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36 Cards in this Set
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Manifest destiny
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Belief of many Americans in the mid 1800's that God intended the United Stares to expand west ward.
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Tejanos
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Native Mexicans who lived in texas-stood little chance of blocking an invasion
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Empresarios
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People who agreed the recruit and take responsibility for new settlers.
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Stephen F. Austin
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In 1821 he obtained permission to start a colony in texas, but he died before he could recruit any settlers
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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Established dictatorial control over the Mexican government.
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Texas Revolution
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Isolated clashes with the Mexican military quickly grew into a full-scale rebellion know as the...
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Sam Houston
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The commander of the Texas army, a force of app. 900 rebels surprised Santa Anna's Troops
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Final battle of the Texas Revolution; resulted in independence for Texas
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Juan Seguin
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A leading Tejano figured in the Texas Revolution, endured this suffering firsthand
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James K. Polk
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A former governor of Tennessee
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Zachary Taylor
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A General who Polk ordered troops to move into the disputed region
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John Slidell
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A Louisiana lawyer and politician, to Mexico City in the late 1845
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Stephen Kearney
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Led an army; occupied Santa Fe and seized New Mexico and California
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John C. Fremont
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A U.S. army officer and explorer who had headed an expedition into California in 1845
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Bear Flag Revolt
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California Republic flag with a bear on it
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Winfield Scott
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Led some 10,000 U.S. soldiers captured a fortified castle in the city of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Treaty that ended the Mexican War and gave the United States much of Mexico's northern territory
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Mexican Cession
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When Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and surrendered a vast territory...
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Gadsden Purchase
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U.S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present day Arizona and New Mexico
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Juan Cortina
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A member of a prominent Tejano family in South Texas, headed one such rebellion
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William Becknell
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Blazed a trail westward from Missouri to Santa Fe
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Santa Fe Trail
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Route that ran from Missouri to New Mexico
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Mountain Men
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Men who hunted for fur in the Far West
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William Ashley
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Developed the Rendezvous system
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Rendezvous System
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A method of doing business
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Oregon Trail
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This route followed the Platte River across the Great Plains to the Rockies
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Narcissa Prentiss Whitman
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Was one of the Early protestant missionaries in Oregon county
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Marcus Whitman
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He married Narcissa Whitman, a fellow missionary
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Donner party
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Group of travelers to California who were stranded in the Sierra Nevada during the winter; some 42 members of the party died
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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Agreement that set boundaries for American indians and allowed the U.S. government to build roads and forts in Indian Territory
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Brighman Young
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Led thousands of mormons began to migrate to the Mexican territory of Utah in 1848
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Californios
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The first Spanish settlers and their descendants
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Augustus Sutter
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A Swiss adventurer who acquired a huge land grant from Mexico in 1839
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California Trail
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This Trail forked off the Oregon Trail near the southernmost point on the Snake River
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James W. Marshall
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He detected flakes of heavy yellow metal at the bottom of a wooden canal used to divert water from the America River
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Forty- niners
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Gold seekers who traveled to California during the gold rush
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