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Side A ------ Side B
The Texas uprising against Mexico was characterized by ------ an alliance between Americans and Tejanos.
By 1848, the United States had gained all of the following territories EXCEPT ------ alaska
One of the most important factors in the exploration of the West was the ------ fur trade
The Lewis and Clark expedition was financed by ------ the federal government
American fur traders joined in a yearly trade fair in the Rockies characterized by the polyglot collection of many nationalities called  ------ rendezvou
The justification for the western removal of the Indians was ------ Indians needed a space where they could live undisturbed by whites.
Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three? ------ Karl bodmer
The outcome of Indian removal in the southern part of Indian Territory in the 1830s-1850s was ------ successful creation of new communities and self-government.  
Americans justified their restless expansion in all of the following ways EXCEPT this: ------ Canada and Mexico should belong to the United States. 
While challenged by other historians, popular opinion supports the view of frontier historian, Frederick Jackson  ------ shaped Americans into a uniquely optimistic democratic people. 
Pioneers were motivated to move west for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ------ a desire for rural life to counterbalance industrialization.
Which one of the following was NOT a major cause of death on the Overland Trails ------ indians
Generally, pioneers traveling the Overland Trails in the 1840s and 1850s were ------ traveling in larger groups for safety and for help fording rivers and crossing mountains. 
From the 1780s to about 1810, the dominant industry in the Oregon Territory was ------ fur trade
The United States gained the Oregon Territory south of the 49th parallel ------ through a treaty with Great Britain.
Spain's exclusionary policy toward Santa Fe changed when ------ Mexico gained its independence from spain
American settlers in this community practiced a frontier of exclusion from the beginnings of settlement: ------ Austin
In Mexico, people of mixed blood (Indian and Spanish) were called ------ meztisos
The Mexican government invited settlement into Texas because it ------ wanted to create a buffer zone between it and the Comanches.
Stephen F. Austin and his hand-picked fellow colonists in Texas agreed to Mexican terms that they ------ accept the Catholic faith.
Austin's Texas colonists most represented what region of the United States? ------ the south
The early Texas settlers were concentrated in the ------ river bottoms of east texas
All of the following were reasons why Texans rebelled against the Mexican government EXCEPT ------ Mexicans began raising the price of land.
The Texas army defeated the Mexican army under the leadership of ------ Sam Houston
The Republic of Texas was not immediately annexed by the United States largely because of the ------ fact that Texas would have to be admitted as a slave state.
The Liberty Party's showing in the 1844 election was the first political sign of the growing strength of ------ antislavery opinion.
During the Mexican War, northern Whigs began to characterize the war as a/an ------ d.	example of the president's abuse of power 
As commander-in-chief during the war, James K. Polk defined the role of president by ------ coordinating both civilian and military goals and needs. 
The Mexican-American War began over ------ a border dispute
The Americans went to war with Mexico because the ------ United States wanted Mexican territory.
Most 1840s American immigrants to California made ------ no effort to conform to Spanish ways or intermarry with Californios. 
Levi Strauss' economic success illustrated that ------ the real money was in services to the forty-niners.
The first outsiders to penetrate the isolation of Spanish California were the ------ russians
After 1849, California attracted thousands of settlers because of ------ the discovery of gold.
In general, free-soilers were ------ anti black
The doctrine of popular sovereignty meant that ------ the nation had still not resolved sectional differences
Louisiana slaveholder General Zachary Taylor, who ran for the Whig Party and won, ------ c.	privately opposed the expansion of slavery.

Side A ------ Side B
The Texas uprising against Mexico was characterized by ------ an alliance between Americans and Tejanos.
By 1848, the United States had gained all of the following territories EXCEPT ------ alaska
One of the most important factors in the exploration of the West was the ------ fur trade
The Lewis and Clark expedition was financed by ------ the federal government
American fur traders joined in a yearly trade fair in the Rockies characterized by the polyglot collection of many nationalities called  ------ rendezvou
The justification for the western removal of the Indians was ------ Indians needed a space where they could live undisturbed by whites.
Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three? ------ Karl bodmer
The outcome of Indian removal in the southern part of Indian Territory in the 1830s-1850s was ------ successful creation of new communities and self-government.  
Americans justified their restless expansion in all of the following ways EXCEPT this: ------ Canada and Mexico should belong to the United States. 
While challenged by other historians, popular opinion supports the view of frontier historian, Frederick Jackson  ------ shaped Americans into a uniquely optimistic democratic people. 
Pioneers were motivated to move west for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ------ a desire for rural life to counterbalance industrialization.
Which one of the following was NOT a major cause of death on the Overland Trails ------ indians
Generally, pioneers traveling the Overland Trails in the 1840s and 1850s were ------ traveling in larger groups for safety and for help fording rivers and crossing mountains. 
From the 1780s to about 1810, the dominant industry in the Oregon Territory was ------ fur trade
The United States gained the Oregon Territory south of the 49th parallel ------ through a treaty with Great Britain.
Spain's exclusionary policy toward Santa Fe changed when ------ Mexico gained its independence from spain
American settlers in this community practiced a frontier of exclusion from the beginnings of settlement: ------ Austin
In Mexico, people of mixed blood (Indian and Spanish) were called ------ meztisos
The Mexican government invited settlement into Texas because it ------ wanted to create a buffer zone between it and the Comanches.
Stephen F. Austin and his hand-picked fellow colonists in Texas agreed to Mexican terms that they ------ accept the Catholic faith.
Austin's Texas colonists most represented what region of the United States? ------ the south
The early Texas settlers were concentrated in the ------ river bottoms of east texas
All of the following were reasons why Texans rebelled against the Mexican government EXCEPT ------ Mexicans began raising the price of land.
The Texas army defeated the Mexican army under the leadership of ------ Sam Houston
The Republic of Texas was not immediately annexed by the United States largely because of the ------ fact that Texas would have to be admitted as a slave state.
The Liberty Party's showing in the 1844 election was the first political sign of the growing strength of ------ antislavery opinion.
During the Mexican War, northern Whigs began to characterize the war as a/an ------ d.	example of the president's abuse of power 
As commander-in-chief during the war, James K. Polk defined the role of president by ------ coordinating both civilian and military goals and needs. 
The Mexican-American War began over ------ a border dispute
The Americans went to war with Mexico because the ------ United States wanted Mexican territory.
Most 1840s American immigrants to California made ------ no effort to conform to Spanish ways or intermarry with Californios. 
Levi Strauss' economic success illustrated that ------ the real money was in services to the forty-niners.
The first outsiders to penetrate the isolation of Spanish California were the ------ russians
After 1849, California attracted thousands of settlers because of ------ the discovery of gold.
In general, free-soilers were ------ anti black
The doctrine of popular sovereignty meant that ------ the nation had still not resolved sectional differences
Louisiana slaveholder General Zachary Taylor, who ran for the Whig Party and won, ------ c.	privately opposed the expansion of slavery.