Westward Expansion

What did Texas claim as its southern boundary in 1846?

• The Nueces River

• The Columbia River

• The Rio Grande

• San Antonio

The 13 colonies declared independence from Great Britain, thereby became the 13 United States of America during the War of.

• Civil

• Mexican

• Revolutionary

• French and Indian

Gold Seekers in California were called?

• Anglos

• Forty-niners

• Tejanos

Those from the United States living in Alta California were?

• Anglos

• Texians

• Tejanos

Those from the United States living in Texas were called?

• Anglos

• Texians

• Tejanos

• Californios

Those from Mexico living in California were called?

• Anglos

• Texians

• Tejanos

• Californios

Those from Mexico living in Texas were called?

• Anglos

• Texians

• Tejanos

• Californios

The US gained territory in all the following ways except?

• annexation

• purchase

• cession

• inheritance

In 1848, gold was discovered in?

• Texas

• Oregon

• Nevada

• California

The main cause of conflict between the American settlers in Texas and the Mexican government was Mexico's?

• request to increase the number of settlers from Texas

• expectation that the settlers govern themselves

• prohibition of slavery

• claims to territory in California