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36 Cards in this Set
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Manifest destiny
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Belief that god intended the US to expand westward
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Tejanos
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Native Americans in Texas
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Stephen E. Austin
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Established a colony on the gulf of Texas
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Establish dictatorial control over Mexican government
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Texas Revolution
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Crashes with the Mexican military lead to this
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Sam Houston
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Commander of the Texas army
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Texans killed 630 Mexican troops
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Juan Seguin
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Leading Tejano figure in the Texas Revolution
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James K. Polk
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Former governor of Tennessee
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Zachary Taylor
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Moved troops into the disputed region
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John Slidell
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Louisiana lawyer and politician
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John C. Fremont
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US army officer and explorer
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Bear Flag revolt
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Settlers raised a flag with a grizzly bear on it naming California independent
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Stephen Kearny
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Occupied Santa Fe and seized control of New Mexico
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Winfield Scott
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Led 10,000 US soldiers to capture a fortified castle in Veracruz
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Mexico gave up all claims to Texas
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Mexican Cession
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Territory included California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming
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Gadsden Purchase
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Acquired parts of Arizona and New Mexico
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Juan Cortina
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Led rebellion to wound Texas officials due to prejudice towards the Tejanos
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William Becknell
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Encouraged others to follow the Santa Fe trail after striking it rich
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Santa Fe Trail
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780 mile long trail
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Mountain men
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Fur trappers
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William Ashley
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Developed Rendezvous system
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Rendezvous system
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Method of doing business
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Narcissa Prentiss Whitman
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Early Protestant missionary in Oregon Country
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Oregon trail
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Followed the Platte River across the Great Plains to the Rockies and then into Oregon
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Marcus Whitman
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Fellow missionary of Narcissa
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Donner party
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Broke off the Oregon trail to go to California. All died
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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Protected settlers
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Californios
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First Spanish settlers of California
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Brigham Young
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Led thousands of Mormons to Utah
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California Trail
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Forked off the Oregon trail
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John Augustus Sutter
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Swiss adventurer
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James W. Marshall
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First discovered gold in California
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Forty-niners
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Migrants to California in 1849
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Empresarios
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Attracted thousands to Texas
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