Oregon
Country first to claim Oregon Country
Who is Spain
What Native American tribe lived in Florida.
Who was Seminole
Before becoming part of the United States, Texas belonged to?
Who was Mexico
Who had claim to New Mexico before the United States?
Who was Mexico
President Polk wanted California and New Mexico.
Why is to full fill the idea of Manifest Destiny
Thousands of Americans became emigrants because of it.
What is Manifest Destiny
Who settled in Florida before it became a territory?
Who were plantation owners and farmers who needed more fertile land.
Why did Mexico regret opening up the Mexican/Texas area to Americans?
Why is because Americans refused to follow the rules set by Mexico leaders of learning Spanish, converting to the Catholic religion, and having slaves in the area.
Santa Fe is known as___?
What is the oldest capital in the United States.
Known as the Forty-niners.
Who was settlers looking for gold in 1849
Mountain men became guides or farmers because?
What is the shortage of beaver due to overtrapping.
How did the Seminole tribe react to the Indian Removal Act?
How is they fought for their land killing many U.S. soldiers, before being forced off their land.
Established the Santa Fe Trail.
Who is the trader William Becknell
Made most of their money from the gold rush
Who would have been the merchants who were selling their goods to the gold miners.
Starting place of the Oregon Trail.
What is Independence Missouri
Why did it take so long for Florida to become a state?
Why is because they were a slave state, which would have upset the balance between slave and free states in Congress
Who played an important role in the Lone Star Republic?
Who was Sam Houston
Spain tried to keep Americans from settling in Santa Fe.
Why is because they were afraid the Americans would take over the land.
Why some Californios lost their land.
Why is because of the Land Law of 1851
What states (known to us today) did the Oregon Trail cross?
What were Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon.
What state became a state with Florida?
What is Iowa
What 5 countries claimed Texas at one time or the other?
Who was France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and the United States.
These 5 counties are on the east side of New Mexico.
What are: Union, Quay, Curry, Roosevelt, and Lea counties are on the east side of New Mexico
President Polk sent troops into the disputed area of the Rio Grande.
Why is to provoke Mexico into war over New Mexico and California