Manifest Destiny

This California town was an arrival point for most miners and experienced a huge population boom from 1846-1852:

• San Bernadino

• San Cornado

• San Francisco

• San Salvador

The _______________________________________________________________allows California to enter the United States as a free state.

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of Guadalupe

In 1849, thousands of men head to California to seek their fortunes via the ________________________________, a land route across the United States.

• Mormon Trail

• Overland Mail Trail

• Chisolm Trail

• Oregon Trail

Gold was discovered at ____________________________________________ in 1848.

• Sutter's Mill

• Salt Lake, Utah

• Nevada

• Oregon

The __________________________________________________________ War dealt with the annexation of Texas into the United States.

• Native American

• Spanish

• Mexican American

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

“__________________________________________________________” become the Texas battle cry during the Battle of San Jacinto.

• Remember the Maine

• Remember the Alamo

• Remember the Santa Anna

• Remember the Amigos de Cristo

________________________________________ and other Texas leaders will declare Texan independence from Mexico.

• Stephen Austin

• Sam Houston

• Davy Crockett

• Jim Bowie

Mexican leader ______________________________________________sent troops to stop Texan revolt and will later conquer the Alamo.

• Santa Augustine

• Santa Anna

• Santa Maria

• Santa Amigo

Which of these is not a reason Texans seek independence from Mexico?

• Mexico ends slavery and wants Texans to free slaves

• Mexico starts taxation of Texans

• Texans are to have converted to Catholicism

• Mexico opens the border for further settlement.

__________________________________ is known as the “Father of Texas” because he and 300 American families settled the area of Mexican Texas.

• Stephen Austin

• Sam Houston

• Davy Crockett

• Jim Bowie