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Chapter 12 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent |
| Mountain Men | tough, independent men made their living by trapping beaver |
| Rendezvous | meeting |
| Emigrants | a person who leaves a country or region |
| Oregon Trail | a path that leads to the Oregon country |
| Stephen F. Austin | he recruited 300 American families to settle in Texas |
| Tejanos | Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home |
| Alamo | the battle where the Mexicans won |
| Sam Houston | commander in chief of the Texas forces |
| Annex | take control of |
| The Battle of San Jacinto | the battle where the Texas forces won |
| John C. Fremont | an army officer |
| Rancheros | ranch owners |
| Ranchos | huge estates |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | the treaty where Mexico gave up Texas and agreed to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico |
| Mexican Cession | Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the United States for the price of $15 million |
| Gadsden Purchase | the United States paid Mexico $10 million for a strip of land along the southern edge of Arizona and New Mexico |
| Forty-niners | people that came for the Gold Rush in 1849 |
| Boomtowns | communities built overnight |
| Vigilantes | citizens formed committees of groups to protect themselves |
| Levi Strauss | he sold pants made of denim |
| Mormons | members of the church |
| Brigham Young | head of the Mormons |