Sec 1-Settlers Move West
In 1844 President Polk declared all the _________ belonged to the U.S.
Oregon Country.
On October 1835 Santa Anna marched on a town in Texas. what war started?
The Texas Revolution.
In 1845 Texas became what number of states to enter the union.
28th.
People who rushed west to get rich were known as what?
49ers.
Desire to get rich.
Gold fever.
Mountain men learned how to survive from _________.
Native American's.
When did Texas gain its statehood?
1845.
Mexico signed what treaty in 1848.
Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Smith was killed by a ________.
Angry Mob.
Land set aside for native Americans
Reservation.
How long was the Oregon trail?
2,000 miles.
_________ led an army to attack Mexican troops and brought an end to the war.
Sam Houston.
When did California declare independence?
June 14, 1846.
California became the ___________ in 1850.
31st state.
A large land area in central U.S.
Great Plains.
In 1818 these two country's agreed to share the Oregon country.
Great Britain and the U.S.
What does "Alamo" stand for in Spanish.
Cotton Wood Tree.
What did both the U.S. and Mexico Texas-border was?
The Rio grande and Nueces River.
People built temporary ________ that lacked order.
Boom towers.
Someone who fights crime but outside the law.
Vigilante.
Which act allowed American's to purchase 160 acres of plains of for a very small price.
The Homestead Act.
In 1836 _____ force Santa Anna to sign a __________.
Texans and Peace Treaty.
__________ purchased a strip of land, this completed the boundary between Mexico and the U.S.
James Gadsden.
How were Mormons similar to pilgrims who first settled the land?
Both established settlements in an effort to escape religious.
Meting place for trappers.
Rendezvous.