The goal of the Texans at the Battle of the Alamo was to:

What happened to all the Texans at the Alamo?

What was the only state to ever be an independent country?

Who was the leader of Mexico during the War for Texas Independence?

What was the Mexican Army doing when attacked at the Battle of Jacinto?

This is the idea that Americans should spread democracy from sea to shining sea.

The US and _________ agreed to settle the Oregon Territory together.

What country most influenced the American Southwest?

Mexico was mad that the US acquired what state?

The ____________ ended the Mexican American War and Mexico lost ½ its territory.

In this agreement, the US bought parts of New Mexico and Arizona for $10 million.

 What precious element was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848?

Which of these is TRUE Westward Expansion?

What section of the country has cattle ranches, deserts, and oil drilling?

When did Asians (Chinese) first immigrate into the US?

This man invented tough, durable pants for miners to wear

After the Gold Rush in 1849, what land became a state?

 What group resorted to cannibalism to survive the winter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains?

This group worked to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

This waterway was built for transportation in New York:

Both the Erie Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad:

What law gave farmers 160 acres of land for settling the west? 

This group was forced to reservations as a result of westward expansion