Abeka 6th Grade History Quiz #20 (Sections 9.4-9.5)
General Santa Anna
Dictator who took control of Mexico and led an army against the Texans:
Davy Crockett
Frontiersman from Tennessee who helped Texans fight for independence:
General Sam Houston
He led the Texans to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto:
President James K. Polk
President of the United States during the Mexican War:
Rio Grande
Texas claimed this as her western boundary:
Independence Missouri
The Oregon Trail stretching 2,000 miles was used to transport pioneers and supplies westward and began in:
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
The famous missionaries who were among the first to travel to Oregon were:
"forty-niners"
The miners who moved west during the California Gold Rush became known as the:
James Marshall
The ranch hand who discovered gold on a ranch in California was:
Gadsden Purchase
The strip of land purchased from Mexico by the United States was called the: