Westward Expansion

One of the more than 80,000 who went to California in search of gold.

• pioneer

• forty-niner

• vigilante

• Californios

Agreement where the U.S. got California and New Mexico Territory from Mexico and the U.S. gave Mexico $15 million.

• Bear Flag Republic

• Mexican Cession

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris

Located in San Antonio, it is the site of a famous battle of the Texas War for Independence.

• San Jancinto

• The Alamo

• Veracruz

• Goliad

Select the two causes of the Mexican War.

• California Gold Rush

• Massacre at the Alamo

• Manifest Destiny

• Annexation of Texas by U.S.

The American belief that it was our god given right to expand our borders from coast to coast.

• Oregon Trail

• Annexation Destiny

• Mexican Cession

• Manifest Destiny

To open and prepare for others to follow.

• annexation

• boomtown

• Oregon Trail

• pioneer

Why did the U.S. want the land they purchased from Mexico for $10 million in 1853?

• To provide land for Native American reservations
• To expand the U.S. agricultural industry
• To establish a military base for future conflicts

• To build a transcontinental railroad

What piece of legislation distributed free land in the Great Plains and primarily attracted farmers?

• The Homestead Act

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Dawes Act

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Meat Inspection Act

What invention limited the "open range" and led to the decline of the cowboys' importance?

• The Steam Locomotive

• Barbed Wire

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Bessemer Process