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| What current states were part of Oregon Country? | Oregon, Idaho, Washington, parts of Wyoming and Montana |
| "Fifty-Four forty or fight" was a campaign slogan for which president? | James K. Polk |
| Another name for gold miners in the late 1800's? | 49ers |
| This state was once known as the Lone Star Republic | Texas |
| The Mexican Cession included which present-day states? | California and Nevada, parts of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico |
| This is a person who considers Texas home but is of Mexican heritage: | Tejano |
| This agreement completed the boundary between Mexico and the Unites States after the Mexican War: | Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago |
| This state was once known as the Bear Flag Republic: | California |
| This mission was the site where Texas soldiers were massacred by Mexican troops; included Daniel Boone Davy Crockett | the Alamo |
| In 1818, Oregon country was share between the U.S. and this country? | Britain |
| Gold was found on this man's property in 1848: | John Sutter |
| People who agreed to recruit settlers to Texas were known as: | empresarios |
| This man was once president of Mexico as well as the leader of the Mexican army: | Santa Anna |
| This term means to add land to one's country: | annex |
| This man was elected president of Texas: | Sam Houston |
| This was the name of the wagon that took settlers to the West | prairie schooner |
| This man was the leader of the Mormons in Utah; university named after him: | Brigham Young |
| This was name given to the remnants of a former town left after all the gold was mined there: | ghost town |
| This means to leave one place to go live in another place: | emigrate |
| This is a citizen who takes the law into their own hands; like in mining towns during the Gold Rush: | vigilante |
| This is the name given to a town that sprung up when gold was discovered: | boom town |
| The name given to the belief that the U.S. had the right and the duty to expand across the American continent | Manifest Destiny |
| Name 3 ways that America acquired land during the period of westward expansion: | war, treaties, and settlement |
| What was a reason that people in the northern part of the U.S. opposed the annexation of Texas? | Texas allowed slavery and it could upset the balance of free and slave states in America |
| In what way did the Louisiana Purchase affect the U.S. from a geographic perspective? | It doubled the size of America |
| What is a reason that the U.S. wanted to acquire Florida? | Indians were crossing border into Georgia and attacking white settlements |
| What was an incentive for settlers to travel to Oregon Country? | fertile farmland was available |
| This was Mexico's policy regarding slavery in 1830: | It was ILLEGAL |
| Name a major reason that war started between the U.S. and Mexico: | The annexation of Texas |
| What was one way MEXICO was affected by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago: | It DECREASED its territory by almost half |
| Which of these statements bests describes President Polk: - he did all he could to avoid war with Mexico -- He wanted the U.S. to increase its territory -- He worked to build friendships with the border nations -- He bought land the was of little use | He wanted the U.S. to increase its territory |
| What was gained as a result of the Gadsden Purchase? | a good railroad route to California |
| This led to the need for the Lewis and Clark expedition: | Louisana Purchase |
| Most people living in territory given up by Mexico after the Mexican-American War became what? | U.S. citizens |
| What major contribution did Mexicanos provide to mining in teh West? | shared their knowledge and tools with other miners |
| What industry did the U.S. adopt from the Spanish? | sheep raising |
| What became an important industry in the Southwest of America thanks to Mexicano contributions? | irrigation systems |
| What were some things that the American cowboy learned from the Mexican cowboy (vaquero)? | branding cattle, ranching terms, politics and law |
| How were Mexicanos generally treated by people who settled in the lands ceded by Mexico to the U.S.? | they were often denied their rights |
| This was the subject of Mexican pueblo law that became the basis form U.S. law: | water rights |
| What do words like stampede, canyon, and patio have in common? | They come from Mexican and Spanish words |
| Who was Davy Crockett? | Died while helping defend the Alamo from the Mexican army |
| Who was Santa Anna | President of Mexico and leader of the Mexican army |
| Pioneer Women: Their Legacy: | schools, churches, charitable groups, all established by women; also gave them strengths and abilities they may not have otherwise gotten. |
| Pioneer Women's rights: | Wyoming Territory...women could vote in 1869, by 1900 voting in 4 western states, 20 yrs prior to the rest of the country |
| Manifest Destiny Land acquisitions (map) |  |
