Section 1
What present day states did settlers settle the Oregon Country in?
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Canada
Who was the leader of U.S. settlers who petitioned Texas as a separate state ?
Stephen Austin
In December, 1845 what state became the 28th state to enter the union?
Texas
Who was a Swiss immigrant who had come to California in 1839 with the idea of building vast empire?
John Sutter
What is the capital of Texas?
Austin
Who did mountain men learn how to survive from?
Native Americans
Who and Mexican troops clashed at an empty mission called the Alamo?
Texas Volunteers
In 1848 who signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexico
What is it called when someone has more than one wife?
Polygamy
What state did the Mormons settle in?
Utah
In 1844, who declared that all of the Oregon territory belonged to the U.S. and Oregon became a territory
President Polk
Who led an army to attack Mexican troops and brought an end to the war?
Sam Houston
The boundary between what two places remained undetermined?
Texas and Mexico
Who were the two Morman leaders?
Joseph Smith
What is a polygamy?
To have more than 1 wife
A route west that stretched more than 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon is called the
Oregon Trail
Who seized control of Mexico and refused to let Texas break free?
Santa Anna
What president asked congress for a declaration of war?
Polk
California was what number to enter the union?
31st
When Santa Anna signed the treaty to end the war with Mexico, what border was decided?
Rio Grande
What did the wealth of fur-bearing animals attract?
trappers
What did some colonists practice while Mexican officials prohibited it?
Slavery
What purchase completed the boundary between Mexico and the U.S.?
Gadsen purchase
What temporary thing did people build that lacked order?
Boom towns
Who were the people who headed west to find gold in the late 1840's
forty-niners