History test 3/17 Flashcards
What is this word: a group of people who take the law into their own hands.
Vigilante
What was the battle that Texas won their independence.?
Battle of Jacinto
Name the African-American who called Mexican war “disgraceful and cruel.”
Frederick Douglass
William Buchel made which trail?
Santa Fe Trail
What was the name of the missionary killed by the Indians?
Marcus Whitman
What was the first battle of the Mexican-American war?
San Antonia
What was the second battle of the Mexican-American war?
The Alamo
What was the third bottle of the Mexican-American war?
The Golliad massacre
When does Texas become a state?
December 29, 1845
Name the African-American mountain man who explored the Greenriver
James Beckworth
Who traveled through California in the late 1840s?
John C Fremont
What did Mexico say the Texas Mexican border was?
Nueces
Who marched his troops into the disputed territory?
General Zachary Taylor
Who completed the third step to polks plan?
General Kearny
Who finishes Polks plan?
General Winfield Scott
