Westward Expansion
What was the nickname given to people who traveled to California in search of gold?
49ers
Church attacked by Mexico during the Mexican-American War
The Alamo
Name one trail traveled west BESIDES the Oregon Trail
California, Santa Fe, Mormon
A Democrat from New York, whose presidency was doomed by the Panic of 1837 + 1839.
Martin Van Buren
The political party mostly located in the South and Western States that supported slavery and the expansion of it
Idea that expanding to the West was a God-Given right for Americans
Manifest Destiny
Mexican General and President who fought in the Mexican-American War
Antonio Lopea de Santa Anna
Gold was discovered near _________ in California 1849
Sutter‘s Mill
First Vice President to take over for a dead President.
John Tyler
Name a current state that was added from the Mexican Cession
California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado
Who was the other country that shared the Oregon Territory with the United States?
Great Britain
Future President and Main General for the United States during Mexican-American War
Zachary Taylor
Invention that allowed for railroad expansion
Steam Engine
Ol’ Tippecanoe - Oldest president ever elected at the time (68 years old)
William Henry Harrison
The river claimed to be the border between the new state of Texas and the country of Mexico
Rio Grande OR Rio Bravo
Empresario from Virginia who started the first colony in Mexico
Stephen F. Austin
Texian Leader who declared Texas independent from Mexico
Sam Houston
African-Americans who left the South and headed west before and after the Civil War
Exodusters
President who started the Mexican-American War, adding over 500,000 square miles to the United States’ territory.
James K. Polk
The Great Compromiser
Henry Clay
What was the name of the group of people who were stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a blizzard? Resulted in cannibalism…
Donner Party
The Treaty signed with Mexico to end the Mexican-American War
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Independence, Missouri
Hero of the Mexican-American War. He died after serving only 1.5 years as President.
Zachary Taylor
Mr. Williamson’s favorite fast food restaurant
McDonalds