LSA AJ Manifest Destiny

The U.S. gained all or part of all the following states in the Mexican War EXCEPT:

With "Remember the Alamo" as their battle cry, the Texas army defeated Santa Anna here.

The Oregon Trail, the route many settlers traveled from Missouri to the West Coast, was:

The Mormon majority in Utah feuded with the U.S. government and resisted statehood until _____.

Even before the Alamo fell, Texas declared independence & elected ________ its first president.

The founder of Mormonism, he was eventually killed by an angry mob in Illinois. 

Travis' Texans held out for ______, giving the Texas army key time to prepare for an invasion.

California finally was accepted into the Union as a free state in September of ______.

Stephen Austin was joined by _____ settlers in founding the first American settlement in Texas.

The Texans were commanded by ______, who was only 26 years old at the time of the battle.

Thanks to the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain gave up its claim to Oregon & this other future state. 

New York newspaperman John O'Sullivan coined this term to describe America's move west.

Mexicans of Hispanic descent who lived in Texas were called ____________.

The Mexican War finally ended in ____ when General Winfield Scott's army captured Mexico City.

Although Texas won its independence in 1836, it was not annexed as a U.S. state until _____.

In 1821, he led the first American settlers into Texas thanks to a Mexican land-grant.

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman inadvertently brought ____with them to Oregon. 

Many people also came to California to supply the miners, including this immigrant tailor.

All of the following future U.S. presidents served as army officers in the Mexican War EXCEPT:

Approximately 180 Texans made a stand against 5,000 men of Santa Anna's army here.

Many Mexican settlers in California used Native American workers on large plantations called:

From the Louisiana Purchase to the Gadsden Purchase, the continental U.S. was finished in only:

Before provoking a war with Mexico, the U.S. offered to purchase California & New Mexico for:

The U.S. and Britain eventually compromised over Oregon, setting the border with Canada here.

William Bucknell was the first American merchant to travel this new trade route in 1821.

In the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexico had to cede ______ square miles of land to the U.S.

In 1849, John Marshall discovered gold in this California waterway. 

The U.S. claim to Oregon was based on Lewis & Clark's expedition & Robert Gray's discovery of:

President James Polk sent this army general and his men to the Rio Grande to provoke a war.

After the gold discovery, the more than 80,000 people who flocked to California were called: 

This early pioneer is known as the "father of Texas" for the role he took in its independence.

All of the following modern U.S. cities began as Spanish Missions in California EXCEPT:

Beaver pelts were in high demand in the Eastern U.S. and England for the making of _____.

John Jacob Astor and his American Fur Company made a fortune buying and selling their fur.

The journey west along the Oregon Trail from Missouri to the Oregon Territory took roughly: 

In 1847, U.S. forces landed by sea here and began their march on Mexico City.

In 1820, all of these nations were among those with claims on the Oregon Territory EXCEPT:

BONUS TRIVIA: The total number of American troops killed in the Mexican War was ________.

After Smith's death in 1844, Brigham Young and 12,000 followers founded this Utah settlement.

His 1833 election to leadership in Mexico soon led to conflict between the government & Texans.

The Mexican War of 1846-1848 was one of the first wars which saw use of this new technology.

Settlements that sprung up almost overnight to provide goods and support to the miners were:

Fur-trapping mountain men congregated once a year in a summer meeting called the ______.

This expansionist democrat won the presidency in 1844 with the slogan "54-40 or fight!"

Soon after war began, U.S. soldiers captured this important Mexican city without firing a shot.