Chapter 10 Expanding the West

The route that followed the Platte & Sweetwater rivers over the Plains to the Rocky Mts. was

An empresario who started a colony on the lower Colorado River in 1822.

One of the ways Americans made life difficult for Chinese miners was by placing a high tax on them

Which of the following best describes empresarios?

As a result of the population explosion from the gold rush, CA became eligible for statehood.

When they first moved from NY in the early 1830s, what did Mormons hope to find in the West?

A Mexican general who was captured at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Mexican officials gave John Sutter permission to start a colony near the Sacramento River.

What lesson might a western traveler have learned from the story of the Donner party?

A placer miner was employed to search for places that were most likely to contain gold.

In 1833 the Mexican govt. disbanded the mission system and

A mission besieged during an important battle of the Texan Revolution.

In the West, the issue of _____ rights was especially important given the region's dry climate.

A Mexican priest who led Native Americans and mestizos in a rebellion in 1810.

the American general who captured Mexico City and ended the Mexican-American War

What challenge did Mex. Americans face when Amer. settlers went into the SW after the Mex. War?

US president who favored the annexation of Texas in 1844.

The American expansionists' slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight!" referred to the

The head of the Mormon Church after the murder of Joseph Smith.

Which is true about the US army at the beginning of the Mex-American war?

Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was the fate of the U.S. to