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This president strongly supported Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K Polk?
These are the two groups of people living in Texas before the revolution
Who are Tejanos and American Settlers?
This is the area of the boat that most immigrants had tickets in.
What is steerage?
This is how many battles Mexican forces won during the Mexican-American War
What is one?
The name given to those who moved to California in search of gold.
Who are the 49ers?
Who is Juan Seguin?
The two places promised by the president to be acquired that helped gain him the presidency
Where is Texas and Oregon?
These are the two leaders of of each army during the Texas Revolution.
Who are Santa Anna and Sam Houston?
This is the largest group of immigrants to come to America during the 1800's
Who are the Germans?
Polk first attempts to do this to try and settle with Mexico.
What is buy the disputed land and the rest of the West?
The part of San Francisco that was created due to certain immigrants opening shops and businesses
What is Chinatown?
The name of the person who was supposedly the last alive at the Battle at the Alamo.
Who is Davy Crockett?
The main goal of Manifest Destiny
What is expand from Coast to Coast/ move westward?
The reason that American Settlers were offered the land in Texas in the first place.
The two main reasons that Irish immigrants came to America.
What is religious persecution and the potato famine?
The area of land given to the United States due to the the treaty signed with Mexico.
What is the Mexican Cession?
The first person to find gold in California.
Who is James Marshall?
This is the reason that the Know-Nothing party got its name.
What is responding "I know nothing" when asked about the group?
Who Americans believed gave them the right to expand westward
Who is God?
Two of the three issues that Texas settlers had with Mexico.
What is hating Mexican law, unhappy that documents were written in Spanish, upset that Mexico banned slavery?
The three biggest pull factors of America during the mid 1800's
What is Abundant land, Religious and Political Freedom, economic opportunity?
This was the main reason that those in the North did not want Texas added as a state.
What is the expansion of Slavery?
The name of the farming city in California that helped with food for the 49ers.
What is Sacramento?
This is the thing all new citizens must say before getting their American citizenshio.
What is the Oath of Allegiance?
This was the line drawn to split the Oregon Territory in half.
What is the 49th Parallel?
This person assumed the role of leader of the original settlers that came to Texas.
Who is Stephen F Austin?
The name given to those who were against immigration. (Not the party)
Who are nativists?
Texas believed this was the border between them and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande River?
The name of the river where most of the gold was found.
What is the Sierra Nevada?
This is the name of the purchase the United States made after acquiring the land after the Mexican-American war.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?