In the Battle of San Jacinto, as Houston's soldiers attacked, they yelled "________________________!"
Remember the Alamo!
Wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language
Henry and Eliza Spalding
What did America gain as a result of the Mexican-American war?
More land
What is the belief that God gave Americans all the land between the two oceans?
Manifest Dynasty
People who were the first to settle in an area
pioneers
Wanted to increase the borders of the United States
James K. Polk
A small map or globe that shows where an area is located in the world is called a ____________________.
locator map
What caused California's population growth in 1849?
Gold Rush
People in Texas decided to fight against Santa Anna to bring back the Mexican _____________________.
Constitution of 1824
Died while in office as president
William Henry Harrison
Doctor for the Cayuse people
Marcus Whitman
Why did some slave owners NOT take their slaves to California?
They feared they would run away to mine for gold
The British and Americans decided the border for Oregon Country would be on the ____________________.
49th parallel
People who gained the most money from the California gold rush
merchants
What war was fought in 1846?
Mexican-American War
Name 2 advantages the Americans had in the Mexican-American War.
1. better guns 2. better leaders
The actual distance between two places on a map can be found using a _______________.
map scale
People who get natural resources from the earth
Miners
Leader of the Mormons
Brigham Young
President of Texas
Sam Houston
People who rushed to California in search of gold
forty-niners
Why did Polk want want to take California?
It had excellent port cities
President of Mexico
Santa Anna
What did some Americans dislike about how Polk started the Mexican-American War?
They thought it was unjust. They thought it was the wrong way to get more land.
Replaced Whigs with Democrats in the national government
John Tyler