sec. 1-settlers move west
A route that stretched more than 2,000 miles.
What is the Oregon trail?
The country that controlled Texas in 1820.
What is Spain?
in December 1845 it became the 28th state to join the U.S..
What is Texas?
people that traveled west in search of gold were called.
Who are the 49ers?
temporary towns built during the Gold rush that lacked order.
What is a boom town?
Trappers that lived in Oregon Country were known as.
What are Mountain Men?
The General who seized control of Mexico.
Who is Santa Anna?
This U.S president asked Congress to declare war on Mexico.
Who is President Polk?
The Swiss immigrant next to whose saw mill gold was found.
Who is John Sutter?
It became the 31st state in 1850.
What is California?
Where many Mountain Men learned survival skills.
Who were the Native Americans?
The name of the empty mission.
what is the Alamo?
The treaty that ended the war between the U.S. and Mexico.
What is the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Two prominent Mormon leaders.
Who are Brigham Young and Joseph Smith?
Name the type of government Santa Anna Formed after taking control of Mexico.
What is a Dictatorship?
Russia, Spain, Great Britain, and the United States all made claims to this territory.
What is the Oregon territory?
The leader of the U.S settler who petitioned for a separate Texas state.
Who is Stephan Austin?
This body of water became the boarder between Texas and Mexico.
What is The Rio grande river?
The practice of having more than one wife.
What is polygamy?
A group of wagons that worked together to travel west.
What is a wagon train?
The president that declared the Oregon territory belonged to the United States.
Who was president Polk?
Led an army to attack Mexican troops and brought the end to the war.
who was Sam Houston?
A strip of land that was purchased to complete the boarder between The U.S. and Mexico.
What is the Gadsden purchased?
This Mormon leader was killed by an angry mob.
Who is Joseph Smith?
people came to California from Mexico, China, Europe, and south America seeking this mineral.
What is Gold Or Au on the periodic table?