empresario who started a colony on the lower Colorado River in 1822
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
100
Which of the following best describes empresarios?
What are agents who brought settlers to Texas?
100
How did the U.S. government help traders traveling on the Santa Fe Trail?
What is sent troops to protect against Native American attacks?
100
mission besieged during an important battle of the Texan Revolution
What is The Alamo?
100
One way in which Americans made life difficult for ______________________ was by prohibiting them from opening their own businesses.
What are Chinese immigrants?
200
Mexican general who was captured at the Battle of San Jacinto
What is Antonio López de Santa Anna?
200
At the beginning of the Mexican-American War, the US army had this advantage:
What is they were better equipped.
200
Which of the following shows how various cultures shaped one another in the Southwest after the Mexican Cession?
What is Communities regularly celebrated both Mexican and American holidays?
200
As a result of the population explosion of the “gold fever” years, _____________ became eligible for statehood.
What is California?
200
gave the United States much of Mexico’s northern territory
What is The Gadsden Purchase?
300
U.S. president who favored the annexation of Texas in 1844
Who is John Tyler?
300
dispute in Sonoma, California, between Mexicans and American settlers
What is The Bear Flag Revolt?
300
head of the Mormon Church after the murder of Joseph Smith
Who is Brigham Young?
300
The idea that the United States was bound to expand to the Pacific Ocean and spread democracy
What is manifest destiny?
300
A __________ miner was employed to search for places that were most likely to contain gold.
What is placer miner
400
Mexican priest who led Native Americans and mestizos in a rebellion in 1810
Who is Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla?
400
Which challenge did Mexican Americans face when American settlers poured into the Southwest after the Mexican War?
What is a. Mexican land laws differed from U.S. land laws, which led to much confusion.
400
Which practice caused Mormons to be persecuted in the 1850s?
What is marriage to more than one wife?
400
increased the size of the United States by almost 25 percent
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
400
Americans moved westward in the early 1800s because French and British companies had depleted the ________ supply
What is beaver?
500
Mexican officials did not want many Americans to settle in California, but they gave Swiss immigrant ________________ permission to start a colony near the Sacramento River in 1839.
Who is John Sutter?
500
The American expansionists’ slogan “Fifty-four forty or fight!” referred to the
What is a. line to which they wanted their northern territory to extend.
500
What were some of the differences between the Mexicans, and the Texas- Americans?
What is Catholic v Protestant, and Slave v free?
500
What lesson might a western traveler have learned from the story of the Donner party?
What is a. Don’t look for shortcuts.
500
What role did the transcontinental railroad play in California’s development?
What is gave California’s economy the means to grow by connecting the state to the rest of the country?