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US-Mexican War
Tales From The West
Expansion
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Messing With Texas
100
The president who pushed for war with Mexico.
Who is James K. Polk?
100

The westward trail that ended in the state of New Mexico & allowed for trade between Mexican and American merchants.

What is the Santa Fe Trail?

100

Common dangers or challenges when travelling the Oregon trail included...

what is disease, river crossings, and mountain terrain

100
The name for those who came to California in search of gold.
Who are forty-niners?
100
The name of the first American who led American settlers into the Mexican controlled territory of Texas.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
200
The river in Texas that the US claimed was the border between the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
200
The westward trail that ended in Salt Lake City, Utah & was traveled for religious freedom.
What is the Mormon Trail?
200
The area gained from the Adams-Onis Treaty.
What is Florida?
200
The immigrant group that eventually left the gold mines and started businesses in California.
Who are the Chinese?
200
The name for Texas when it was a country.
What is the Lone Star Republic?
300
The General sent with troops to the disputed territory between the US & Mexico.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
300

Many Americans moved West as a symbol of patriotism that allowed the US Government the ability to 

What is officially claim the land. 

300
The land annexed after about 10 years of being a new nation.
What is Texas?
300
The 19th Century American term that stated it was obvious fate to occupy & bring democracy across the North American continent.
What is "Manifest Destiny?"
300
The battle that gave Texas its independence from Mexico.
What is the battle of San Jacinto?
400

The document that signaled the end of the Mexican War and paved the way for California to become a state. 

What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

400
The reason the trails west traveled above Oklahoma & Kansas?
What is due to the Indian Territory?
400

The territory that the USA and Great Britain split with GB getting the northern half and the USA getting the southern have establishing the US border at the 49°N parallel.

What is Oregon?

400
A long-term effect of the gold rush on the Natives in California.
What is a drastic decrease in the Native American population?
400

Hello friends, who am I..."Come to Texas as we are offering free land. All you have to do is follow Mexican law and become Roman Catholic."

What is an empresario

500

As a result of the Mexican - American War, America increased its size by

What is 25%

500
The starting point for the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail.
Where was (Independence), Missouri?
500
The country from whom the US negotiated the Gadsden Purchase.
Who is Mexico?
500

As a result of the Gold Rush, California's population increased in large numbers because ____________ and Americans went to California and stayed.

Immigrant groups like Mexicans, Europeans, and Chinese?

500

Two reasons that the US was leery of annexing Texas after Texas asked to be annexed by the US.

What is due to Texas debt, Texas was a slave state, & fear of war with Mexico?