Chapter 14 - The Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1830s-1850s

Mexican government

In 1821 the ________ allowed Moses Austin of Missouri an area of 18, 000 m2 in the territory of Texas to increase the force of the buffer zone between the heart of Mexico and the marauding Comanches.

Wilmot Proviso

The ________ was so controversial that during the Mexican- American War it was taken from the necessary military appropriations.

threat of war

It was a(n) ________ against Great Britain, claiming the Pacific North- West, and against Mexico, now held by Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, and Colorado.

Lewis Cass

________ of Michigan, the Democrat nominee for president, proposed that the doctrine of popular sovereignty be applied to the vital slave free issue.

center of American settlement

The ________ was in the 1840s by Johann Augustus Sutter, who had resided in California in 1839, and who became a Mexican citizen.

US West

The federal government has played a major part in the exploration and development of the ________ following leadership of fur- trade explorers like Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and others.

Mexico US war

The ________ was the first to hit the mass of ordinary citizens in the daily events of the war on the scene, reporting by the press.

Oregon settlement

The ________ is a capsule example of the stages of the development of borders.

Wilmot Proviso

so controversial that during the Mexican-American War it was taken from the necessary military appropriations