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Chapter13 Vocab.JH:)

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(Mountain Man) who was leading an expedition to find a route through the Rocky Mountains when he was attacked be a bear. The bear seized his head, and tore offf an ear.   Jedediah Smith  
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daring fur trappers and explorers   mountain men  
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famous mountain man ledgend.   Jim Beckwourth  
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These people brought huge amounts of land   land speculator  
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This trail started in Missouri, and went to Santa Fe.   Santa Fe Trail  
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This trail led from Independence Missouri, to Oregon Territory.   Oregon Trail  
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These groups of people settled in Utah, and were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.   Mormon  
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1844, an anti-Mormon mob killed Smith, so this person became the new Mormon leader.   Brigham Young  
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son of a bankrupt Missouri mine owner   Stephen Austin  
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people of Spanish Heritage who considered Texas their home.   Tejano  
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General who was Mexico's President   Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna  
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A man who had military experience was placed in comamand of the Texas Army.   Sam Houston  
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led a small force including the famous Davy Crockett.   William Travis  
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led a ban of 25 Tejanos in support of the revolt.   Juan Seguin  
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When William Travis's Army fought against Santa Anna's army. They lost, but killed many soldiers, all of them died.   Battle of the Alamo  
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This proclaimed Texas an independence nation   Lone Star Republic  
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Ran against Henry Clay in the 1844 election.   James K. Polk  
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suggested that expansion was not only good but bound to happen, even if you had to push people out of the way.   manifest destiny  
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general, who stationed troops on the Northern Bank of the Rio Grande.   Zachary Taylor  
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An American revolt led by explorer John C. Fremont against Mexican rule.   Bear Flag Revolt  
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Mexican general, battled toward Mexico City.   Winfield Scott  
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Feb. 2 1848, the war officaily ended with this.   Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo  
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Mexico ceded, or gave up, a vast region known as this.   Mexican Cession  
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someone who went to California to find gold, 1849.   forty-niner  
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settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent.   Californio  
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member of one of the oldest Spanish speaking families in America.   Mariano Vallejo  
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A swiss immigrant.   John Sutter  
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1848, carpenter who built a saw mill on a nearby American river.   James Marshall  
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When people rushed to California for gold.   Califronia Gold Rush  
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