Westward expansion Review

People who were native to Texas were called?

• Texians

• Tejanos

• Forty Niners

• Compromisers

San Francisco Was an example of this during the Gold Rush

• Pioneers

• Ghosttown

• Boomtown

• Gold Town

Kansas got this nickname due to ongoing violence that surged within its borders when voting to be a free or slave state

• Divided Kansas

• Violent Kansas

• Dark Kansas

• Bleeding Kansas

When the people of a state or territory get to vote upon an issue such as slavery

• Popular Vote

• Popular Sovereignty

• Democracy

• Manifest Destiny

America Expanding West

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Trail

• Westward Expansion

• California Goldrush

The Alamo was this type of building

• Apartment Complex

• Watchtower

• Jail

• Church/mission

Who was known to write up the legislation for the Compromises in the United States?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• James Polk

• Andrew Jackson

The act that required Northerners to return escaped slaves to their former owners

• Compromise of 1850

• Underground Railroad

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Escaped Slave Act

Who was the Mexican President during the time of the Mexican-American War

• Sam Houston

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• James Polk

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the American President during the Mexican-American War

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Austin

• Sam Houston

• James Polk