OREGON FEVER
TEX-MEX
A MEXICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIR
SALT LAKE OR BUST
VOCABULARY
100

What is the end location of the Oregon Trail?

Oregon City

100

Who was the leader of Texas’s military during the Texas Revolution?

Sam Houston

100

US President during the war.

James Polk

100

The name of the trail the Mormons followed west?

The Mormon Trail

100

The Belief that the US had a RIGHT and DUTY to expand across North America.

Manifest Destiny

200

The name of the vehicle most settlers used to travel across the continent?

Wagon

200

What motto was famously shouted by the Texans during the final battles of the Texas Revolution?

"REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!"

200

The name of the acquisition of modern-day California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Mexican Cession

200

The leader who guided the Mormons to Utah?

Brigham Young

200

The art of conducting negotiations with other countries.

Diplomacy

300

Which US President campaigned on the claim “All of Oregon or Nothing!”?

James Polk

300

What is the name of the battle where Texas secured their independence in 18 minutes?

The Battle of San Jacinto

300

The decided border between Texas and Mexico.

Rio Grande

300

The place where the Mormons left from?

Nauvoo Illinois

300

To add a territory to a country, peacefully or forcefully.

to Annex

400

A common disease that killed many settlers along the trail?

Cholera or dysentery.
400

The Mexican general and president defeated at the end of the war?

Santa Anna

400

The treaty that ended the war.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

400

The Mormon practice (later banned) that caused tension between Mormons and the US government?

Polygamy

400

To give up land or territory.

Cession

500

The largest obstacle along the Oregon Trail?

The Rocky Mountains
500

The year Texas won independence?

1836

500

The conquering of what location signified the end of the war.

Mexico City

500

The original name that Brigham Young wanted to name Utah?

Deseret

500

The name often given to settlers who traveled along the Oregon and Mormon trails?

Pioneers