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Chapters 1 G & 17
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Manifest
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THE MEXICAN WAR
Fill in the spaces with the missing words.
When (1)
was admitted to the Union in 1845, Mexico broke off
diplomatic relations with the (2)
A dispute soon arose in which
Mexico said that its boundary line with Texas was the (3)
River.
The United States claimed the boundary was the (4)
they owned the land between the two rivers.
complaining that (5)
Both sides said
At this time, many American citizens were
owed them $3 million.
Other Americans were ready
for war because they believed it was the (6)"
" of the United States
to expand into new lands in the West.
President (7)
decided to send General Zachary Taylor into the
disputed area between the United States and Mexico.
the president asked (8)
When Taylor's army was attacked,
to declare war on Mexico.
Americans under the command of (9)
left Fort Leavenworth and
marched into Mexican territory where they occupied Santa Fe.
on to California.
The expedition then moved
About this time a small band of American settlers overthrew the
Mexican government in northern California in what came to be known as the
(10)
The settlers carried a flag showing a grizzly bear
facing a red star.
Stephen Kearny, army captain (11)
, and naval
commander Robert F. Stockton joined forces to win battles near San Diego and Los Angeles.
This ended Mexican rule in (12)
~~~---------------------
General (13)
crossed the Rio Grande and captured the city of
Monterrey after a hard-fought battle.
Anna at the Battle of (14)
Five months later the Americans defeated Santa
(15)
at the time was
president of Mexico.
General (16)
(17)
crossed the Gulf of Mexico and landed at
on the east coast of Mexico.
American army moved inland toward (18)
the Mexican capital was captured.
was signed ending the (19)
(20)
When the city surrendered, the
After a series of battles,
A short time later, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The war had lasted from 1846 to
THE MEXICAN
(1)
WAR
When Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845, Mexico
broke off diplomatic
relations with the United States.
The government of Mexico was angry because it still
considered Texas to be Mexican territory.
But Mexico
did not declare war as it had threatened to do if the
United States annexed Texas.
However, a boundary
dispute soon arose that brought tensions to the breaking point.
Mexico said that its boundary line with
Texas was the Nueces River.
The American government claimed the boundary was
the Rio Grande.
Both sides said they owned the land between the two rivers.
At this time, many American citizens were complaining that the ~nited States
should force Mexico to pay them $3 million for property that had been taken or
destroyed by the Mexicans.
Other Americans were ready for war because they
believed it was the "manifest destiny" of the United States to expand into new
lands in the West.
On the map:
(A) Print the following names in CAPITAL LETTERS next to these numbers:
1 - UNITED STATES; 2 - TEXAS; 3 - MEXICO; 4 - DISPUTED AREA.
(B) Lightly shade the DISPUTED AREA.
(C) On the back side of the map, write the heading Causes of the Mexican War.
List these causes under the heading:
1. Texas becomes a state and Mexico ends relations with the United States.
2. The U.S. claims the Rio Grande as its boundary, but Mexico says it is
the Nueces River.
3. American citizens demand that the Mexican government pay them $3 million
for property that has been taken or destroyed.
4. Many Americans believe it is the "manifest destiny" of the United
States to expand its territory farther west.
(2)
President James K. Polk decided to have General Zachary Taylor move his 3,000
troops from the Nueces River to the Rio Grande.
Just north of the Rio Grande
a small number of U.S. cavalrymen were defeated by a larger Mexican force.
President Polk used this incident to ask Congress to declare war on Mexico.
Congress passed a war declaration on May 13, 1846.
On the map:
(A) Use a colored pencil, marker, pen, or lead pencil to color the battle
symbol between the Nueces River and Rio Grande to show a Mexican victory.
Use the same pencil, marker, or pen to color the Mexican battle symbol in
the key.
(B) Next to the battle symbol print April 1846:
First Battle.
(C) Next to "UNITED STATES" print May 1846:
Congress declares war on Mexico.
(3)
Americans under the command of Stephen Kearny left Fort Leavenworth and marched
into Mexican territory where they occupied Santa Fe.
Kearny took some of his
men on to California.
About this time a small band of American settlers overthrew the Mexican government in northern California in what came to be known as
the Bear Flag Revolution.
The settlers carried a flag showing a grizzly bear
faCing a single red star.
