The decline of this animal caused Americans traders to move westward in the early 1800s.
What are beavers
100
The name of agents that were to bring settlers to Texas, they paid these settlers with land.
What is an empresario
100
This was the idea that Americans had that it was their obvious fate to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy
What is manifest destiny
100
Name given to gold-seeking migrants to California
Who are 49ers
100
Mexican name for Cowboys who settled on ranches and farms in California
What is a Vaqueros
200
Fur traders and trappers in the west became known by this name
What is mountain men
200
General in Mexico who suspended the Mexican Republic and put himself in charge
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
200
This man was the U.S. President during the Mexican-American War
Who is James K. Polk
200
Name of the man who found gold on his mill
Who is John Sutter
200
The name of the man who started one of the first highly successful Texas colonies. The first 300 families there became known as the "Old Three Hundred"
Who is Stephen F. Austin
300
These three trails led American's west, one to the northwest, one to the Pacific Coast, and one to the southwest
What are the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Sante Fe Trail
300
This man was chosen to lead the Texas Army
Who is Sam Houston
300
The name given to people who settled in California but were originally from Mexico
What is Californios
300
The action of using pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel
What is placer miners
300
The name of the trail that a religious group traveled that took them from Illinois to Utah
What is the Mormon Trail
400
This man took over after Joseph Smith to head the Mormon Religion
Who is Brigham Young
400
The Texans victory at this battle forced Mexico to sign a treaty giving Texas its Independence
What is the Battle of San Jacinto
400
Name of the treaty signed by the U.S. and Mexico that officially ended the Mexican-American War. This treaty forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the United States
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
This group of people flocked to California from outside the United States. They were experiencing many economic hardships in their own country.
Who are the Chinese
400
This battle was a crucial point in the Texas Revolution. It bought the Texans valuable time to get an army together, as well as gave them a rallying cry to use for the rest of the revolt.
What is the Alamo
500
The members of Joseph Smith's church are called
What is a Mormon
500
This U.S. President did not want to add Texas as a state shortly after their independence for fear that their admission would upset the balance of slave states and non-slave states in Congress
Who is Andrew Jackson
500
This action allowed the United States to pay Mexico $10 Million in exchange for the southern parts of what are now Arizona and New Mexico
What is the Gadsden Purchase
500
A group of western travelers who famously got stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains during their journey west because they tried to take a "short cut"
What is the Donner Party
500
After this revolt, America declared California to be independent