Week 32 Fast & Curious Vocab Practice

1846 rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California

• Mexican-American War
• Bear Flag Revolt
• Texas Revolution
• California Gold Rush

1848 treaty ending the war with Mexico; Mexico ceded nearly 1/2 of its land to the U.S.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Treaty of Acapulco
• Treaty of Veracruz
• Treaty of Santa Fe

vast region given up by Mexico after the War with Mexico; California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming

• Mexican Acquisition
• Mexican Surrender
• Mexican Forfeit
• Mexican Cession

person who went to California to find gold starting in 1849

• Gold Rusher
• California Seeker
• Golden Hunter
• Forty-Niner

large numbers of people moved to California because gold had been discovered there

• California Gold Rush

• forty-niner

• Bear Flag Revolt

• California Gold Sale