T or F: The Republic of Texas encouraged immigration from the United States and Europe by offering land grants to settlers

T or F: Texans won the battle of the Alamo, which led to the independence of Texas

T or F: The commander of the Texas army during the Texas war for independence was Sam Houston

T or F: Most American settlers in Texas came from northern states and opposed slavery

T or F: Like Andrew Jackson before him, President James K. Polk was reluctant to annex Texas

T or F: The branch of the Oregon Trail leading to California became known as the California Trail

T or F: Chinese immigrants were not generally welcomed by Americans

T or F: The United States and Great Britain disagreed over the border between the United States and Canada

T or F: Mining camps were well organized and had little unrest

At the beginning of the 1800s, Spain, Russia, Great Britain, the United States and several Indian tribes all claimed ownership of

Why was President Jackson reluctant to annex Texas?

Which of these people was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?

Americans moving to Texas had to agree to

Whatever their method of travel to California, most gold seekers arrived in

What was the main problem that delayed the statehood of Texas and Florida?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Expansionists argued that the United States was justified in taking lands in the west because

The Santa Fe Trail

The population of California increased quickly after

A person who went to California in 1849 to find gold

To join or attach, as in the joining of a new territory to an existing country

Trappers and explorers who opened up the western pioneer trails

The members of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million

The General that was a military leader in Mexican-American War and 12th president of the United States

This expression was popular in the 1840s. Many people believed that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

Texas became its own independent country after it won independence from Mexico in 1836 what was it called?

The route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory

At the _____________ , which was a former Spanish mission, many Texans fought to the death, this battle became a rallying cry of the Mexican Revolution

Brigham Young was the Mormon leader who led the religious group west to the present day state of ___________

Joseph Smith was the founder of ______________ and was killed by a mob

What does it mean to take control of?

The independent nation of Texas

The gold seekers who went to California

Organized the Mormon’s long trip west

Westward route to Utah

was elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas

The idea that the United States was meant to expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean was called ___.

Many of the settlers moving to Oregon Country traveled there on the ___

The ___was the ill fated group of settlers who barely survived the trip west

The Battle of __________ was the last battle of the Texas Revolution and took only 18 minutes for the Texans to win