Oregon Country
Texas Independence
War with Mexico
Spanning a Continent
Miscellaneous
100

What are the four countries that claimed this area?

What is Russia, USA, Spain, and Great Britian

100

How long was the war?

What is 12 days

100

What did California call themselves?

What is the Bear Flag Republic

100

Where did Mormons settle?

What is Salt Lake City, Utah

100

What is the capital of New Jersey?

What is Trenton

200

What state did the Oregon Trail begin?

What is Missourri

200

Who was the president of Texas after the war?

Who is Sam Houston
200

What is the border between Mexico and Texas?

What is the Rio Grande River

200

What were people who rushed west to get rich known as?

Who are 49ers

200

How far did the Oregon Trail stretch?

What is more than 2,000 miles

300

Who was the President that declared that the Oregon Country belonged to the U.S.?

Who is James Polk

300

What name did the Texans give to their new country?

What is the Republic of Texas

300

What treaty did Mexico sign with Texas?

What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

300

Where was gold discovered?

What is Sutters Mill, California

300

Who was the first governor of Utah?

Who is Brigham Young

400

What year did Oregon become a U.S. territory?

What is 1848

400

How many years was Texas independent before it was annexed?

What is 9 years

400

When did California declare independence?

What is June 14, 1846

400

What is it called when you have more than one wife?

What is polygamy

400

Who petitioned for Texas to be a separate state?

Who is Stephen Austin

500

What year did Oregon become a state?

What is 1859

500

In what year did Texas become an independent country?

What is 1836

500

How much money did Slidell offer for California and New Mexico?

What is $30,000,000

500

What year did California become a state?

What is 1850

500

What was the name of the purchase that completed the boundary between Mexico and the U.S. at the bottom of Arizona and New Mexico?

What is the Gadsden Purchase