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Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion
Immigrants
Immigration and Cities
Tejas
100
US annexation of this place in the Pacific Northwest represents US expansion

Oregon Country

100
Immigrants and others moved West to seek _______ from persecution
Freedom
100

These people moved from Europe to eastern American cities due to potato blight

Irish

100

These Europeans fled political persecution and settled more than other European immigrants in rural areas West

Germans

100

US settlers in Texas were required to follow _______ law

Mexican

200

The US annexed this place bordering Mexico 

Texas

200

People moved West to settle and _____ the land

Work
200

These Americans argued immigrants, especially Catholics, were untrustworthy

Nativists

200

Urban areas _____ due to large numbers of immigrants

Grew

200

These agents helped Americans settle in Texas and gain the required legal documentation in exchange for land grants as payment

Empresarios

300

Texas was brought into the US as a _______ state

Slave
300

These people were forcibly removed or left to find a new home on their own when their land was taken by settlers moving West

Indigenous people or Native Americans

300

Nativists were afraid immigrants would take ______ from Americans

Jobs
300

Immigrants and other Americans lived in overcrowded and unsafe _________

Tenements

300

This land which included all or parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico is known as this

The Mexican Cession
400
The US and Mexico fought this war partly because of the US annexation of Texas

Mexican-American War

400

People's early movement to the West was motivated by the hunt for these valuable furs

Beaver

400

________ thought immigrants would bring crime and diseases

Nativists

400

These people moved to America and took both skilled and unskilled jobs

Immigrants

400
The US annexation of Texas is an example of _______ ________

Manifest Destiny

500

This idea was rooted in America's belief in its superiority, desire to add to its borders, and desire to gain more resources

Manifest Destiny

500

These people were the first Americans to live and work in the far West

Mountain men

500

This political party wanted immigrants to live in the US for 21 years before citizenship, opposed immigration, and wanted to keep Catholics out of public office

Know Nothing Party

500

These two positive changes occurred in America during the Industrial Revolution and population growth

Wealthy people gaining "down time" and middle class growing
500

This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and required that Mexico cede, or give up, Texas and its northern territory

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo