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4. Row 1, Col 1 What was the Santa Fe Trail. A trail used by merchants crossing the prairie from Independence, Missouri.

5. 1,2 Who was Santa Anna? This Mexican leader was forced to grant Texas its independence after his capture at the Battle of San Jacinto.

6. 1,3 What is the House of Representatives? The term of this house of Congress is 2 years.

7. 1,4 What is the executive branch? The branch of the government which enforces the federal law.

8. 2,1 What is Texas? The chance to add another slave state and fear that a relationship with Britain would be developed were reasons annexing this state was important.

9. 2,2 What is the Santa Fe Trail? Military forts were set up to protect this 800 mile trade route across the open prairie..

10. 2,3 Who was Stephen F. Austin? He set up a colony in Texas and invited Americans to settle there.

11. 2,4 What was the Mexican Cession? The land the U.S. acquired as a result of the Mexican War.

12. 3,1 What was manifest destiny? This term was used as a justification of U.S. expansion across the continent.

13. 3,2 What was the Foreign Miners Tax? This made it almost impossible for Chinese miners to work in the gold fields.

14. 3,3 What was 1849? In this year thousands of young men out to find their fortune went to California.

15. 3,4 What was the national bank? President Jackson went to a great deal of effort to end this institution.

16. 4,1 What was the Oregon Country? The phrase “54-40 or fight” showed how serious some people were about taking all of this area.

17. 4,2 What is the House of Representatives? The Constitution says this is where ties in the Electoral College are broken.

18. 4,3 Who is the President? This person is the head of the executive branch of the federal government.

19. 4,4 What was the Oregon Trail? This was the route followed by thousands of Americans hoping to make a better life in the west.

20. 5,1 What is the Book of Mormon? Joseph Smith said the material in this book was inspired by an angle.

21. 5,2 Who were Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie? They were two well known Americans that died while defending the Alamo.

22. 5,3 What were slaves? Mexican officials were upset that Americans continued to bring this group of people into Texas after they were told not to.

23. 5,4 What was the Foreign Miners Act? This law said that all non Americans had to pay a fee to look for gold was passed in California shortly after it became a state..