Exam 13: The Continued Move West

After gaining independence from Mexico,Texans fought hard to maintain their independence from the United States.

All of the following happened as a result of the discovery of gold in California,except

During the 1840s,it became apparent that

The commander-in-chief of the newly-created Texas army was

The armed expedition into California during the Mexican War,known as the Bear Flag Revolt,was led by General Zachary Taylor.

The person who coined the term "manifest destiny" was

Why did Mormon leaders advocate a move to the Great Salt Lake?

If the warhawks in the Democratic party had been successful in persuading President Polk to force Britain to agree to the northern boundary where they wanted it established,Vancouver,British Columbia,today would have been part of the state of Washington.

It would be accurate to say that the early movement of Americans across the country to the West,and early settlement there,was at best haphazard.

The last city captured to end the war in Mexico was

As Americans relentlessly moved westward across the continent:

The Buchanan-Pakenham Treaty:

Concerning the war with Mexico,leading intellectuals such as Henry David Thoreau,William Lloyd Garrison,and Frederick Douglass

The Mexican cession to America at the end of the Mexican War enlarged the United States by about 500,000 square miles.

The British slowly began to withdraw from the Oregon Territory after

Congress set out to organize Oregon into a formal U.S.territory after

Britain initially balked at settling on the 49ᵗʰ parallel as the northern border of the United States because it wanted to control the Columbia River that lay two hundred miles to the south.

Most of the early mining camp settlements went on to become major California towns and cities after the Gold Rush ended.

Which of these peoples never had a territorial claim on the Oregon Territory?

Mormonism became a new religious community during the Second Great Awakening.