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28 Cards in this Set
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manifest destiny |
a widely held belief that the U.S should expand their borders to the Pacific Coast |
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mountain men |
established the fur trade, they laid claim to the west, the explored the western frontier |
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what was the desire to move west called? |
oregan fever |
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Push factors |
overpopulation, scarce land, religious persecution, lack or jobs |
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pull factors |
cheap abundant land, religious freedom, economic oppurtunity, participate in government |
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the map |
know the 4 trails and the 24 states |
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jumping off points |
independence, westport, st joseph |
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santa fe |
merchants/traders, they went to trade and make money, |
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mormon |
mormons, they went for religious freedom |
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oregon |
settlers/farmers, missionaries, they went for farming, fertile soil, better life and wanted to spread christianity |
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texas |
settlers/farmers, they went for cheap land and farming |
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california |
gold seekers, 49ers, they went to strike rich |
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where was the donner party headed? |
california on the orgeon trail |
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when was the best time to leave on the trails? |
april and may |
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common hardships on the trails |
native american threat: stealing animals and attacking climate: little rain and too much rain weather: mountains and flat plain diseases: small pox and chloria |
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Stephen F. austin |
second canidate for president of texas, brought the first 300 americans to texas |
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Gen Sam Houstan |
commander of texas army, elected the first president of texas |
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gen. santa anna |
commander of the mexican army, led mexican force into san antonio |
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what was the texas war cry |
remember the alamo |
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what were 3 promises the texans had to make |
become a roman catholic, become a mexican citizen, obey all mexican laws |
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mexican laws that texans ignored |
slavery |
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what did santa anna give in return for his life |
the independence of texas |
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Why didn't congress annex texas the first time they asked |
it would cause off balance between free and slave states, and mexico threatened to go to war |
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how long was texas an independent nation |
9 years |
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why was the mexican government angry at the u.s for annexing texas |
they belived america stole texas from them |
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where did president polk belive the u.s-mexican border was |
rio grande river |
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where did the mexican government believe the border was |
nueces river |
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where did the treaty of guadalupe -hidalgo set the border |
rio grande river |
