Territories
This territory was purchased from France for $15 million dollars
Louisiana Purchase
Name two of the major trails west
Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, California Trail
What were the Americans who rushed to California in search of gold called?
Forty-Niners
One-term President who is responsible for the Texas Annexation, Oregon Country, and Mexican cession expansions
James K. Polk
The belief the US was meant to expand west
Manifest Destiny
After winning independence from Mexico, this territory was it's own country for 9 years before joining the United States
Texas
What natural obstacle presented one of the greatest challenges for wagon trains?
Rocky Mountains
What immigrant group was heavily discriminated against during the gold rush?
Chinese Immigrants
Leader of Mexico during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War
Santa Anna
Early Spanish settlers in California
Californios
This territory included the modern states of California, Arizona, Nevada, and more.
Mexican Cession
What was the primary motivator for Americans taking the Oregon Trail west?
Fertile land in Oregon
What group was devastated as a result of the gold rush?
Native Americans
Key General of the Texas Revolution and Texas' first President
Sam Houston
Ended the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This land was bought to help build the transcontinental railroad
Gadsden Purchase
Where did Mormons travelling west settle?
Salt Lake Valley, Utah
Where was gold first discovered in California before the gold rush?
Sutter's Mill, Coloma, CA
Led the Mormons west after the death of Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
The first people who moved west for the promise of land and opportunity
Pioneers
DAILY DOUBLE
Name the four countries that claimed the Oregon Country territory
Name two of the most common diseases on the Oregon Trail
cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever, measles, and smallpox
Compared to the miners/prospectors, what group was much more successful from the gold rush?
Merchants
Sometimes known as the "Father of Texas" for leading so many settlers into the territory
Stephen F. Austin
To give up either power or territory
Cede, Cession