Westward Movement
This term was used to justify Westward Expansion by stating that God had wanted Americans to take this land.
Manifest Destiny
What was Mexico’s policy toward slavery in 1830?
Slavery was abolished
Where was the border between Texas and Mexico before the Mexican-American War?
Nueces River
What resource was found in California that made Americans move out to the state in 1849?
Gold
The United States compromised with which other country to gain control of the Oregon Trail?
Great Britain
Americans used Westward expansion to come together under common interests, what phrase describes this concept best?
Nationalism
Americans promised to speak Spanish, convert to Catholicism, become Mexican citizens, and not bring slaves to Texas. How many of these promises did they keep?
None
Where did the United States want the border between Texas and Mexico to move to?
Rio Grande
Why did Christian Priests move out to the Oregon Territory?
To Convert Native Americans
These groups of people were living out in the West and were kicked out when Americans settled in their land.
Native Americans
Who was the President that declared war against Mexico to start the Mexican-American War?
James K. Polk
What was an incentive for colonists to travel to Oregon Country?
Fertile Farmland
Which states did the United States gain as a result of the Mexican-American War?
California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming
Who led a small band of explorers to the Oregon coast in 1804 to 1806?
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea
Pacific Ocean
Why was Texas not able to become a state immediately after gaining independence from Mexico?
It would break the balance between free and slave states
What was gained through the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?
a good railroad route to California
What country gave up its's claim to Oregon as part of the treaty purchase to FL?
Spain