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: