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Oregon: Why were Americans convinced they should go to the Willamette Valley (Oregon)?
The promise of fertile farmland.
Texas: What were empresarious?
American settlers who accepted large land grants to Texas from Mexico in the 1820s.
Texas: Who was the American commander in the Alamo mission?
William Travis
Texas: Who initially rejected annexation for Texas?
Andrew Jackson
Oregon: What was James Polk's slogan in the 1844 election?
54-40 or Fight!
Oregon: What was a prairie schooner? What did the people taking them travel on?
A canvas-covered wagon with supplies - from a distance, they looked like schooners (ships) at sea.
The Oregon Trail
War with Mexico: What was the Santa Fe Trail? Who traveled on it?
From Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
William Becknell.
War with Mexico: What did General Winfield Scott do? What did it cause?
Captured Mexico City.
Mexico surrenders.
War with Mexico: What states made up the New Mexico Territory?
New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah
Oregon: What states were part of the Oregon Territory?
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana
California: Who made lots of money in the boomtowns? Why?
Merchants because they could charge very high prices for food and other essential goods since there was nowhere else to buy them.