Manifest Destiny

Term for the group of people of people who arrived in California for the gold rush; San Francisco's NFL team

• 49ers

• Emmigrants

• Tejanos

• vigilantes

Those who leave a country; opposite of immigrant

• 49ers

• Emmigrants

• Tejanos

• vigilantes

Descendants of Spanish colonists living in Texas

• 49ers

• Emmigrants

• Tejanos

• vigilantes

Citizens who practice law enforcement on their own...like Batman

• 49ers

• Emmigrants

• Tejanos

• vigilantes

Which was NOT an effect of the California gold rush

• Increased the population of California

• Increased economic opportunities in California

• Led to California becoming a state

• Led to the independent Republic of California

Which is NOT a reason why emmigrants moved west?

• Farmland

• Money

• Religious Freedom

• A more involved civilization

Set the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico; 15 million in exchange for present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Wilmot Proviso

• Gasden Purchase

Called for slavery to be banned from any territory gained from the Mexican American War; passed in the house but never the senate

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Wilmot Proviso

• Gasden Purchase

10 million in exchange for a sliver of land in southern Arizona and New Mexico so the United States could complete a transcontinental railroad

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Wilmot Proviso

• Gasden Purchase

General Santa Anna surrenders and Texas achieves independence

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Battle of the Alamo

• Battle of Buena Vista

• Siege of Veracruz