American Progress
Territorial Expansion
Oregon and Pioneers
Texas Revolution
California Gold Rush
100

What was the belief that American progress meant expanding westward?

What is Manifest Destiny?

100

Which purchase in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States?


What is the Louisiana Purchase?

100

What mode of transportation did pioneers primarily use to travel west?

What are covered wagons?

100

What was the name for Mexicans who lived in Texas?

Who are Tejanos?

100

What term was used to describe people who traveled to California to search for gold?


What are prospectors?

200

How did many Americans view westward expansion during the 1800s?

They believed it was their right and destiny to move west.

200

DAILY DOUBLE: Explaining the events leading up to the Mexican Cession.


President Polk tried to buy for $30 million but Mexico refused. The US provoked Mexico into a fight, so President Polk asked for and got a declaration of war from Congress. Mexico lost the Mexican-American War. The US paid Mexico $18 million for the territory.

200

Which group of people faced persecution and traveled west for religious freedom in the 1840s?


Who are the Mormons?

200

What was the name of the businessmen who were hired by the Mexican government to recruit settlers in Texas?

Who are empresarios?

200

How did the California Gold Rush affect the population in California between 1848-1853?

It greatly increased the population.

300

Which painting showed settlers bringing progress to the West, including new technology and education?

What is American Progress by John Gast?

300

How was Texas added to the United States in 1845?


Texans fought a war of independence from Mexico, then almost 10 years later was annexed to the us

300

What was the main reason pioneers moved to Oregon?

What is farming and logging?

300

Why was the Battle of the Alamo, even though a defeat, crucial in the Texas Revolution?  

Texan forces delayed the Mexican army long enough for General Houston to organize?

300

DAILY DOUBLE: Did the discovery of gold mean wealth for all 49ers?


No. Who found riches due to the CA Gold Rush? Businesses that catered to the 49ers.

400

How did Manifest Destiny justify the expansion of the U.S. to the Pacific?


Americans believed it was inevitable and justified to expand, spreading American ideals and progress.

400

How did the U.S. acquire California and much of the Southwest in 1848?

What is the Mexican Cession?

400

Name two hardships pioneers faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail.


What are weather, illness, accidents, and harsh terrain?

400

Why did many Texans want to declare independence from Mexico?

Mexico limited immigration, imposed heavy taxes, and abolished slavery.

400

How did the Gold Rush impact Native Americans in California?

Native Americans were forced off their land and faced food shortages.

500

Which US President’s ran their Presidential campaign on the idea of Manifest Destiny? 54’40” or Flight! 


President James K. Polk

500

Which land purchase from Mexico in 1853 helped complete the route for the transcontinental railroad?

What is the Gadsden Purchase?

500

Which U.S. President supported expansion to the Pacific, which included acquiring the Oregon Territory?

Who is James K. Polk?

500

What was the major outcome of the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836?


What is the defeat of the Mexican Army and the securing of Texas independence?

500

How were immigrants in California negatively impacted by the Gold Rush?


Anti-immigrant laws passed during the Gold Rush were designed to restrict the rights of immigrants, particularly Chinese immigrants.