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Chapter 12 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | The idea popular in the United States during the 1800's that the country must expand its boundaries to the specific |
| Mountain Men | A frontiersman living in the mountain wilderness |
| Rendezvous | A meeting |
| Emigrants | A person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere |
| Oregon Trail | A trail to the Oregon Country |
| Stephen F. Austin | The "father" of Texas |
| Tejanos | A Mexican who claims Texas as his home |
| Alamo | A mission near San Antonio |
| Sam Houston | An American politician and soldier and he brought Texas into the United States |
| Annex | |
| Battle of San Jancinto | |
| John C. Fremont | |
| Rancheros | |
| Rancho | |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | |
| Mexican Cession | |
| Gasdsden Purchase | |
| Forty-niners | |
| Boomtowns | |
| Vigilantes | |
| Levi Stauss | |
| Mormons | |
| Brigham Young |