Names
Helped reform prisons and made improvements for the mentally ill
Dorothea Dix
To add
annex
Amount that the US paid to Mexico for the Mexican Cession
$18 million
Part of the US that showed the greatest support for the Mexican-American War
South
Where Brigham Young lead the Mormons to settle in the West
Utah or Salt Lake City
Major Reformer for public education
Horace Mann
Attack in which one force surrounds a city or fort
Siege
Amount paid for the Gadsden Purchase
$10 million
General that lead US soldiers into the disputed land between Texas and Mexico
Nickname given to people who went to California in search of gold
49ers
Dictator of Mexico
Santa Anna
US paid mexico for a strip of land in present day New Mexico and Arizona
Gadsden Purchase
Number of days that the Texans defended the Alamo
12 (or 13)
Mexico believed this was the real southern border of Texas
Nueces River
Location where gold was discovered and drew many people to California
Sutter's Mill
Defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto and became the president of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
Outlaw the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol
Prohibition
Movement to end alcohol abuse and the problems caused by it
Temperance Movement
President during the Mexican-American War
Polk
Land area including California, Nevada, and Utah along with parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
Mexican Cession
Mormon leader that lead a group to settle in Utah
Brigham Young
Idea that the US was meant to span from sea to sea
Manifext destiny
US and Britain agreed that the land south of what parallel would go to America
49 degree North line
Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was one of the requirements for American's to settle in Texas (whe it belonged to Mexico)
Become Mexican Citizen, be a Catholic