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Chapter 11
Setting the West
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mountain Men | These tough guys trapped animals in Rocky Mountains and other areas in the western regions of the US. They sold the fur to easern companies. |
| Oregon Trail | This 2,000 mile trail started in the Great Plains and stretched to the Oregon Territory. |
| Santa Fe Trail | An important trade trail heading west from Independence, Missouri to a location in New Mexico. |
| Mormons | Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| Manifest Destiny | A belief shared by many Americans in the mid 1800s that the United States should expand all the way across the contininent to the Pacific Ocean. |
| James K Polk | This fellow was our eleventh president. He helped settle the Oregon boundaries with Great Britain. He was also our leader during the Mexican American War. |
| Vaqueros | This is the name for Mexican cowboys. |
| Gadsden Purchase | This is the parcel of land the US bought from Mexico. The land included southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico. |
| Donner Party | This group of pioneers was stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter of 1846-1847. Nearly half of the settlers died that winter. |
| Forty-niners | The name of San Francisco's professional football team OR the nickname of gold seekers who moved to California seeking riches. |
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