Go West!
This belief said the United States was destined to expand westward all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Stephen Austin's American settlers promised to become loyal citizens of this country.
What is Mexico?
Americans and the British valued these two animals for their fur.
What are beavers and otters?
President James K. Polk wanted to acquire these two territories from Mexico.
What are California and New Mexico?
I led the Texan army and defeated Mexican forces at San Jacinto.
Who is Sam Houston?
As settlers moved west, these people were pushed from their lands.
Who are Native Americans?
In 1836, Mexican forces defeated a small group of Texans here after a twelve-day battle. Led by William Travis.
What is the Alamo?
These adventurers and fur trappers lived in the Rocky Mountains.
Who are the Mountain Men?
Some Americans challenged President James K. Polk's claim about where this had occurred, questioning his justification for war.
What is American blood being shed on American Soil?
I was the Mexican general whose army defeated the Texans at the Alamo, but I was later captured by the Texans.
Who is Santa Anna?
Western farmers used this flat-bottomed transportation to carry crops downstream on rivers.
What are flatboats?
Texans declared their independence from Mexico and created this new nation, nicknamed the Lone Star Republic.
What is the Republic of Texas?
Many families traveled west along the Oregon Trail in this type of large traveling group.
What are wagon trains?
This religious group traveled west to escape persecution.
Who are the Mormons?
I protested the Mexican-American War by refusing to pay my taxes and spent a night in jail.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Unlike flatboats, these steam-powered boats could transport passengers and goods both up and down waterways.
What are Steamboats?
At this battle, Sam Houston's army surprised and defeated the Mexican army.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
The Oregon Trail was approximately this long and normally took about this many months to travel.
What is 2,000 miles and about six months?
More than 80,000 people traveled to California in 1849 seeking gold and became known by this nickname.
Who are the '49ers?
I challenged President James K. Polk to identify the exact spot where American blood had been shed on American soil.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
By the 1840s, this had become the most important form of transportation in the United States.
What are railroads?
After becoming an independent republic, Texas joined the United States as the 28th state in this year.
When was 1845?
In 1846, the United States and Great Britain avoided war by doing this with Oregon Country.
What is dividing Oregon Country at 49° north latitude?
Most gold seekers did not become rich, but some people prospered by doing this instead.
What is selling goods and supplies to miners?
I led American troops into northern Mexico and defeated Mexican forces at the Battle of Buena Vista.
Who is Zachary Taylor?