Texas
What is the name of the Spanish Mansion where Texas troops would gather?
The Alamo
What religion did Joseph Smith create?
Mormonism
What treaty was California apart of?
Gudalupe-Hidalgo
How long was the Oregon Trail?
2,000 miles
What do the stripes on the American Flag represent?
the first 13 colonies
Texas is known as the ______ star state
Lone
7 years
What were the men who came to California for gold called?
the forty-niners
What city did the Oregon Trail start in?
Independence, Missouri
The “shot heard round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
What was the term used for the idea that Americans were destined to fill up the land between the oceans?
Manifest Destiny
What was the extermination order issued by the Governor of Missouri
That anyone found to be a mormon could be killed or jailed
Who profited the most from the California Gold Rush?
Those who served the miners, and women
From 1840-1850 how many would travel on the Oregon Trail?
50,000 Americans
What was the name of the Pilgrims’ ship?
The Mayflower
What were the land agents called that helped Mexico manage immigration?
empresarios
Who took over the Mormon church following Smith's death?
Brigham Young?
Who discovered gold in California?
John Marshall
What parallel establishes the border between the US and British territory?
49th
Who won the 2008 U.S. Presidential election
Barack Obama
What were the two rivers that were proposed as the Texas border?
How many people did Young lead to Utah?
15,000
How much gold was produced on average during the Gold Rush?
seventy-six tons per year
What four countries occupied the Oregon Territory?
What year did Stivers become Stivers School for the Arts?
1996