chapter 9: westward expansion

The people who traveledd west and wanted a new life were the ____

• colonists

• pioneers

• patriots

• British

Why were wagons a good way to travel?

Mexico won its independence from

• Spain

• America

• Canada

• Texas

Texas DID NOT want to be part of Mexico

• true

• false

Ms Kennedy is from Texas

• true

• false

What was the famous quote said by Sam Houston at a battle fought in San Antonio, Texas? **bonus question**

After the war with Mexico, the US got land

• south of Texas

• west of Texas

• north of Texas

• east of Texas

Who were the "forty-niners"?

What did the Gold Rush of 1849 bring to California?

____ were trails that led to the west (pick 2)

• the Santa Fe Trail

• the Victory Trail

• the Oregon Trail

• Iditarod Trail