But the real conquest of California was carried out
farther south by Kearny, army captain John C. Fremont, and naval commander
Robert F. Stockton.
They joined forces and won battles near San Diego and Los
Angeles.
This ended Mexican rule in California.
On the map:
(A) Trace the route of Stephen Kearny from Fort Leavenworth
to Santa Fe and
San Diego.
Print Stephen Kearny next to it.
(B) Print Bear Flag Revolution next to the battle symbol near San Francisco.
Color the battle symbol to show an American victory, using a pencil, pen,
or marker that is different from the one used earlier for the Mexicans.
Color the American battle symbol in the key.
(C) Color the battle symbol at San Diego to show an American victory.
(D) Trace the arrow from San Diego to Los fulgeles and print Kearny and Fremont
next to it.
(E) Trace the arrow from Monterey to Los Angeles and print Robert F. Stockton
next to it.
Color the battle symbol at Los Angeles to represent an
American victory.
(4)
General ZacPlry Taylor crossed the Rio Grande and captured the city of Monterrey
after a hard-fought battle.
Five months later, Taylor defeated Santa Anna and a
large Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista.
Santa Anna at the time was the
president of Mexico as well as the commander of the armed forces.
Taylor's
great victory at Buena Vista made him a hero in the United States and helped him
win the presidency in 1848.
On the map:
(A) Trace the arrow across the Rio Grande to Monterrey and Buena
color the battle symbols to show American victories.
(B) Next to Buena Vista print Zachary Taylor defeats Santa Anna.
(5)
Vista,
and
A 10,OOO-man army under General Winfield Scott crossed the Gulf of Mexico and
landed at Veracruz on the east coast of Mexico.
Scott's invasion followed a
three-week bombardment
of the city by American gunboats.
When Veracruz surrendered, the American army moved inland toward Mexico City.
After a series of
battles, General Scott marched triumphantly into the Mexican capital.
A short
time later, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed ending the Mexican War.
The war had lasted from 1846 to 1848.
On the map:
(A) Trace the American troop movement from New Orleans to Veracruz and Mexico
City.
Print Winfield Scott next to the route.
(B) Color the battle symbols at Veracruz and Mexico City to show American
victories.
(C) Next to Mexico City print Sept. 1848:
Last Battle.
(6)
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico gave the United States a.huge
territory known as the Mexican Cession.
In return the United States paid
$15 million and took responsibility
for the $3 million owed to./ American
citizens by the Mexican government.
Mexico recognized the RYo Grande as the
southern boundary of the United States.
On the back side of the map, write the heading Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
List these terms of the treaty under the heading:
1. The United States obtains the Mexican Cession from MexIco.
2. Mexico recognizes the Rio Grande as the southern boundary of the United
States.
3. The United States pays Mexico $15 million and assumes $3 million in debts
owed to American citizens by the Mexican government.
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ROUTES
TO THE WEST
Contest Rules
Try to unscramble
the key words in the
sentences below.
Write the unscrambled
words in the spaces
provided.
As soon as you have finished, give your paper
to the teacher.
If you make one or more mistakes, you are
eliminated from the contest.
Start re~ding the sentences·
now.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
The purchase of the Louisiana Territory by President
Thomas Jefferson in 1803 led to the settlement of lands west of the
IPISIIPSMSS VERIR
---------------------------------Meriwether Lewis, LIWIMAL P~LCK
, and Zebulon
Pike explored the Louisiana
Territory and other parts of the West.
Although the government
sent many explorers westward, the people who learned
the most about the lands beyond the Mississippi
River were traders and
RFU RTPEAPSR
~~~----------~------~~
Beginning in 1821, traders followed the Santa Fe Trail from Independence,
Missouri southwest to Santa Fe, which then was in EIANCXM
-------------------territory.
Traders took wagqns filled with manufactured
goods to Santa Fe, and brought
back mules, furs, gold, and VISREL
--~----~----=-----~
The Old Spanish Trail continued west from Santa Fe to SOL AENLGES
., California.
--------------------~-----The fur trappers, who were often called NAITUOMN EMN
roamed the Rocky Mountain region starting in the 1820's.
