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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 |
Vast region given up by Mexico to the US 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 US would expand across the continent |