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36 Cards in this Set
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Forty-niners
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the name given to the people who went to California seeking gold
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Winfield Scott
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took over command of American troops from Zachary Taylor
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Califormia Trail
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a trail that branches off the Oregon Trail that settlers used to travel west
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Sutter's Fort
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A colony near the Sacramento River
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Mormon Trail
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the route thousands of Mormons took to what is now called Salt Lake City
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Santa Fe Trail
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-a trail used primarily by profit seeking traders
-ran from Independance Missouri to what is now Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Donner party
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a group of families who had many members die because they got lost traveling west
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Sam Houston
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a Texan leader who led the Texans to victory at San Antonio and at the Battle of San Jacinto
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Battle of Goliad
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Texans were defeated and many of the soilders captured were executed
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Mountain Men
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fur traders and trappers who traveled to the Rockies and beyond
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annex
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to take control of
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Republic of Texas
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the new country that was formed as a result of the Texas Revolution
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Houston defeated Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty recognizing Texas
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Treaty ofGuadalupe Hidalgo
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much of Mexico's northern territory was ceded as a result of this treaty
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empresarios
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agents who received large land grants in reutrn form bringing families to Texas
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Oregon Trail
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-a trail that many pioneers took west
-began in Independence Missouri |
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James Polk
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11th President of the United States
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Mexican Cession
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-the size of the United States increased 25 percent
-we paid Mexico 15 million |
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
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two missionaries that were amond the first settlers in the Oregon Territory
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Gadsden Purchase
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for 10 million the United States purchased the southern parts of what is now Arizona and New Mexico
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Henry David Thoreau
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an antislavery advocate who went to jail rather then paying taxes to support the Mexican War
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Joseph Smith
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-founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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California Gold Rush
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a time period in which large numbers of people went to California seeking gold
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Rendezvous
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a meeting where mountain men and American Indians would meet trappers to sell fur
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Brigham Young
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a leader of the Mormon Church who decided to move them to what is now known as Utah
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Mormons
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the names of the followers of Joseph Smith
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Tejanos
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settlers of Spanish decent living in what is now southern texas
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Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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led a revolt against the Spainish in Mexico
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Alamo
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an old Spanish Mission were Texans heroically fought the Mexans but were eventually defeated
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Stephen F. Austin
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encouraged Texans to take up arms against Mexico
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William Travis and Jim Bowie
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led the group of Texans that occupied the Alamo
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General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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the Mexican leader
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Californios
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a name givin for American Indians, Mexicans, and former Spanish Colonists who settled the California area
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Bear Flag Revolt
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settlers in California delcared thier Independance from Mexica
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Prospect
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search for gold
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Manifest Destiny
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the view that the United States had a special mission to expand westward
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