Famous Figures
He became president in 1844, and was famous for his slogan "50, 40, or Fight!"
Who is James K. Polk?
People that rushed to California in search of gold.
Who are Forty-Niners?
This was a large area of land on the west coast, filled with forests, rivers, and wildlife.
What is Oregon Country?
Texan rebels occupied this abandoned mission to hold off against the Mexican Army
What is the Alamo?
This treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to give up most of its land in the North to the US.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Who is Sam Houston?
This present-day city went from a population of 800 to 25,000 in two years during the Gold Rush.
What is San Francisco?
This is a 2,000-mile-long trail that began in Independence, Missouri, and traveled west to Oregon County.
What is the Oregon Trail?
These agents were hired to find settlers willing to come to Texas to settle on Mexico-owned land.
Who are Empresarios?
This slogan was used by American expansionists who wanted the US territory to expand to North
What is “50, 40, or Fight!”?
He made himself dictator of Mexico and led the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War.
Who is Santa Anna?
This was the term for when Forty-Niners would search for gold.
What is Prospecting?
Followers of Joseph Smith and his church.
What are Mormons?
This is to add a state or territory
What is Annexation?
This is when the US government paid Mexico 10 million dollars to receive the Southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
What is the Gadsen Purchase?
He founded the church of Latter-Day Saints and founded the tablets that led to the creation of the Book of Mormon.
Who is Joseph Smith
This was a type of mining that used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.
What is Placer Mining?
These are western fur traders and trappers who were some of the first people to explore the land west of the Rocky Mountains.
Who are Mountain Men?
This was when Santa Anna ordered the execution of hundreds of Texan prisoners
What is the Goliad Massacre?
This was when the US acquired the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, and most of Arizona and New Mexico. It also included parts of Colorado and Wyoming.
What is the Mexican Cession?
The carpenter who found the gold first in California
Who is James Marshall?
When miners would pick an area that was theirs to search until they left it.
What is Staking a Claim?
This Trail followed an ancient trading route used by Native Americans.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
What is slavery?
This was an uprising in California for independence from Mexico.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?