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15 Cards in this Set
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Mountain Man |
A fur trapper or explorer who discovered trails through the Rocky Mountains. |
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Santa Fe Trail |
Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
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Mormon Trail |
Trail from Illinois to Utah. |
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Brigham Young |
Mormon leader. |
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Oregon Trail |
Trail that ran westward from Independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Territory. |
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Oregon Territory |
Disputed rich land that attracted many American settlers to the northwest. |
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Annex |
To add to something else |
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Cede |
To give up. |
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Forty-Niner |
A person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849. |
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Trans-continental |
Spanning across a continent. |
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Republic |
A government in which people elect representatives to govern for them. |
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
Treaty ending the war with Mexico. |
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Mexican cession |
Visit region given up by Mexico to the U.S. after the war with Mexico. |
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California Gold Rush |
Occurred when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold, starting in 1849. |
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Manifest Destiny |
Belief that the U.S. would expand across the continent. |
