long

What is 5 years

400
What river did the Oregon trail begin?
What is the Missouri river
500

The Battle of the Alamo represented

Texans fight for independence from Mexico

500

In 1845 a new POTUS was elected, and believed very strongly in the idea of Manifest Destiny. During his Presidency, the US grew by a million square miles. Which President was he?

 James K. Polk

500

What was the main purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

The expedition's principal objective was to survey the Missouri and Columbia rivers, locating routes that would connect the continental interior to the Pacific Ocean.

500

Where was the gold found that set off the California Gold Rush?

Sutter's Mill,  a sawmill owned by a pioneer named John Sutter

500

How long did it normally take to travel from the east to the west on the trails?

6 months

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