Words? What Are Words?
Go Away Papparazzi!
This Land is MY LAND!!!!!!!!!
To The West To The West
100
Means to add on
What is annex
100
Name of people who rushed out to California for Gold
Who are the Forty-Niners
100
Land acquired from the Mexican American War
What is California Territory and Texas
100
Name of people who rushed to California for gold
Who are Forty-Niners
200
These are self-appointed law enforces
Who is Batman, I mean.... Who are vigilantes
200
Founded of Mormonism
Who is Joseph Smith
200
Means government gifts of land.
What are land grants
200
This trail was very dangerous way to the West that was the main way
What is the Oregon Trail
300
A meeting where trappers would trade furs for supplies.
What is a rendezvous
300
Found the South pass through the Rocky Mountains
Who is John Jacob Astor
300
The class was at the top of Mexican hierarchy during Spanish rule
Who are Peninsulares
300
This area was initally only seen as a way to the west, but ended up being a rich land
What is The Great Plains
400
The land that forms the farthest extent of a nation’s settled regions.
What is The Frontier
400
Owners of ranchers
What are Rancheros
400
BONUS What was Jonas' sister's name?
Who is Lilly
400
Gave women more opprotunities in the West
What is the Gold Rush
500
Means to extend the nation beyond its existing borders.
What is expansion
500
Sent troops to disputed regions between Nueces River and Rio Grande to entice Mexicans to attack
Who is President James K. Polk
500
Idea that Americans had a right and were supposed to take all the land "From Sea to Shining Sea"
What is Manifest Destiny
500
The Gold Rush brought about diversity and population to this territory.
Where is California
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