Two of the most famous mountain men and "trail blazers" of the Far West were
Jim Bridger and EJD ISMHT
---------------------------Bridger and Smith discovered
the famous THSUO SPAS
which later was used by wagon trains crossing the Rocky Mountains to Oregon
and California.
TESETLRS
traveling west used the trails established by
the mountain men.
The first states formed west of the Mississippi
River were Louisiana (1812),
Missouri
(1821), Arkansas
(1836), Texas (1845), and OAIW
-------------------(1846) .
During the 1820's Stephen Austin led hundreds of American families into Texas,
then owned by MICOXE __ ~------~--~~~
The Americans living in Texas gained their DNINPENDEECE
from Mexico during the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836.
Sam Houston, who led the Texans to victory over Santa Anna and the Mexican army,
became the firs t RPSEDIETN
of the "Lone Star Republic."
Texas was called the Lone Star Republic until it became a ASTET
_
in 1845.
Traders, trappers, explorers,
and missionaries
told stories about rich farmlands
in California and RGNOEO
The first OAWGN TARINS
began the long journey over the
Oregon and California
trails during the 1840's.
The pioneers had to cross the Great Plains and KORCY AMTNNOUIS
_
__--------~---------before reaching the West Coast.
Wagon trains were organized
every RSPGIN
at Independence,
Missouri.
One wagon train, the Donner Party, was trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
by early October snowstorms,
and only 48 of the 87 people DVSUEIRV
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and other missionaries
wrote letters
back East describing the great forests and rich NRFALAMSD
of the Oregon Country.
to friends
_
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
Brigham Young and the Mormons, who had been persecuted in several eastern
states because of their religious beliefs~ settled next to the TAERG LAST KLAE
in Utah in 1847.
The discovery of gold at John Sutter's mill led to a rush of OTFYR-NIERNS
to California in 1849.
Although most people found no gold, many became farmers, store owners, and
craftsmen, and CFOALINARI
became a state in 1850.
The trails that led west stretched over dry, treeless plains and waterless
deserts, crossed streams and rivers, and wound through steep MONIATUN
passes.
During the 2,OOO-mile trip from Independence to the West Coast, families lived
in covered wagons pulled by several teams of NXOE OR ELMUS -:-__ ----:---:__ --:-_;-__
Wagon trains followed the Oregon Trail across the Great Plains, nicknamed the
"EAGRT MAERACIN DERTES"
, and through the South
Pass in the Rocky Mountains.
After crossing the Rockies, pioneers bound for California followed the
RLCAIFOAIN LITRA
to the Sacramento Valley.
The Oregon Trail continued northwest to the BCOULMIA IVERR
_
and the Willamette Valley.
Wagon trains made brief stops at FSROT
along the way to
make repairs 'and buy supplies.
Map Exercise
The map on the next page shows the main trails followed by people traveling to
the Southwest, Oregon, and California during the early and mid-1800's.
On the map:
(1) Print the following place names next to the corresponding numbers:
Independence
6: Fort Bridger
11: Vancouver
2: Nauvoo
7: Salt Lake City
12: Sacramento
1: Fort Kearney
8: Fort Hall
13: Bent's Fort
4: Fort Laramie
9: Fort Boise
14: Santa Fe
5: Independence Rock
10: Whitman Mission
15: Los Angeles
(2) Trace the Santa Fe Trail~y connecting the 16's between Independence and
Santa Fe. Print Santa Fe Trail next to it.
(3) Connect the 17's between Santa Fe and Los Angeles, and label the Old Spanish
Trail.
(4) Trace the dotted line which shows the Mormon Trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake
City. Print Mormon Trail next to it. Label the Great Salt Lake.
(5) Trace the Oregon Trail by connecting the number 18's between Independence and
Vancouver. Print Oregon Trail next to it. Prinr-wIllamette Valley just
below Vancouver. Label the South Pass between Independence Rock and Fort
Bridger.
(6) Connect the 19's and label the California Trail. Print Donner Pass northeast of
Sacramento. Print Sacramento Valley south of Sacramento.
