Manifest Destiny
Texas, Oregon and Maine
Mexican- American War
The Gold Rush
100
This was name of both an important path to the West and an awesome video game.
The Oregon Trail
100
The original Oregon territory desired by Americans stretched from present day Oregon state in the south to this country in the North.
Canada
100
This man was president during the Mexican American War.
James K. Polk
100
This year was the first year during which the Gold Rush occurred.
1848 (or 1849)
200
This religious group was forced West by persecution.
The Mormons
200
This American brought 300 families to Texas.
Stephen Austin
200
This man was an important American general during the Mexican American War.
Zachary Taylor or Winfield Scott
200
Easterners who came a year after the gold rush began were referred to by this term.
49ers
300
This was the type of wagon that Americans used to cross the West.
Conestoga Wagon
300
These two issues created tensions between American settlers and Mexicans in Texas.
Slavery and Catholicism
300
This was the name of wide swath of land the Americans took at the conclusion of the Mexican American War.
The Mexican Cession
300
This law was used to drive many Mexican miners from California.
Foreign Miners Tax
400
This party lost half of its members on its way West, and some of them engaged in cannibalism.
The Donner Party
400
This man was the dictator of Mexico during the Texan Revolt.
Santa Anna
400
This was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican American War.
Guadalupe-Hidalgo
400
This law was used to basically enslave Native Americans in California.
The Indian Protection Act
500
This painting symbolized what Americans envisioned as their Manifest Destiny.
American Progress by John Gast
500
This treaty ended the fighting between America and Britain in Maine.
Webster-Ashburton
500
During these years the Mexican American War occurred.
1846-1848
500
This man became rich by selling supplies to the first miners.
Sam Brannon
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