In 1821, Mexico won its independence from this country.
What was Spain?
100
the peace agreement between the United States and Mexico
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
100
The reason that many people rushed into California
What was the California Gold Rush?
100
a group of lands or countries under one government
What is empire?
200
led 800 men to get revenge for the deaths of Americans at the Alamo and later became president of the Republic of Texas
Who was Sam Houston?
200
Once a free nation, Mexico wanted to build this
What was its population?
200
Mexico gave this much of its territory to America.
What was half?
200
the people who rushed to California in 1849
Who were the forty-niners?
200
not being equal
What is imbalance?
300
a slave owner who ran for president of the United States and had as part of his platform that he wanted the nation to grow all the way to the Pacific Ocean
Who was James Polk?
300
Mexico invited Americans to settle in this state.
What was Texas?
300
This was America's dream that came true within five years of the signing of the treaty between the United States and Mexico.
What was Manifest Destiny?
300
the problem that occurred in 1850 when California asked Congress for statehood
What was adding California as a free state or as a slave state?
300
one who has complete control
What is a dictator?
400
in 1846 he led the American army in the War with Mexico
Who was Zachary Taylor?
400
a leader of the Americans in Texas who wanted Mexico to allow more Americans to settle in Texas
Who was Stephen Austin?
400
Because of a compromise, this state entered the Union as a free state.
What was California?
400
this agreement allowed California to enter the Union as a free state
What was the Compromise of 1850?
400
saying something belongs to you
What is claiming?
500
he came up with the compromise that allowed California join the Union as a free state
Who was Henry Clay?
500
the name of an old fort in San Antonio where a fierce battle took place in 1836
What was the Alamo?
500
This was part of the compromise that pleased the South. It gave no protection to African Americans, not even to those who were not slaves.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
500
During the debate in Congress in 1850 when California wanted statehood, some southern states began to talk about this.
What was seceding?
500
the killing of large numbers of people; a massacre