| A | B |
|---|
| Indepedence, Missouri | Where the Oregon Trail began |
| Astoria | First American settlement on the Pacific coast |
| Moses Austin | Missouri businessman who planned a colony on the Brazos river |
| James Beckwourth | Discovered pass through the Sierra Nevada |
| Juan Seguin | Tejano who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto |
| California | Site of the Bear Flag Republic |
| Jim Bowie | Defender of the Alamo |
| James Gadsden | Minister of Mexico who arranged land purchase |
| Mountain men | settlers of the Oregon country |
| Pacific Ocean | Western boundary of the Oregon Country |
| James K. Polk | 1844 presidential candidate who wanted to annex Oregon |
| Stephen F. Austin | Chose the Old Three Hundred |
| Narcissa Whitman | Missionary in Oregon Country |
| Empresarios | people who agreed to recruit settlers to Texas |
| San Antonio | Texas town where Texas Revolution started |
| Tejanos | people of Mexican heritage who consider Texas their home |
| Goliad | James Fannin commanded fort here |
| San Jacinto | Site of battle on April 21, 1836 |
| Improvements | reforms |
| California | Bear Flag republic |
| British claims in Oregon Country were based on the exploration by Sir Francis Drake and | George Vancouver |
| John Jacob Astor made his business from | furs |
| What did Texas claim as its southern boundary in 1846 | the Rio Grande |
| The Oregon Trail extended from Independence, Missouri, to | the Columbia River |
| In 1847 Mexico City was taken over by | General Winfield Scott |
| Joseph Smith believed in common ownership of propety and in | polygamy |
| In 1848 gold was discovered in | California |
| Under the Treaty of Guadlupe Hidalgo, the United STates gained | all of California and New Mexico |
| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo allowed Mexicans to | relocate to Mexico |
| "Fifty-four fourty or fight" meant that the United States should expand its territory to the southern boundary of | Alaska |
| Claims to the Oregon Country were most actively made by the United States and | Great Britian |
| In the summer mountain men headed to a meeting place called | the rendezvous |
| The annexation of Texas was opposed by the | Northern abolitionist |
| In 1846 the United States declared war on | Mexico |
| The Mexican Cession included present-day | Neveda and Utah |
| The Mormons went to Utah to seek | religious freedom |
| Law without judeg or jury was called | vigilante justice |
| Which 1844 presidential candidate declared, "Fifty-four fourty or fight" ? | James K. Polk |
| Chinatown developed in | San Francisco |
