AM Unit 3 Quiz

The belief that the United States had a blessing from God to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

The Native Americans would get the sacred Black Hills in exchange for not attacking white settlers.

The attempt to change or fit in with the dominant culture in a society, can be forced or voluntary

Who was sent to protect white settlers in the Black Hills after gold was found?

The nickname for someone who left their home to search for gold

What city exploded in size due to the Gold Rush?

The most famous trail that people took to go West.

Where General Custer and his army were quickly defeated and killed by Native Americans

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Battle at Wounded Knee

• Battle of Big Littlehorn

What was the importance of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• The treaty signed after the Mexican-American war that ceded almost all of the Southwest to the United States

• The agreement after the Mexican-American war that made Texas a part of the U.S.

• The treaty that secured the last piece of land the U.S. needed to complete the lower 48 states

• When the United States purchased land from the French to double the size of the U.S

What was the rallying cry after the Battle of the Alamo?