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Unit 10 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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manifest destiny | americas God given fate to own land from the atlantic ocean to pacific ocean |
mountain men | fur trappers that explored the rocky mountains and great plains, they also became trail guides. |
marcus and narcissa whitman | missionaries that encouraged the americans to settle oregon because of fertile land |
joseph smith | founder of the mormon church or church of jesus christ of latter day saints |
brigham young | led the mormons to the great salt lake in utah |
oregon trail | trail used in mid 1800s for pioneers to reach oregon for land and adventure |
santa fe trail | trail used by merchants to trade with Mexico |
california trail | trail used by americans to reach cali for gold |
james k polk | 11th president from tn; democrat; achieved manifest destiny for the us in the mexican war. |
david crockett | tn frontiersman that fought and died in the alamo |
sam houston | former tn governor; commander of the texan army; first president of texas republic |
battle of the alamo | defeat that inspired the texans to fight hard to win their independence |
antonio lopez de santa anna | president and dictator of mexico during the texas revolution and mexican war |
battle of san jacinto | last battle of the texas revolution that gave texas their independence last only 18 minutes |
mexican war | war fought between 1846-1848; led to the us acquiring new mexico |
fifty-four forty or fight | james k polks campaign slogan in 1844 to get all of oregon from britain |
bear flag revolt | uprising in cali during the mexican war; americans declared independence from spain |
california gold rush | mass migration of people from around the world to northern cali for gold in 1848-1849; changed california and the us economy |
james marshall | worker at sutters mill that found the first nugget gold |
john sutter | owner of the sawmill where the golf was first found in 1848; kickstarted the gold rush |
zachary taylor | popular general during the mexican war |
rio grande | the river the us claimed was the border between texas and mexico |
nueces river | river that mexico claimed was the border between texas and mexico |
annexation | an addition to a country |
gadsden purchase | land bought by the us government in southern arizona for transcontinental railroad |
treaty of guadalupe- hidalgo | officially ended the mexican war; gave the US the Mexican Cession |
Mexican Cession | land in north mexico that was given to the us after the Mexican war; includes cali, new mexico, utah, arizona, etc |
tajanos | mexicans living in texas that fought with the americans |
chinese | immigrants that first came to america during the gold rush; worked on railroads and open laundromats |
san francisco | city that grew as a result of the cali gold rush |