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Map Locator
Miners
Brigham Young
"Remember the Alamo"
Americans/ United States
President Polk
49th Parallel
Mexico
Forty-niners
Map Scale
Manifest Destiny
Pioneers
Rio Grande
Henry and Eliza Spalding
1849
Manifest Destiny
Pioneers
California
Texas
Merchants
Brigham Young
Mexican-American War
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
Mine for gold
These people get natural resources from the earth.
This is the year of the gold rush which caused California's population to grow.
This man was the president of Texas.
This country is directly south of the United States. On the map below Letter B.
This is the belief that God gave America all the land between the two oceans.
This is the belief that God gave America all the land between the two oceans, so people moved West to fill that land.
This American president wanted to take California to help increase the United States' borders.
This is the name for people who rushed to California in search of gold.
This war was fought in 1846 between the United States and Mexico.
The people in this area (which later became a state in the United States) fought against Santa Anna to bring back the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
This side in the Mexican-American War had the advantage of better weapons and better leaders.
This man was the president of Mexico.
This is the motto that Houston's Texan soldiers yelled as they attacked at the Battle of San Jacinto.
These missionaries wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language.
This can be used to find the actual distance between two places on a map.
These were the first people to settle an area.
This feature on a map shows where an area is located in the world.
This line of latitude established the northern boundary of the United States from the British Colonies (which is Canada today). On the map below Letter A.
This man was the leader of the Mormons.
This river separates Texas from Mexico. On the map below as Letter D.
President Polk wanted to take this area (which later became a state in the United States) from Mexico because of the excellent port cities and to fulfill Manifest Destiny.
These were the first people to settle an area; many of them traveled by wagon on the Oregon Trail to settle in the West.
Slave owners did not take their slaves to California in fear that they would run away and do this.
This man, the leader of the Mormons, led them West to settle in Utah to practice their religious freedom.
These people, who sell goods, gained the most money from the California gold rush.
| Description | Match: |
These were the first people to settle an area. | Pioneers |
This is the belief that God gave America all the land between the two oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
These people, who sell goods, gained the most money from the California gold rush. | Merchants |
These people get natural resources from the earth. | Miners |
This is the name for people who rushed to California in search of gold. | Forty-niners |
This American president wanted to take California to help increase the United States' borders. | President Polk |
This man was the president of Mexico. | Santa Anna |
This man was the president of Texas. | Sam Houston |
This man was the leader of the Mormons. | Brigham Young |
These missionaries wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language. | Henry and Eliza Spalding |
This can be used to find the actual distance between two places on a map. | Map Scale |
This river separates Texas from Mexico. On the map below as Letter D.
| Rio Grande |
This country is directly south of the United States. On the map below Letter B.
| Mexico |
This feature on a map shows where an area is located in the world. | Map Locator |
This line of latitude established the northern boundary of the United States from the British Colonies (which is Canada today). On the map below Letter A.
| 49th Parallel |
This is the motto that Houston's Texan soldiers yelled as they attacked at the Battle of San Jacinto. | "Remember the Alamo" |
The people in this area (which later became a state in the United States) fought against Santa Anna to bring back the Mexican Constitution of 1824. | Texas |
President Polk wanted to take this area (which later became a state in the United States) from Mexico because of the excellent port cities and to fulfill Manifest Destiny. | California |
This war was fought in 1846 between the United States and Mexico. | Mexican-American War |
This side in the Mexican-American War had the advantage of better weapons and better leaders. | Americans/ United States |
This is the belief that God gave America all the land between the two oceans, so people moved West to fill that land. | Manifest Destiny |
These were the first people to settle an area; many of them traveled by wagon on the Oregon Trail to settle in the West. | Pioneers |
This man, the leader of the Mormons, led them West to settle in Utah to practice their religious freedom. | Brigham Young |
This is the year of the gold rush which caused California's population to grow. | 1849 |
Slave owners did not take their slaves to California in fear that they would run away and do this. | Mine for gold |
