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29 Cards in this Set
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John Jacob Astor
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American fur trader and a financier. He founded the fur trading post of Astoria and the American Fur Trading Company.
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mountianmen
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men hired by eastern companies to trap fur in the rocky mountains and other western regions of the US
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Oregon Trail
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the 2000 mile trail stretching through the great plains from western missouri to oregon territory
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Santa Fe Trail
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led from independence, missouri to santa fe, new mexico
important trade trail |
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Joseph Smith
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founded the church of jesus christ of latter day saints (Mormons)
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Brigham Young
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American religious leader who helped the Mormon church after the death of Jospeh Smith; led the Mormons (1000s of people) to Utah along what became known as the Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City
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Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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mexican priest and revolutionist; led a rebellion of about 80000 impoverished indians and mestizos (people of indian and spanish ancestry) against spain in hopes of making better living conditions; led to the mexican independence
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empresarios
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agents who were contracted by the mexican republic to bring settlers to texas in the 1800s; the agents were paid in land
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Stefan F Austin
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american colonizer in Texas he was imprisoned for urging texas statehood after Santana suspended mexico's constitution after helping texas win independence from mexico; became secretary of state for the texas republic
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Antonio Lopez de Santana
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mexican general and politician
was president of mexico and became a dictator fought in the texas revolution and seized the Alamo and was defeated and captured by sam houston at San Jacinto |
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Alamo
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spanish mission in san antonio texas
site of an important battle of the texas revolution in 1836 |
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Battle of San Jacinto
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the final battle of the texas revolution
defeated the mexican army and resulted in the independence of texas |
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Manifest Destiny
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obvious fate to settle all land from the atlantic to pacific
a belief shared by many american in the 1800s that american should expand across the continent to the pacific ocean |
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James K Polk
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11th president of the US
Settled the oregon boundary with great boundary and successfully conducted the mexican american war |
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vaqueros
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mexican cowboys in the west who tended to cattle and horses
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californios
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spanish colonists in california in the 1800s
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Bear Flag Revolt
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a revolt against mexico by american settlers in california who declared the territory an independent republic
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Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
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a treaty that ended the mexican war and gave the US most of mexicos northern territory
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Gadsden Purchase
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US purchase of land from mexico that included the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico
valuable because they wanted to build a transcontinental railroad through the territory instead of going through the mountains |
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Donner Party
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a group of western travelers that were stranded in the sierra nevada
only 45 of 87 travelers survived (by eating each other) |
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forty-niners
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gold seeking immigrants in california who came in the gold rush of 1849
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John Sutter
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an american pioneer who built Sutter's Fort, a trading post on the california frontier
gold was discovered there, leading to the california gold rush |
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prospect
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to search for gold
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placer miner
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a person who mines for gold using pans or other tools to wash gold loose from dirt and gravel
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Old Spanish Trail
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started in Santa Fe, where the Santa Fe trail ended, and ended in Los Angeles
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California Trail
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Started in Independence, Missouri and ended in Sutter's Fort in California
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Oregon Trail
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Starts from Independence, Missouri and ends in Portland, Oregon
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Mormon Trail
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Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
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Santa Fe Trail
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From Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
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