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20 Cards in this Set
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rendezvous
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getting together
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annex
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to add on
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cede
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gave
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forty-niner
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the people that the gold rush drew from all over the world in 1849
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vigilantes
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someone who punishes a suspected criminal even though he has no legal power to do so
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Mountain Men
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a few hardy trappers followed Indian trails across the Rockies into Oregon
*the tough lone adventurers. |
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Narcissa Whitman
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she and Marcus were among the 1st missionaries to reach Oregon and built their mision near the Colubia River.
* was the 1st white woman to cross the Rocky Mountains. |
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Oregon Trail
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the route taken by these settlers and in 1843 wagon trails left every spring for Oregon.
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Stephen Austin
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he and each of his setttlers got 640 acres of land he chose 300 families to settle in Texas and in 1821 they moved to Texas and the colony grew by 1830 20,000 Americans lived in Texas.
*his settlers agreed to become Mexican citizens and Catholics. |
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
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in 1832 he was a general that rosed to power in Mexico and in 1834 he threw out the Mexican constitution.
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Sam Houston
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was asked to command the army which was called Republic of Texas.
*his army was small and untrained so he decided to fall back as Sanna Anna advanced. |
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Alamo
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in San Antonio 188 Texans were trying to hold off Sanna Anna's army and took cover here.
* an old Spanish mission |
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Lone Star Republic
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Texans carried a flag with a single white star and after the battle they began calling their nation this.
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Santa Fe Trail
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William Becknell's route from Independence to Santa Fe
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Junípero Serra
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was the chief missionary of missionaries up the Pacific coast.
* built his 1st mission at San Diego and made 20 more along the CA coast. |
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Manifest Destiny
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Americans felt confident in the 1840s and wanted it to spread across the continent.
*manifest-cear or obvious destiny- something that is sure to happen |
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James Polk
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the democrats chose him a relative unknown for the election of 1844.
he wanted that CA., NM., TX., and Or. to be added to the U.S. 54°40'N *compaign slogan was "fifty-four forty or fight" |
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Bear Flag Republic
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June 5, 11845 declared CA and independent republic and raised a handmade flag showing a grizzly bear.
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Mexican Cession
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under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico cede all CA and NM to the U.S. in
return U.S. paid Mexico $15 million. |
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Joseph Smith
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founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in th 1820s
*a farmer who lived in upstate NY, won many followers. |
