A Growing Nation

The Indian Removal Act because many people thought the Native Americans were getting in the way of the ______

• Indian Territory

• Manifest Destiny

• Mexican Cession

• America

California increased quickly in population and soon became a state because of the _____

• Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny

• Alamo

• Trail of Tears

Who was the President who signed the Indian Removal Act?

• Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

• Marcus Whitman

• Andrew Jackson

Who was the Mexican President who refused to give Texas its freedom until he was captured by enemy forces ____

• Santa Anna

• John Fremont

• Andrew Jackson

• Sam Houston

The mass movement of people to California in 1849 to search for riches was the ____

• Oregon Trail

• California Gold Rush

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

President Jacked signed the ____ , forcing the Native Americans to abandon their homes and move to the Indian Territory.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Mexican Cession

• Indian Territory

• Indian Removal Act

___ became part of American when American and Britain signed a treaty.

• Oregon Territory

• Texas

• California

• west

___ helped Texas gain its freedom from Mexico by leading an attack on Mexican forces and capturing the Mexican President

• Marcus Whitman

• John Fremont

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

____ created maps from his explorations on the Oregon Trail to start a mission

• Marcus Whitman

• John Fremont

• Andrew Jackson

• Santa Anna

Mexico once owned ___ until it fought for its independence.

• California

• Texas

• America

• Oregon