Standard 8 Quiz Review

3. The event most responsible for creating a diverse population in California.
5. President James K. Polk wanted this river to be the southern boundary of Texas.
6. land agents of Texas.
7. the final borders of the lower 48 states were established in the financial transaction.
12. process in which Texas wished to become a state.
13. the main appeal Texas held for American settlers.
14. This person's military leadership led to the founding of the "Lone Star Republic."
15. present-day state that was not ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

1. group of people associated with the Gold Rush.
2. US general who led troops to the Rio Grande.
4. This treaty added California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, most of Arizona and parts of Colorado and Wyoming to the United States.
8. successful empresario that presented the Mexican government with a petition for greater self-government in Texas.
9. General Stephen Kearny attempted to capture this territory.
10. Battle most responsible for winning Texas its freedom from Mexico
11. President during the war with Mexico.