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U.S. Expansion
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Gold Rush
Wars/Battles
100
Tennessee Governor who became President in 1844 after Taylor.
Who is President Polk.
100
A 2,000 mile long trail that stretched from Missouri or Iowa to Oregon Country.
What is the Oregon Trail
100
American belief that it is the obvious fate to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny
100
Gold-seeking migrants to California. (Also a football team)
What is the forty niners
100
Another name for Texas War for Independence
What is The Texas Revolution
200
Cowboys who managed large herds of cattle and sheep.
Who were the Vaqueros
200
An important path West. Began in Missouri and led to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Trail
200
Mexican cowboys
What is Vaqueros
200
Used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.
What is Placer miners
200
An abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution
What is Alamo
300
Group of Western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter.
Who are the Donner Party.
300
A large group of settlers traveled to the West to seek religious freedom. Founded by Joseph Smith in Salt Lake City, Utah.
What is Mormons
300
Californian colonists
What is Californios
300
Search for gold
What is prospect
300
The Americans declared California to be an independent nation.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt
400
A Mexican Priest that led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and Mestizos.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
400
U.S. government paid Mexico 10 million dollars for southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
What is Gadsen Purchase
400
Fur traders and trappers
What is mountain men
400
Arrived in California from China, Europe, mexico, and South America
What is 20,000 immigrants
400
The Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independence.
What is Battle of San Jacinto
500
Head of the Mormon Church. A University is named after him.
What is Brigham Young.
500
This movement brought the population of California up from 800 to 25,000 from 1848 to 1850.
What is The Gold Rush
500
Agents hired by Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas.
What is empresarios
500
California became the meeting ground for:
What is traders from Mexico and the United States
500
On March 2, 1836, this happened in Texas.
What is Texas declared their independence from Mexico.