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3. President during the Mexican-American War

4. James K. Polk

5. Credited with creating the term “manifest destiny” in 1845

6. John O’Sullivan

7. General during the Mexican-American War. Elected president in 1848
General during the Mexican-American War. Elected president in Died two years into office.

8. Zachary Taylor

9. Led California settlers to independence from Mexico in the Bear Flag Revolt.

10. John C. Fremont

11. General that defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto
General that defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. President of the Republic of Texas.

12. Sam Houston

13. Trail that led to the Oregon territory.

14. Oregon Trail

15. Trail that spanned from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

16. Santa Fe Trail

17. Who led the Mormons out west to escape religious persecution?

18. Brigham Young

19. The Mormons settled in _____ and called this new colony _______.

20. Utah; New Zion

21. What two primary territories did the United States gain as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

22. New Mexico & California

23. What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

24. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

25. What was the name given to Texas after gaining independence from Mexico?

26. Lone Star Republic

27. United States paid Mexico $10 million for land in southern Arizona.

28. Gadsden Purchase

29. Name the two American generals that invaded Mexico during the Mexican-American War

30. Zachary Taylor & Winfield Scott

31. What were the three major conditions settlers had to meet to settle in Texas?

32. Worship as Roman Catholics
Become citizens of Mexico
No Slavery

33. General that led the Continental Army across the Potomac during the American Revolutionary War.

34. George Washington

35. Group that opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution

36. Anti-Federalists

37. Battle that took place two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent during the War of 1812; Andrew Jackson led American forces.

38. Battle of New Orleans

39. The _____ plan called for a congress with representation based on population while the ______ plan called for equal representation. As a result, the ________ compromise created a bicameral congress with both attributes.

40. Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise

41. What were the 3 main crises Andrew Jackson faced as president?

42. 1.Bank War
2.Nullification Crisis
3.Indian Removal

43. Leader of Mexico during the Texas war for independence and the Mexican-American War

44. Santa Anna

45. Treaty that gave Native Americans control of the Central Plains.

46. Treaty of Fort Laramie

47. Led the first group of American settlers to Texas.

48. Stephen F. Austin

49. Newspaper slogan that supported Polk’s campaign to annex the Oregon territory

50. “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!”

51. In the Into the West mini-series we have been watching, the main character left his family behind for a life on the frontier. Describe what all he has experienced in the story thus far.

52. Left his family to travel west
Left his family to travel west. Joined Jedediah Smith in the fur trade industry. Saved a Native American woman whom he married and made a family with. Joined a wagon train with his cousins on the Oregon Trail. Was injured, stayed behind while his family travelled to California, found them several years later only to discover his wife had remarried.