By 1840 the United States had a big _______ and __________?
What is Economy and Population.
100
_____-______ wold prospect, or search, for gold in California.
What is Forty-niners
100
Did Colonel William travis lead a group to San Antonio?
What is Yes.
200
Fur Traders and trappers became known as what?
What is Moutain Men.
200
The Texans finally took a stand at the what?
What is San Jacinto River.
200
Who wanted to increase the power of the slave states by annexing Texas?
Who is John Tyler.
200
In 1839 they gave this Swiss immigrant permission to start a colony. Who was the Swiss immigrant?
What is John Sutter.
200
Who was the new hero of, the new independant nation, Texas.
Who is Sam Houston
300
If you were a member of Joseph Smith's church became known as what?
What is Mormons
300
The _____ was an abandoned mission near Aan Antonio that became an important batte site in the Texas Revolution?
What is Alamo
300
In 1844, the Whig Party passed up and chose which Senator of Kentucky as its presidental canidate?
Who is Henry Clay.
300
Many Americans who wanted to move to California started at which trail?
What is the Oregon Trail.
300
Texas used two major U.S documents to write there own constitution. Which documents were these?
What is the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
400
The _____ __ _____ was another important path west. It led from Independance, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
What is Santa Fe Trail.
400
What army attacked the Texans on March 6?
What is Mexican.
400
Some peopel believed it was American's Manifest Destiny, or Obvious Fate, to sette land all the way to which ocean in order to spread democracy.
What is the Pacific Ocean.
400
The California trail was known as what trail?
What is the Southern Route.
400
Empresarios is another word for what?
What is Agents.
500
Which trail is 2,000 miles long and stretched from places as Independance, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into the Oregon Country?
What is Oregon Trail.
500
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla led a rebellion of about how many poor Indians and Mestizos and peple of Indian and Spanish ancestry in September of 1810.
What is 80,000.
500
_____ ____ opposed the annexatation, he changed his mind due to Southern Politicians.
Who is Henry Clay.
500
About how many forty-niners came to California to search for gold?
What is 80,000.
500
________, or Cowboys, managed large herds of cattle and sheep.