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Unit 10 Mnft Destiny
Unit 10 Manifest Destiny
Term | Definition |
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manifest desitiny | america's god given fatee to own land from the atlantic to the pacific |
mountain men | fur trappers that explored the rockys and great plains;became trail guides |
marcus and narcissa whitman | missionaries that encouraged americans to settle oregon because of the fertile land |
joseph smith | founder of the mormon church or church of jesus christ of LDS |
brigham young | led the mormons to the great salt lake in utah |
oregon trail | trail used in the 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 merchants to reach california for gold |
james k polk | 11th president;from TN; democrat, achieved manifest destiny for the USA in the mexican war |
david crockett | TN frontiersman that fought and died at the alamo |
sam houston | former TN governor, commander of the texan armyl 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 theri independence, lasted only 18 minutes |
mexican war | war fought between 1846-1848, led the the USA acquiring new mexico |
fifty-four fourty ot fight | james k polk's campaign slogan in 1844 to get all of oregon from britain |
bear flag recolt | uprinsing in california during the mexican war, americans declared independence from spain |
california gold rush | mass migration of people from around the workd to northern california for gold in 1848-1849; changed california and the USA economy |
james marshall | worker at sutters mill that found the first nugget of gold |
john sutter | owner of the sawmill where gold was first found in 1848, kickstarted the gold rush |
zachary taylor | popular general during the mexican war |
rio grande | 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 a transcontinental railroad |
treaty of guadelupe-hidalgo | officially ended the mexican war; gave the US the mexican cession |
mexican cession | land in northern mexico that was given to the US after the mexican war; includes california, new mexico, utah, arizona, etx |
tejanos | mexicans living in texas that fought with the americans |
chinese | immigrants that first came to america during the gold rush, worked on railroads and opened laundromats |
san fransisco | city that grew as a result of the california gold rush |