OREGON FEVER
What is the end location of the Oregon Trail?
Oregon City
Who was the leader of Texas’s military during the Texas Revolution?
Sam Houston
US President during the war.
James Polk
The name of the trail the Mormons followed west?
The Mormon Trail
The Belief that the US had a RIGHT and DUTY to expand across North America.
Manifest Destiny
The name of the vehicle most settlers used to travel across the continent?
Wagon
What motto was famously shouted by the Texans during the final battles of the Texas Revolution?
"REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!"
The name of the acquisition of modern-day California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Mexican Cession
The leader who guided the Mormons to Utah?
Brigham Young
The art of conducting negotiations with other countries.
Diplomacy
Which US President campaigned on the claim “All of Oregon or Nothing!”?
James Polk
What is the name of the battle where Texas secured their independence in 18 minutes?
The Battle of San Jacinto
The decided border between Texas and Mexico.
Rio Grande
The place where the Mormons left from?
Nauvoo Illinois
To add a territory to a country, peacefully or forcefully.
to Annex
A common disease that killed many settlers along the trail?
The Mexican general and president defeated at the end of the war?
Santa Anna
The treaty that ended the war.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Mormon practice (later banned) that caused tension between Mormons and the US government?
Polygamy
To give up land or territory.
Cession
The largest obstacle along the Oregon Trail?
The year Texas won independence?
1836
The conquering of what location signified the end of the war.
Mexico City
The original name that Brigham Young wanted to name Utah?
Deseret
The name often given to settlers who traveled along the Oregon and Mormon trails?
Pioneers