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Chapter 13 Vocab KL

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A mountain man who searched for a path through the Rocky Mountains.   Jedediah Smith  
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Men who are fur trappers and explorers and finding the best routes through the Rockies.   mountain man  
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A famous mountain man.   Jim Beckwourth  
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People who bought large plots of land and sold little parts for a profit.   land speculator  
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A traveling route from Missouri to Santa Fe.   Santa Fe Trail  
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A popular traveling route from Missouri to the Oregon territory.   Oregon Trail  
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A religious group that traveled to Utah for religious freedom.   Mormons  
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The next Mormon leader after Joesph Smith.   Brigham Young  
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The man who started the Texas colony.   Stephen Austin  
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People with Spanish heritage that consider Texas their home.   Tejano  
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A Mexican president who was a general.   Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna  
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The leader of the Texas army.   Sam Houston  
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The man leading the defenders at the Alamo.   William Travis  
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A leader of a band of 25 Tejanos.   Juan Seguin  
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The battle were Texans defended a Spanish mission but lost.   Battle of the Alamo  
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The Republic of Texas's nickname.   Lone Star Republic  
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The 11th president that supported expanding the country.   James K. Polk  
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The suggestion that is U.S. will acquire the whole continent.   manifest destiny  
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The U.S. general that protected the Rio Grande.   Zachary Taylor  
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A rebellion of Americans against the Mexican rule of California.   Bear Flag Revolt  
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The general that captured Mexico City.   Winfield Scott  
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The treaty that ended the Mexican war and gave the U.S. a large piece of land.   Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo  
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A vast region of Mexico that was given to the U.S. in the treaty of G.H.   Mexican Cession  
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Someone who went to California in search of gold.   Forty-niner  
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Settlers of California with Mexican or Spanish descent.   Californio  
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A Californio that owned 250,000 acres of land.   Mariano Vallejo  
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A Swiss immagrant that pretended to be French and received land in California from Mexico.   John Sutter  
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A carpenter that Sutter hired to build a mill. Instead he found gold.   James Marshall  
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A mass movement to California in search for gold.   California gold rush  
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