Westward Expansion

Why did Mormon pioneers migrate to Utah?

• better climate
• bigger population
• economic opportunity
• religious freedom

Who was Brigham Young?

• started the Mormon church
• leader of the Mormon, brought Mormons to Utah
• a Spanish missionary
• mountain man

What direction were the people heading?

• North
• South 
• East
• None of the above

What were the people moving to search for?

• Diamonds
• Cattle
• Buffalo
• Gold

The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsen Purchase

Mexico argued that the Texas border was the Nueces River, while the U.S. believed it was the ________ river

• Rio Grande
• Mississippi
• Colorado

Spanish settlers in California were called what?

• Californians
• The Calis
• Californios

Who won the Mexican-American War?

• Mexico

• The United States

U.S. bought this for $15 million from the French in 1803.

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Texas

What is an empresario?

• A Mexican general

• An American general

• A poor settler who moves out west to Texas by himself

• A wealthy settler who brings hundreds of families to Texas