Chapter 9 Vocabulary quiz

What was the name of a prospector during the California gold rush?

Who proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War?

An armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States was called?

Who was the 11th president of the United States, known for his territorial expansion of the nation chiefly through the Mexican-American War?

What do you call a follower or advocate of a policy of territorial or economic expansion?

He was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas.

A route used during the U.S. Westward migrations

A tract of 45,535 sq. mi.

What is the right or condition of self-government?

Belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable