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100
The American group that moved west for religious freedom.
Who are the Mormons?
100
People of Spanish heritage who lived in Texas

Who are Tejanos?

100
U.S. president during the Mexican American War
Who is James K. Polk?
100
People who went to find gold in California
Who are the forty-niners?
100
Mexican president who had Stephen Austin jailed
Who is Santa Anna?
200
The trail that ran from Missouri to New Mexico
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
200
The commander of the Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo.
Who is William Travis?
200
A revolt where Americans rebelled against Mexican rule
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
200
California settlers of Spanish and Mexican descent

Who are Californios?

200
Two states that did not spend time as a territory before joining the U.S.
What is California and Texas?
300
The town in Missouri where the Oregon Trail began
What is Independence?
300
Two battles that encouraged Texans to continue fighting for independence.
What is the Alamo and Goliad?
300
The land gained from Mexico after the Mexican American War
What is the Mexican Cession?
300
A port city that became an important center of banking
What is San Francisco?
300
Belief that the U.S. should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is manifest destiny?
400
People that make money by selling sections of land.
Who are land speculators?
400
A group of Americans that did not want to annex Texans because of slavery.
Who are northerners?
400
General who led U.S. forces into Veracruz
Who is Winfield Scott?
400
Person who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill
Who is James Marshall?
400
President who opposed war with Mexico
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
A group that helped open up the West by discovering trails in the Rocky Mountains.
Who are the mountain men?
500
The commander of the Texan army and future president of the Republic of Texas.
Who is Sam Houston?
500
Document that officially ended the Mexican American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
500

A tax that called miners from other countries to pay $20 a month

What is the Foreign Miners tax?
500

The region where the U.S. settled for less land than it wanted

What is the Oregon Country?