Matching Pairs U3-L6,L7Online version The MX-American War The California Gold Rush by Dawn Wooner 1 Zachary Taylor 2 Westward Movement: Cause- mountain men open trails to new territories 3 Treaty that resolved Mexican-American War. 4 Reasons U.S. went to war against Mexico. 5 forty-niners 6 Mexico and the U.S. gained these things due to the treaty after the war. 7 Westward Movement: Cause- gold is discovered in U.S. 8 Westward Movement: Cause- Americans believe in manifest destiny 9 Donner party Westward Movement: Effect- U.S. stretches to Pacific Ocean U.S. government paid Mexico $10 million. U.S. received land including the states of CA, NV, and UT. Also most of AZ, NM and parts of CO and WY. Gold-seeking migrants who went to CA 1848-1849 hoping to get rich. Fulfill manifest destiny. Respond to Mexican attack on U.S. soldiers stationed in disputed area. Westward Movement: Effect- CA experiences a population boom and becomes a state U.S. General. Led victorious battles at Buena Vista. Became war hero. Elected president 1848. Westward Movement: Effect- Native Americans forced off lands Group of western travelers who went to CA. Stranded in Sierra Nevada Mountains. Resorted to cannibalism after running out of food. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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