Lesson 1
Path followed by settlers going to the Northwest.
The Oregon Trail
Nation that welcomed settlers from the United States after winning its independence from Spain.
Mexico
Metal whose discovery caused many people to hurry to California.
Gold
African-American woman who helped many slaves escape.
Harriet Tubman
U.S President who tried to buy land from Mexico?
James K. Polk
Idea that God wanted the United States to govern the land to the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny
Mission in San Antonio where many Texans died?
The Alamo
What were Gold seekers who went to California called?
Forty-Niners
Network of secret routes taken by escaped slaves through the North to Canada.
The Underground Railroad
Western State in which the Mormons settled.
Utah
Vehicle that carried many people west.
Wagon
Man who received a land grant from Mexico and led people to settle in Texas.
All foreign miners are impacted by what Act ?
Foreign Miner's Tax Act (1850)
Harriet Tubman's nickname.
Moses
Man who started the Mormon religion?
Joseph Smith
This major issue became more intense as the U.S. expanded westward.
Slavery
Dictator of Mexico during the Texans' war with Mexico?
Santa Anna
Form of mining that uses pans, picks, and shovels to harvest gold flecks
Placer Mining
Paper printed by William Lloyd Garrison.
Grants that gave Americans permission to settle in certain areas.
Land Grants
Two groups that suffered as a result of Manifest Destiny.
Native Americans / Mexicans
Accept: Slaves
Treaty that ended the Mexican American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
System of mining that employs jets of water to erode hills and catch the gold.
Hydraulic Mining
Nation of freed slaves started by the American Colonization Society.
Liberia
Purchase from Mexico that completed the area of the 48 states.
The Gadsden Purchase