Chapter 9, Lesson 3

People rushed by the thousands to this state to try to find gold.

What is the name given to a leader who has complete control of the government?

Where did the Oregon Trail begin?

What do we call the people who participated in the gold rush?

What was the name of the San Antonio mission that was turned into a fort?

What was the country of Texas called?

The Mexican-American War was fought as a result of a dispute over the border between Mexico and which state?

Who was the leader of the Texan army?

What do we call the trail that Brigham Young used to lead his church members to Utah to form their own communities and find religious freedom?

Name the two famous pioneers who were among the men who fought at the Alamo.

What was the name of the land in the Pacific Northwest that Narcissa Whitman wrote about?

What is the idea that the United States was meant to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean called?