Westward Expansion

4. fear or hatred of immigrants
6. agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War
8. nation that lost about half its territory to the United States in 1848
9. location where gold was first discovered in California
12. land the US acquired in 1848 through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, including present-day California, Nevada, and parts of other western states
13. land bought from Mexico in 1853 to complete the continental United States
15. route taken by religious settlers to Utah
16. a historic route used by pioneers traveling westward to settle new territories, stretching approximately 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon
17. 1787 law that organized the settlement of western territories and their path to statehood
18. Mexico claimed this as Texas’ southern border
20. conflict between 1846-1848 that began over boundary disputes
21. 1803 land purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States
22. overcrowding of cities, economic depressions, religious persecution
23. system that connected the east and west coasts

1. country that jointly controlled Oregon Territory with the U.S. until 1846
2. won the presidential election of 1844 by promising the American people he would achieve Manifest Destiny
3. territory acquired from Spain in 1819
5. mass migration of people seeking fortune, starting in 1848
7. inexpensive farmland, discovery of gold, adventure
8. the belief that the United States had a divine right to expand across North America
9. a busy trade route and stagecoach line for travel to the west; used by military to haul materials
10. the official border between Texas and Mexico after the U.S.-Mexican War
11. European country that controlled Florida before the U.S.
14. group that faced discrimination while seeking gold in California
19. 1845 addition to the United States