4A Manifest Destiny

The period of time when Texas, which was part of Mexico fought for and achieved its freedom from Mexican rule.

• Civil War

• Texas Independence

• War of Independence (1775-1783)
• Mexican-American War

Process by which Texas officially became part of the US in 1845 after a congressional joint resolution to add it as a slave state.

• The Alamo Resolution

• Annexation of Texas
• Mexican-American War
• Texas Independence

Which of the following best describes the Oregon Trail?

• A trail were plains Natives were forced to the west to open up land for American settlement.

• A famous battle site during the Civil War.
• The path traveled by Mormons looking for a new zion.

• A historic route for westward migration in the 19th century.

US President who was elected in 1844 on a platform of expansion leading to the Mexican-American War and the acquisition of Oregon from the British.

• Zachary Taylor
• Franklin Pierce
• Martin Van Buren
• James K. Polk

Treaty that ended the Mexican American War. US would pay Mexico $15 Million and take land that would become California, Texas, and Arizona

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Tordesillas

The area of land that Mexico had to give to the United States after the Mexican American War ended is known as...

• the Oregon Country

• the Louisiana Purchase
• the Mexican Cession
• the Texas Annexation

What caused the California Gold Rush?

• The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848.
• The invention of the steam engine in 1850.
• The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
• The establishment of the California statehood in 1850.

Which of the following is an effect of the California Gold Rush?

• Increase in Native American populations in California.
• Rapid population and economic expansion in California, expediting its statehood process.

• Decrease in agricultural production in California.
• Stagnation of economic activities in the region.