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Mexican Independence
Texas Revolution
Fighting the War
Results of the War
Gold Rush
100
He captured and conquered the Aztecs in 1521
Hernan Cortes
100
the present day city where the Battle of the Alamo was fought.
San Antonio
100
Mexico's military leader during the War and America's president during the war.
General Santa Anna, James Polk
100
The year the war ended
1848
100
The person who found gold in the U.S., year, and closest present day California city.
James Marshall, 1848, Sacramento
200
The disease that killed off the Aztecs.
Smallpox
200
Who was imprisoned by Santa Anna, and for how long?
Stephen F. Austin. 2 years.
200
America's highest ranked general during the war
Zachary Taylor
200
the treaty that ended the war
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
200
The immigrant group who had the largest effect on the California Gold Rush.
The Chinese
300
The year of Mexican Independence.
1821
300
The Battle where Santa Anna was captured
Battle of San Jacinto.
300
First battle of the war
Palo Alto
300
The total amount the U.S. gave Mexico at the end of the war.
18 million
300
The Mountain Range were the Donner Party got stuck.
Sierra Nevadas
400
Considered the father of Mexico, and the person who succeeded him.
Father Miguel Hidalgo, Father Jose Morales
400
The three things the Mexican government required to obtain land in the area of Texas.
Loyalty to Mexican Government, practice catholicism, and live there for 10 years.
400
The series of engagements that ended the war and the U.S. general who led them.
The occupation of Mexico, General Winfred Scott
400
The reason Utah was denied Statehood so many times.
Polygamy
400
The percentage of California's population growth between 1848 and 1849.
1000%
500
What was Gritto de Dolores and who issued it?
Announcement of war against Spain, Father Miguel Hidalgo.
500
He didn't want Texas admitted to the Union, and the reason why.
Andrew Jackson, didn't want a new "slave" state to tip the balance.
500
2 ways the U.S. boosted recruitment of soldiers for the war.
Propaganda and war bonds. (or promise of looting of Mexican villages)
500
This settled the main boundaries of the U.S.
The Gadsden Purchase
500
The year California officially became a state
1850