What conflict was the Mexican-American war fighting over?

Border disputes between Mexico and the U.S.

Texans wanting their independence from Mexico

Mexico gaining their independence from Spain

What event led to the U.S. getting modern-day New Mexico and Arizona?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What ended the Mexican-American War?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What event gave Texas its independence?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What are some of the reasons that American settlers moved west?

To find new employment opportunities

Name two similarities and two differences between the Oregon Trail and The Trail of Tears.

Both were routes to the west; both resulted in the loss of Native American land

Both were government-funded; both were primarily for gold seekers

Both led to California; both were used during the same time period

Both were used for trade; both were routes to the east

The process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation

The act of segregating or isolating a group of people

The process of maintaining one's cultural identity in a new environment

The act of migrating from one country to another

What was the primary purpose of the Oregon Trail?

To facilitate westward migration

To trade with Native American tribes

What was Manifest Destiny?

The US had the right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

It was destiny for Indigenous people to live on the North American continent.

The US had a duty to take over the Canadian territory.

The US had the duty to take control of the territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.

When Stephen Austin settled into Texas, why did he and the American settlers upset the Mexican government?

The Americans were not following Mexican law

The Americans were becoming friends with the Indigenous people.

The Americans were bringing too many people with them to settle in the area.

The Americans were having too many celebrations on the land.

The Battle of the Alamo was fought between which two groups of people?

The Mexicans and the Texas Volunteers

To avoid war, president Polk had to compromise the Oregon Territory by doing what?

Dividing the land at the 49th parallel line

Selling it for $5 million dollars

Why did the Mexican-American War begin?

The US and Mexico could not agree on a boarder.

Mexico did not want Americans on their territory.

Mexico wouldn't trade with the United States.

The US wanted a port from Mexico.

How did the Mexican-American War begin?

Mexicans fired on US troops at the Rio Grande.

Mexican fired on US troops at the Mississippi River.

Americans fired on the Mexicans near the Gulf of Mexico.

Americans fired at the Mexican troops at the Colorado River.

"Gold Fever" referred to__________________.

The craze of 1849 in which over 80,000 people moved to California to mine gold.

people getting sick from mining too much gold.

the skin turning a goldish color from a high temperature.

Everyone wearing gold clothes to celebrate.

Why was Sutter's Mill important?

It was the site near where gold was discovered in 1848, which began the gold rush.

It was the place where 49ers stayed when they moved west.

Many immigrants from Europe and China worked there.

It was the first mining camp that allowed African-Americans

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