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Ch.13 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A mountain man who publicized the South Pass through the Rockies. | Jedidiah Smith |
| One of the fur trappers and explorers who discovered trails through the Rockies and opened the West. | mountain man |
| A mountain man who found the Beckwourth Pass through the Rockies into northern California. | Jim Beckwourth |
| People who bought large areas of land in hopes that the value would increase for their profit. | land speculator |
| A trail to New Mexico (Santa Fe) from Missouri-Cimarron Cutoff was dangerous because of lack of water. | Santa Fe Trail |
| A trail to Oregon Territory from Independence, Missouri that was dangerous and people traveled in wagon trains. | Oregon Trail |
| A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints-moved to Utah from New York because of persecution-worked hard, shared goods, prospered. | Mormon |
| Mormon leader after 1844 murder of Joseph Smith-moved Mormons to Utah in Mexico-prospered in desert. | Brigham Young |
| Empresario who settled first American colony in Texas in 1821-1827. (First Three Hundred) | Stephen Austin |
| People of Spanish heritage who consider Texas their home-tensions between Tejanos and Americans. | Tejano |
| The Mexican president/dictator who conducted the Mexican Army in the Texas Revolution and Mexican War (1836 and 1846). | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| The commander of the Texan army during the Revolution (1836)-became president of the Republic. | Sam Houston |
| The leader of a force of about 183 volunteers at the Alamo who all died at the Siege of the Alamo (Feb.23, 1836). | William Travis |
| A Tejano who led a group of 25 Tejanos in support of revolt at the Alamo - survived. | Juan Seguin |
| Raised Texan patriotism-Feb.23, 1836 - March 6. About 183 Texan defenders died - some women/children survived. | Battle of the Alamo |
| September 1836 - Texan Republic with Sam Houston as president - annexed by U.S. in 1845 as slave state. | Lone Star Republic |
| A candidate that received unexpected support from the Democrats-won 1844 electon and supported national expansion. | James K. Polk |
| An idea that America was destined to expand to the east coast. | manifest destiny |
| A general who instigated the Mexican War and defeated Santa Anna in north Mexico. | Zachary Taylor |
| A Californian revolt led by John C. Fremont that declared California independent. | Bear Flag Revolt |
| A general who landed at Veracruz and captured Mexico City in Sept. 1847. | Winfield Scott |
| Feb.2, 1848 treaty that ended the Mexican War-Texas is part of U.S. as is the Mexican Cession-America will pay $15 and pay U.S. claims. | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| A region of Mexico ceded in the Treaty-Mexicans here and in Texas would be protected by the U.S. | Mexican Cession |
| Someone who ventures to California to find gold in 1849. | forty-niner |
| A settler of California of Spanish or Mexican descent. | Californio |
| A wealthy Spanish land owner in California. | Mariano Vallejo |
| A foreigner (Swiss) who received land in California in 1839 and sent James Marshall (1848) to build a sawmill on the American River. | John Sutter |
| Carpenter sent by Sutter to build a sawmill - found gold in American River - started gold rush. | James Marshall |
| A time period of 1849-1852 where many people moved to California to find gold. | California gold rush |
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