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6b Vocabulary

TermDefinition
flatboats a boat with a flat bottom used for transporting heavy loads on inland waterways
Rendezvous a yearly meeting where mountain men traded furs
National Road the first federally funded national road project, began in 1811
Oregon Trail the route to the Oregon Country used by wagon trains in the 1800s
Erie Canal the artificial waterway opened in 1825, linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River
dictator a ruler with absolute power and authority over a country, usually through the use of violence
Clermont the steamboat built in 1807 by Robert Fulton; first steamboat to be commercially successful in American waters
Alamo an old Spanish mission building in Texas where Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged Texans in 1836
Oregon Country a term used in early 1800s for the region that includes present-day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as parts of Wyoming, Montana, and western Canada
siege a military blockade or encirclement of an enemy town or position with the purpose of forcing it to surrender
mountain men a trapper who explored and hunted in the American West in the early 1800s
Manifest Destiny the 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent
Gadsden Purchase a strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico for which the United States paid Mexico $10 million in 1853
Battle of San Jacinto an 1836 battle between Texans and Mexicans during the Texas war for independence from Mexico
Santa Fe Trail the route to Santa Fe, New Mexico, that was used by traders in the 1800s
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo an 1848 treaty in which Mexico gave up California and New Mexico Territory to the United States for $15 million
annex to add on or take over
cede to give up
self-sufficient able to produce enough for one's own needs
Mexican Cession the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848
vaqueros a Spanish or Mexican cowhand
forty-niners a term to describe one of more than 80,000 people who joined the California Gold Rush in 1849
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