Wagons
people who rushed to California in search of gold
forty-niners
locate the 49th parallel on the map
A
People in Texas decided to fight against Santa Anna to bring back the Mexican ____________.
Constitution of 1824
wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language
Henry and Eliza Spalding
The belief that God gave Americans all the land between the two oceans is called...
Manifest Destiny
people who were the first to settle an area
pioneers
locate Mexico on the map
B
The president of Texas
Sam Houston
Why did Polk want to take California?
it had excellent port cities
This man replaced Whigs with Democrats in the national government
John Tyler
people who gained the most money from the California gold rush
merchants
The actual distance between two places on a map can be found using a _________
map scale
Leader of the Mormons
Bringham Young
What war was fought in 1846?
Mexican-American War
this man died while in office
William Henry Harrison
people who get natural resources from the earth
miners
A small map or globe that shows where an area is located in the world is called a _______.
locator map
Doctor for the Cayuse people
Marcus Whitman
What did some Americans dislike about how Polk started the Mexican-American War?
They thought the war was unjust. They thought it was the wrong way to get more land.
this man wanted to increase the borders of the United States
James K. Polk
locate the Rio Grande on the map
D
In the Battle of San Jacinto, as Houston's soldiers attacked, they yelled, "_____________!"
"Remember the Alamo!"
President of Mexico
Santa Anna
What caused California's population growth in 1849?
gold rush
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