Moving West
Settlers traveled 2,000 miles on this dangerous trail.
What is the Oregon Trail?
These workers guided large herds of cattle across long distances.
What are cowboys?
A region full of buffalo and Native Americans before Americans moved west.
What are the Great Plains?
This region fought Mexico for independence before joining the U.S.
What is Texas?
The event where thousands rushed west hoping to become rich.
What is the Gold Rush?
This idea said America had a God-given right to expand west.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This 1862 law gave settlers land if they lived on it and farmed it.
What is the Homestead Act?
A group of people who were indigenous to the Great Plains and North America as a whole.
What are Native Americans?
The conflict where Texians fought Mexico for independence.
What is the Texas Revolution?
Miners who arrived in 1849 were known as this.
What are 49ers?
The ocean the United States expanded to.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Unfenced land where cattle wandered freely.
What is the open range?
When someone is pressured to give up their culture and adopt another.
What is Assimilation?
The mission where all Texan defenders were killed, motivating Texans to fight harder.
What is the Alamo?
The place where gold was first discovered in 1848.
What is Sutter’s Mill?
The region people hoped to reach by following the Oregon Trail.
What is Oregon Country?
Mexican horsemen who taught American cowboys many of their skills.
Who are Vaqueros?
Land the U.S. government forced Native Americans to live on.
What are Reservations?
The Mexican general who led forces against the Texans.
Who is Santa Anna?
California settlers briefly declared independence during this revolt.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
People were attracted to Oregon because it had this type of soil.
What is fertile land?
The amount of land each settler could earn under the Homestead Act.
What is 160 Acres?
The animal Native Americans followed for food, shelter, clothing, and tools.
What are Buffalo?
The main issue that caused the Mexican–American War.
What is a border dispute over Texas?
The treaty that ended the Mexican–American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?