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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

Santa Fe Trail

Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

Mormon Trail

Trail from Illinois to Utah

Brigham Young

Mormon Leader

Oregon Trail

Trail that ran westward from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon Territory

Oregon Territory

Disputed rich land that attracted many American settlers to the northwest

annex

To add to something else

cede

To give up

Forty-niner

A person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849

Trans-Continental

Spanning across a continent

Republic

A government in which people elect representatives to govern for them

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Treaty ending the War with Mexico

Mexican Cession

Vast region given up by Mexico to the US after the War with Mexico

California Gold Rush

Occurred when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold, starting in 1849

Manifest Destiny

Belief that the US would expand across the continent