8th Grade - USH - Expansion and Conlict

Who started the first Anglo-Californian colony in 1839?

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

• Stephen F. Austin

• John Sutter

What term refers to gold-seeking migrants who traveled to California in 1849?

• Vaqueros

• Placer Miners

• Empresarios

• Forty-Niners

Which event gave Texas independence from Mexico?

• Alamo

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Bear Flag Revolt

Who was the U.S. President elected in 1844, known for annexing both Texas and Oregon?

• James K. Polk

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Stephen F. Austin

• John Sutter

What was the purpose of the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?

• To acquire land for the transcontinental railroad

• To purchase gold mines

• To gain independence for Texas

• To end the Mexican-American War

Search For Gold is called:

• Prospects

• Empresarios

• Forty-Niners

• Californios

Another name for Vaqueros?

• Miners

• Sailors

• Cowboys

• Indians

The Belief That America’s Fate Was To Conquer Land All The Way To The Pacific Ocean was called:

• Manifest Destiny

• The Alamo

• Prospect

• Battle Of San Jacinto

Agents Of The Mexican Republic Hired To Bring Settlers To Texas were called:

• Prospects

• Empresarios

• Forty-Niners

• Californios

James K. Polk was a

• famous cowboy

• miner

• president

• commander