Manifest destiny

Question 1

gold rush

Answer 1

period in american history where the news of gold in california brought over over 300,000 gold seekers.

Question 2

mormon migration

Answer 2

mormon pioneers migrated across us from the widwest to the salt lake valley in utah

Question 3

texas revolution

Answer 3

us colonists in the mexican providence of texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist mexican gov

Question 4

war w mexico

Answer 4

armed conflict between us and UMS from 1846 to 1848.

Question 5

oregon territory

Answer 5

organized incorperated territory of the us until feb 14 1859 when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the union as oregon

Question 6

james polk

Answer 6

11th prez of us. lived in and represented tennessea

Question 7

manifest destiny

Answer 7

term for the period of american expansion that the us was destined stretch from coast to coast

Question 8

forty niners

Answer 8

a prospector in the california gold rush

Question 9

joseph smith

Answer 9

american religous leader and founder of mormonism and the latter day saint movement

Question 10

brigham young

Answer 10

american leader in latter day saint movement. second pres of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints

Question 11

sam houston

Answer 11

american politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing texas into the united states as a constituent state

Question 12

santa anna

Answer 12

fought to defend royalist new spain and then for mexican independance. failight in texan rev against sam housins army

Question 13

davy crokett

Answer 13

american folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. “king of the wild frontier”

Question 14

the alamo

Answer 14

pivotal event in texas rev. mexican troops launched assault on the alamo mission, killing all texan defenders. more texans joined tigether in anger after this and defeated the mexicans

Question 15

goliad

Answer 15

second skirmish of texas rev. rebellious texans attacked mexican army soldiers

Question 16

san jacinto

Answer 16

the decisive battle of texas revolution.

Question 17

treaty of velasco

Answer 17

teo docs signed in velasco texas. in the aftermath of the battle of san jacinto

Question 18

mexican cession

Answer 18

region of mexico that ceded into the us.

Question 19

treaty of guadelupe hidalgo

Answer 19

treaty of peace, friendship, limits and settlement between the us and mexican republic

Question 20

oregon trail

Answer 20

2170 mile trail for emigrants that connected the missouri river to valleys in oregon.