Sec 1-Settlers Move West
Four nations made claims to this area.
Russia, Spain, Great Britain, and United States
In 1820 Spain still controlled ___.
Texas
Pres. ___ asked Congress to declare war.
Polk
California became the ____ state in 1850.
31st
Meaning of polygamy.
Having more than one wife.
Mountain men paved ___ through the ___
Spain offered large tracts of ____ to ____
land, U.S. citizens
Texas became the ___ state to enter the union.
28th
People built temporary ____ that lacked order.
Boom towns
What is the Oregon trail?
a route west that stretched more than 2 thousand miles from Missouri to Oregon.
Many mountain men learned how to survive from ____
Native Americans
In 1835, Santa Anna marched on a town in Texas. The ______ had begun.
Texas Revolution
In 1848, Mexico signs the ____.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
In 1848, gold was discovered in _____.
Sutter's Mill, CA
What was Oregon fever?
Men who had the urge to travel unsettled regions far west.
President Polk declared all the ____ territory belongs to the U.S. and Oregon.
Oregon County
In 1836, Texans force Santa Anna to sign a ____.
Peace Treaty
Some Americans wanted more territory claimed by ____.
Mexico
People who rushed west to get rich were known as _____.
49ers
the desire to get rich.
Oregon trail stretched more than 2,000 miles from ____ to ____
Missouri, Oregon
Texas voters elected ____ as president of The Republic of Texas.
Sam Houston
_____ purchased a strip of land, this completed the boundary between U.S. and Mexico.
James Gadsden
Many gold seekers come to ____ from ____,____,____ and _____.
California, Mexico, China, Europe, South America.
What is pelt?
Animal skin