Sea to
Trails West
Shining Sea
The Texas
The War
The CA
Revolution With
with Mexico
Mexico Gold Rush
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What is the Original United
States?
What is the Oregon
Country?
What is
the Louisiana Purchase?
What is Texas?
What is the Gadsden
Purchase?
This country owned
Texas prior to Mexico
Who was Spain?
These were people of
Spanish heritage that lived
in Mexico
Who were Tejanos?
This was the nickname of
Texas after it received its
independence
What was the Lone Star Republic?
This man led the 183
volunteers at the Alamo
Who was William Travis?
The Texans’ victory at this
battle forced Santa Anna to
sign a treaty giving Texas
its independence
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
This man was considered
America’s first “dark horse”
candidate for president
Who was James K. Polk?
This phrase suggested that
US expansion was not only
good but bound to happen
What is Manifest Destiny?
The US jointly occupy the
Oregon Territory with this
country prior to 1846
What is Great Britain?
In this treaty that officially
ended the Mexican War,
Mexico recognized Texas was
part of the US, the Rio Grande
was the border between the
two nations and Mexico also
ceded a vast region
What is the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo?
In this transaction, Mexico
sold the US land which is
now part of southern New
Mexico and Arizona
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
This city’s population grew
from 400 in 1845 to 35,000
in 1850
What was San Francisco?
By the end of 1851, 1 out
of every 10 immigrants
came from this country
What was China?
Prior to 1849, 6,000 of
these people of Spanish
or Mexican descent
lived in California
Who are Californios?
Across land, around South
America and this were the
three routes to California
What is across Panama?
DAILY
DOUBLE
Spell
C-A-L-F-O-R-N-I-A
What is C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A?
On the 13th day of fighting ,
I fell to the Mexican Army
What was the Alamo?
I am infamous for leading the
attack on the Alamo
Who was General Antonio
Lopez de Santa Anna?
I was general of the Texas army
and was elected president of the
Lone Star Republic
Who was Sam Houston?
The US received ME as
part of the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo!
What was Mexican Cession?
Gold was found near my
mill in 1848 triggering
the CA gold rush
Who was John Sutter?