Unit 7 Review Part 2

During the early-to-mid 1800s, this was a vast expanse of land located between Texas and California which changed hands from Spain to Mexico in 1821.

• New Mexico Territory

• California Territory

• Colorado

• Missouri

Prior to the Mexican-American War, President James K. Polk made two offers to Mexico to purchase the New Mexico Territory and this other territory from them.

• Texas

• Colorado

• California Territory

• Independence

In 1848, gold was discovered in California along this river.

• Rio Grande River

• American River

• Colorado River

• Missouri River

With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, this major river was established as the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

• Mississippi River

• Colorado River

• Rio Grande River

• Missouri River

After initially being rejected to join the Union, it became the 28th state to join the Union on December 29, 1845.

• California

• Texas

• Colorado

• Missouri

This city in Missouri is where the California, Oregon, and Santa Fe Trails all originated from, earning the city the nickname “Queen City of the Trails.”

• San Francisco

• Independence

• Colorado Springs

• Austin

At the time of the California Gold Rush in the late 1840s and early 1850s, railroads only ventured as far west as this state.

• Colorado

• Missouri

• Texas

• California

Once a small village on the Pacific Ocean, it became the most prominent of California boomtowns during the California Gold Rush.

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

• San Diego

• Sacramento