Westward Expansion

4. This was discovered near the Sierra Nevada Mountains which led to a rapid population increase in California in 1849.
5. This group was newly permitted to seek US citizenship following the Mexican-American War.
8. This individual was sent by the US to explore areas in the Rocky Mountains that were later part of the Mexican Cession
9. Immigrants from this country often worked as miners in California and were faced with a special tax placed on non-citizens.
11. This site in St. Augustine, FL was a haven for free blacks since 1738.
12. This country gave up half of its territory to the US through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
13. The angel depicted in John Gast’s painting, “American Progress”, is holding a book which represents the American desire to spread something westward. What does the book symbolize?
15. This group of people fought with the Seminoles against US troops to avoid the prospect of slavery.
16. The type of terrain that the Seminoles used as an advantage in battle against the Americans.

1. Spanish officials gave this state to the US when they realized they could not hold it against the Americans.
2. The capital of Florida was moved to this location because it was midway between the East and West of Florida.
3. The term used when adding to something, usually land.
4. signed a treaty in 1846 giving this state to the US.
6. The term Americans uses in the 1840’s to describe the idea that the US should possess the entire continent.
7. This treaty, signed near St. Augustine, negotiated the relocation of Seminoles to a reservation in central Florida.
9. President James Polk entered into a war with Mexico to obtain New Mexico and this state.
10. This territory the US gained as a result of the Adams-Onis Treaty.
12. The Mexicanos contributed irrigation techniques, ranching and __________ to the US.
14. Seminole Chief, Billy Bowlegs and Seminole leader ______________ both resisted westward relocation during the Seminole Wars.