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Manifest destiny
He was an agent/empresario, who started a colony on the lower Colorado River in 1822.
Who was the U.S. president who favored the annexation of Texas in 1844.
John Tyler
After the death of Joseph Smith he became the new head of the Mormon church and moved the group to Utah.
Brigham Young
Empresarios
Which challenges did Mexican Americans face when American settlers poured into the Southwest after the Mexican war?
Mexican land laws differed from the U.S. land laws, which led to much confusion.
Americans moved westward in the early 1800s, in part, because French, British, and American companies had depleted the ________ population in the East.
Beaver
True
or
False
At the beginning of the MexicanAmerican War, the American army was better equipped than the Mexican army?
True
or
False
The Gadsden Purchase gave the U.S. much of Mexicos northern territory?
Who was the Mexican general who was captured at the Battle of San Jacinto.
What, (type of), miners used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.
Placer (Miners)
He created The American Fur Company, which helped to establish trade in the Pacific Northwest.
As a result of the population explosion of the gold fever years, this area became eligible for statehood.
California
______ ______ was a hero at the Battle of San Jacinto. The new Texas Republic named a new town after him and made it their capital.
Sam Houston
Mexican officials did not want many Americans to settle in California, but they gave this Swiss immigrant, ____________, permission to start a colony near the Sacramento River in 1839 ?
John Sutter
Gold mining remained an important part of Californias economy, but _____ and _____ soon became industries for those willing to do the necessary hard labor.
How did the U.S. govt help traders traveling on the Santa Fe Trail?
Which of the following shows how various cultures shaped one another in the Southwest after the Mexican Cession?
Miners paid high prices for basic necessities during the gold rush because the large amounts of gold in circulation caused severe ________ in California.
Inflation
What is the name of the mission that was besieged during an important battle of the Texan Revolution?
The Alamo
Life was made difficult for what group of people, due to a high monthly tax placed on all foreign miners?
Chinese immigrants