Mormon Migration
This religious group migrated west seeking refuge from discrimination and eventually settled near the Great Salt Lake.
What are the Mormons?
This country controlled Texas before settlers rebelled in the 1830s.
What is Mexico?
This spanish word was yelled at Sutter's Mill in 1848?
This U.S. belief that Americans were destined to expand across North America helped lead to war with Mexico.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This trade route connected Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
This man founded the Mormon religion and published the Book of Mormon in 1830.
Who is Joseph Smith?
This famous battle in 1836 involved Texan defenders being defeated by Mexican forces.
What is the Alamo?
This river was where Sutter's Mill was built upon.
What is the American River?
This river became the official border between the United States and Mexico after the war.
What is thte Rio Grande?
This trail helped bring American settlers to the gold mines in the 1840s.
What is the California Trail?
After Joseph Smith’s death, this leader guided the Mormons west to Utah.
Who is Brigham Young?
This Texan leader later became President of the Republic of Texas after defeating Santa Anna.
Who is Sam Houston?
People who rushed to California in 1849 in search of gold were called this.
What are Forty-Niners?
This U.S. president pushed strongly for expansion and led the nation during the Mexican-American War.
This trail was used by settlers traveling to the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The Mormons migrated to this large salty body of water in present-day Utah.
What is the Great Salt Lake?
This Mexican general and president led Mexican forces during the Texas Revolution.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
This entrepreur made way more money selling rugged clothing than mining gold.
Who is Levi Strauss?
This American general led U.S. forces in the campaign that captured Mexico City.
Who is Winfield Scott?
This idea encouraged Americans to move west and expand the nation’s borders.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and gave the United States the land where the Mormons settled.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This decisive battle in 1836 secured Texas independence from Mexico.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
This president pushed for California to become a state in 1850.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
This territory gained from Mexico included land that would later become several western states.
What is the Mexican Cession?
This large migration of about 12,000 people westward in 1846 became the largest single migration in U.S. history.
What is thte Mormon Migration to Utah?