Chapter 13 The Nation Grows 5th Grade S.S.

What 3 things did the Mexican government require of American immigrants moving to Texas? Click all that apply.

• Learn the Spanish language.

• Become an American Citizen

• Become a Mexican citizen.

• Convert to the Roman Catholic religion.

Why did many American immigrants ignore the three requirements the Mexican government placed on them.

• They were going to leave and go back to America.

• They hated Mexico.

• The Americans knew the Mexican government was too far away to enforce them.

Give 3 reasons why Pioneers moved west of the Mississippi. Click ALL that are correct

• religious freedom

• to escape their enemies

• to discover gold and silver

• cheap land

A mission in San Antonio, Texas, where Mexican troops defeated Texan defenders in 1836.

• Sutter's Mill

• Crockett Fort

• Alamo

When large numbers of people went to California seeking gold.

• Trail of Tears

• Gold Rush

• 49ers

• Sutter's Mill

The trail that was taken the most by settlers to head to the West. 300,000 traveled this trail.

• Trail of Tears

• Sante Fe Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Oregon Trail

The idea that the United States was to claim for itself all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

• Declaration of Independence

• American Revolution

• Manifest Destiny

• Indian Removal Act

Ended the Mexican war.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Indian Removal Act

• Treaty of Alliance

• Manifest Destiny

This allowed the President Andrew Jackson to remove Native Americans form their homelands.

• Indian Territory

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• Native American Reservation

A large group of wagons carrying settlers west.

• Pioneers

• wagon train

• Settlers

• Pony Express