Module 12 Expansion and Conflict

Mexican Cession

As a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the United States gained an area of land known as the_________________________________ which increased the size of the United States by 25 percent and included parts of seven present-day states.

San Jacinto

At the Battle ____________________the Texan Army defeated Santa Anna's Mexican Army and won independence for Texas.

It surprised the Mexican army resting by the San Jacinto River.

How was the outmatched Texan army able to defeat Santa Anna's army?

Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

In 1820 _______________________________ led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor American Indians and mestizos hoping to win Mexico's independence from Spain.

inflated prices

Most people in California paid _______________________________during the gold rush as a result of merchants needing to import so many necessary goods.

Texas

The Mexican-American War started in ________________because of conflicting territorial claims there between the governments of the United States and Mexico.

manifest destiny

The growth of the United States to the Pacific Ocean was called ______________________

California

The population of _____________________grew quickly after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill as people arrived for the gold rush.

The United States should settle the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

What was the main belief of manifest destiny?

Many more Anglo-American settlers came to Texas.

Which of the following was an effect of the establishment of Stephen F. Austin's successful first colony?

The population increased greatly over a few years.

Which of the following was an effect of the gold rush in California?

A steady supply of affordable food was needed to feed the growing population.

Why did farming and ranching become major industries in California as a result of the gold rush?

Mexico was angry over the annexation of Texas.

Why did the Mexican government refuse to speak to John Slidell about the proposed purchase by the United States of the New Mexico and California territories?

James O'Sullivan

Writing in 1845, ________________promoted the idea that it was the manifest destiny of the United States to settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Stephen F. Austin

______________________ was one of the empresarios who brought settlers to Texas.