(7) Label the Rocky Mountains (from Texas to Oregon) and the Sierra Nevada Mountains
(northeast of Sacramento.)
l:
Territorial Expansion
Between 1783 and 1853, the United States acquired territories stretching to the
Pacific Ocean. Which of the letters on the map represents the:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5 )
(6)
(7)
United States in 1783
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Spanish Cession (1819-1821)
Texas Annexation (1845)
Oregon Country (1846)
Mexican Cession (1848)
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
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ROUTES TO THE WEST
Multiple-Choice
(1)
The Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail each began at:
(a) Independence
(b) St. Louis (c) Nauvoo
The first states formed west of the Mississippi River were:
(a)"Louisiana,
Missouri, and Arkansas (b) Texas, Iowa, and Nebraska (c) South Dakota,
Utah, and California
During the 1820's Stephen Austin led American settlers into:
(a) Oregon
(b) California (c) Texas
Before becoming a state, Texas was called the:
(a) Bear Flag Republic
(b) Lone Star Republic (c) Western Republic
The first wagon trains began traveling to Oregon and California in the:
(a) 1840's (b) 1860's (c) 1870's
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Completion
(6)
American
traders took manufactured goods into Mexican territory over the
Trail, and returned with gold, silver, and furs.
---------------------(7)
Fur trappers
(8)
Jim Bridger and Jed Smith discovered the
by wagon trains crossing the Rocky Mountains
(9)
Traders, trappers,
in Californi~ and
(10)
called
--------------------explorers,
Brigham Young and the
in Utah.
roamed the Rocky Mountain
which was used
to Oregon and California.
and missionaries
_
----------------------
region.
told stories about rich farmlands
settled next to the Great Salt Lake
True-False
(11)
Thousands
(12)
Pioneers
(13)
The Old Spanish Trail led from Santa Fe to Los Angeles.
(14)
Wagon trains used the California
(15)
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman wrote letters to friends back East describing
the opportunities that awaited them in Oregon.
Map Questions
of settlers
rushed to Texas in 1849 during the gold rush.
called the Rocky Mountains
Which letter on the map represents
(16)
Oregon Country
(17)
Louisiana
(18)
Texas Annexation
(19)
Gadsden Purchase
(20)
Mexican
Purchase
Cession
"the Great American
Desert."
Trail to reach the Willamette
the:
Valley.
TERRITORIAL
EXPANSION
The United States in 1783
A "territory" is a land area that has not yet been divided into states.
In 1783
the United States received a huge territory from Great Britain as part of the peace
treaty ending the Revolutionary War.
This new region stretched from the Appalachian
Mountains to the Mississippi River, and from Canada to Spanish Florida.
No additional
land was acquired by the American government during the next 20 years.
Then, from 1803
to 1853, seven more territories were added to the country.
These acquisitions fulfilled
the "manifest destiny" of the United States -- that is, the belief that the nation should
expand to the Pacific coast.
ON THE MAP PRINT 1783:
WAR.
LAND RECEIVED
FROM GREAT BRITAIN AT THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
1801: France obtained the city of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory from Spain.
When New Orleans belonged to the Spanish, American farmers in the West were allowed
to ship their goods through the city to the eastern United States and Europe. But
the French, under the leadership of Napoleon, denied use of the Mississippi River
and the port at New Orleans.
There was a growing concern in the United States that
Napoleon would try to establish a powerful empire in North America.
1803:
President Thomas Jefferson sent representatives to France in an attempt to get
permission to use the Kississippi River and port facilities at New Orleans.
Napoleon surprised the Americans by offering to sell New Orleans and the whole
Louisiana Territory for $15 million.
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size
of the United States.
1804-1806:
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Territory.
They
traced the Missouri River to its source in the Rocky Mountains, then followed
the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.
1805-1807:
Zebulon Pike explored the upper Mississippi Valley and the Southwest.
ON THE MAP PRINT
FOR $15 MILLION.
1803:
JEFFERSON
BOUGHT THE LOUISIANA
TERRITORY
FROM FRANCE
Land above the Louisiana Purchase (1818)
1818: Great Britain at this time owned Canada.
The British and American governments
both claimed land along the boundary between Canada and the Louisiana Territory.
Finally an agreement was reached that divided the land in dispute.
The United
States was given a small area just above the Louisiana Territory.
Great Britain
received a small piece of land farther north in what is now Canada.
ON THE MAP PRINT
1818:
LAND RECEIVED
IN A TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Spanish Cession (1819)
1818: Florida had been under Spanish control since the expedition of Ponce de Leon in
the 1500's.
By the early 1800's it had become a trouble spot for the United
States.
Hundreds of runaway slaves went there. The Seminole Indians of Florida
often crossed into Georgia and attacked American settlers.
President James
Monroe sent General Andrew Jackson to drive the Indians out of Georgia.
Jackson
chased the Seminoles into Florida and captured two Spanish forts.
1819: Spain saw that it was unable to defend Florida against an American invasion.
Spain at the time was busy trying to put down revolutions in its Latin American
colonies.
So the Spanish agreed to give up the area if the United States would
pay American citizens $5 million that was owed to them by Spain.
The land
included Florida and parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
ON THE MAP PRINT 1819: UNITED STATES RECEIVED SPANISH CESSION
PAY $5 MILLION TO~RICANS
OWED MONEY BY SPAIN.
BY AGREEING
TO
Texas Annexation (1845)
1822: Mexico decided to open Texas to American settlers.
Stephen Austin led the first
American families into Texas.
1830: Mexico became worried about the flood of immigrants from the United States, and
banned further settlement.
The Americans and Mexicans differed in language,
religion, and ways of living.
The Mexican government passed a law saying
American plantation owners could no longer own slaves, but the law was ignored.
1835: Santa Anna became the president of Mexico and warned that American settlers must
obey Mexican laws.
1836: Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
Santa Anna led a Mexican army north
into Texas.
Several thousand Mexican soldiers surrounded 187 Americans at the
Alamo, a mission in San Antonio.
William Travis, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and
other Texans fought a courageous 2-week battle before being killed.
General Sam
Houston was named commander of the Texan army. The battle cry became "Remember
the Alamo."
General Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto,
and the Texas Revolution came to an end.
When Texas won its independence from Mexico, it asked Congress to be admitted to
the Union as a state. The northern states opposed this request because many
slave owners lived in Texas.
Others feared a war with Mexico.
Congress decided
against statehood, and Texas remained an independent country known as the Lone
Star Republic.
Sam Houston was elected president of the new nation.
8
1845:
After a lengthy debate in Congress,
state.
Texas was admitted
to the Union as the 28th
ON THE MAP PRINT 1845: THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED THE TEXAS ANNEXATION
AFTER THE LONE STAR REPUBLIC WON INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO.
10 YEARS
Oregon Country (1846)
1818: The United States and Great Britain agreed to the "joint-occupation"
-- shared
ownership -- of the Oregon Country.
Persons from either country could settle
there.
The Oregon Country included land that is today part of Canada.
For many
years Indians and fur traders were the only people living in the region.
1836: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and other American missionaries went to the Oregon
Country.
They wanted to help the Indians and spread Christianity to the Northwest.
1843: The Whitmans told people back east about the rich farmland in Oregon, and many
pioneer families began moving there.
They traveled together in wagon trains
for protection against the Indians.
The Oregon Trail stretched for 2,000 miles
from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
1844: James K. Polk used the slogan "54-40 or Fight!" during his campaign for president.
1846: The United States and Great Britain agreed to divide the Oregon Country into two
parts.
The United States was given the southern half, and Great Britain took
control of the northern half. The boundary line was the 49° latitude line.
ON THE MAP PRINT 1846:
JOINT OCCUPATION.
OBTAINED
BY TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN
AFTER 28 YEARS OF
Mexican Cession (1848)
1845: Texas was admitted to the Union.
This angered Mexico which still considered
Texas to be its territory.
1846: A boundary dispute arose between the United States and Mexico.
Both countries
claimed an area of land between northern Mexico and southern Texas. The United
States said the boundary line was the Rio Grande.
The Mexicans claimed it was
the Nueces River.
The dispute led to the outbreak of the Mexican War.
1846-1848:
General Zachary Taylor defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista.
Colonel Stephen Kearney marched to California and helped American settlers overthrow the Mexicans in the Bear Flag Revolt.
General Winfield Scott captured
Veracruz and Mexico City, and Mexico surrendered.
1848: The United States won a large land area that today makes up the southwestern part
of the United States. The United States paid Mexico $15 million for this area,
known as the Mexican Cession.
ON THE MAP PRINT 1848: THE UNITED STATES DEFEATED MEXICO
GAINED THE MEXICAN CESSION.
IN THE MEXICAN WAR AND
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
1853: Congress was studying four possible routes for building a transcontinental railroad to the Pacific coast.
Supporters of a southern route wanted to extend the
railroad at New Orleans westward to California.
They pressured Congress into
spending $10 million for a small strip of land at the southern end of the Rocky
Mountains which would provide a level route to the West Coast.
The Gadsden
Purchase, as the land area was called, was obtained from Mexico by foreign
minister James Gadsden.
The Gadsden Purchase, now part of southern Arizona and
New Mexico, completed the acquisition of land that today makes up the continental
United States.
ON THE MAP PRINT 1853: GADSDEN PURCHASE OBTAINED FROM MEXICO FOR $10 MILLION,
THEREBY PROVIDING A LEVEL ROUTE FOR A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.
TERRITORIAL
Decide whether
Louisiana Purchase,
or Oregon Country.
EXPANSION
the following statements refer to the United States in 1783,
Spanish Cession, Texas Annexation, Mexican Cession, Gadsden Purchase,
(1)
Contained the city of New Orleans where western farmers
exported their products to the eastern United States and
Europe.
(2)
The western
Mississippi
(3)
It was a hiding place for runaway
homeland of the Seminole Indians.
(4)
Doubled
(5)
Former Mexican
1845.
(6)
"54-40 or Fight!"
(7)
Located between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains,
and between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico.
(8)
Jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain,
then divided between the two countries at the 49th
parallel.
(9)
Purchased by Congress so that a transcontinental
could be built through the Southwest.
Obtained
(10)
boundary
River.
of the United States was the
slaves, and was the
the size of the United States.
territory
from Mexico
added to the United States in
railroad
at the end of the Mexican War.
Matching
(11)
Stephen Austin
(12)
Santa Anna
(13)
Sam Houston
(14)
William
(15)
Thomas Jefferson
(16)
Napoleon
(17)
Lewis and Clark
(18)
Andrew
(19)
Marcus Whitman
20)
James K. Polk
Travis
Jackson
(a)
Leader of a small band of Americans
(b)
Bought
(c)
Some Americans in the early 1800's feared that he
wanted to establish a powerful empire in North
America.
(d)
Missionary
Oregon.
(e)
Victorious commander at San Jacinto,
president of the Lone Star Republic.
(f)
General during both the Texas Revolution
Mexican War.
(g)
Traced the Missouri River to its source, then
followed the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.
(h)
Led 300 American
(i)
More land was added to the United States during
his administration than at any other time.
(j)
Fought against
)D
the Louisiana
Territory
at the Alamo.
for $15 million.
who told about the rich farmland
families
in
and the first
and the
into Texas.
the Indians in Florida.
TERRITORIES
(1)
Indians
(2)
The first wagon
train arrived
(3)
Western farmers
Napoleon.
urged
(4)
It was divided
after 28 years
(5 )
The Mexican War began
United States.
FAMOUS
from there
attacked
Americans
in Georgia.
in the Willamette
President
Jefferson
between the United States
of "joint occupation."
a year after
Valley
in 1843.
to buy it from
and Great Britain
it was obtained
by the
PEOPLE
(1)
Three
(2)
Led several
(3)
Missionaries
whose
Oregon Country.
(4)
Defeated Santa Anna
Texas Revolution.
(5)
Purchased the southern
the Mexican government
explorers
of land purchased
hundred
American
stories
from France.
families
speeded
at the Battle
into Texas.
the settlement
of San Jacinto
parts of New Mexico
for $10 million.
of the
during
and Arizona
the
from
DATES
(1)
Texas
(2)
The Mississippi
United States.
(3)
The United States and Great Britain
divided a small piece of land north
(4)
The year
tinental
(5 )
William Travis,
at the Alamo.
became
the Lone
Star Republic.
River became
the western
Crockett,
of the
signed a treaty which
of the Louisiana Purchase.
that a territory was purchased
railroad could be built.
Davy
boundary
so that a transcon-
and Jim Bowie lost their lives
COUNTRIES
(1)
Country
(2)
Became concerned
in Texas.
(3)
Paid American
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