Causes and effects of the Mexican-American War
The name of the treaty that ended the war
What is The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This war was the direct result of the Mexican-American War
The Civil War
The mill in which gold was first discovered
Sutter's Mill
Promoted migration in this direction
Westward
The continent being spoken about in the word "Transcontinental"
North America
The President of the United States during this war and an ardent expansionist.
President James K. Polk
This resolution would prohibit slavery in any territory gained in the conflict
The Wilmot Proviso
The word used for people who came to seek gold
Prospectors
Facilitated the construction of this vast infrastructure
The Transcontinental Railroad
The definition of this word
Across the continent
The belief that Americans had the god-given right to spread and expand Westward across the American continent
Manifest Destiny
Led to tensions over this issue
Slavery
The small town that exploded into a huge city during the Gold Rush, as it provided as a commercial hub for gold miners.
San Francisco
In order to acquire the land, people had to prove that they would do this to the land.
Improve it
Goods and people
The American President tried to do this in order to acquire Texas and California before provoking hostilities.
Buy the land from Mexico
The breakdown of the two-party system led to this new politically divided system
Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans
The year California achieved statehood
1850
This type of government funding was granted to large railroad companies
Federal funding
This particular group of immigrants provided a backbone of the labor force which constructed the railroad
The Chinese
The process by which Texas, once a part of Mexico, became a part of the United States.
Texas Annexation
List 5 out of the 10 states added to the United States as a direct result of the war
California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Texas.
California statehood sparked massive conflicts about this issue
Slavery
These two categories of minorities were also eligible to purchase homesteads
Freed slaves and immigrants
Upon its completion, the railroad made these areas more accesible
Remote areas/previously inaccessible areas.