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JH--Manifest Destiny
JAHKMLHS C9 Manifest Destiny
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Narcissa Whitman | This woman and her husband founded a mission among the Indians in the Walla Walla Valley in Oregon |
| rendezvous system | This was devised by mountain men so that fur trappers could gather once a year to sell furs and purchase supplies |
| Brigham Young | This Mormon leader led thousands of Mormons to Salt Lake City and helped them establish a strong Mormon community there |
| Donner Party | This group became stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and forty-two members died |
| Manifest Destiny | This ideology is a belief that God intended the United States to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean |
| Great American Desert | To many people this region between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains seemed to be a Sahara habitable only to Indians |
| Joel Poinsett | This U. S. minister to Mexico in 1825, who negotiated a treaty reaffirming the boundary agreement made with Spain; is probably better remembered for his botanical skills |
| William Becknell | This man who blazed a trail from Missouri to Santa Fe made huge profits trading his merchandise for furs, livestock, and silver; moreover, his actions encouraged other American merchants to follow |
| Thomas Hart Benton | This Senator from Missouri, who opposed slavery, staunchly advocated government support of frontier exploration during his term in the Senate from 1820 - 1850 |
| Oregon Trail | This route, the longest and most famous of the routes west, stretched 2000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Willamette Valley |
| Horace Greeley | This founder and editor of the New York Tribune popularized the saying "Go west, young man." |
| Mormon Trail | This route was used especially to bring settlers from Illinois to Utah |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | With this agreement Indians like the Sioux and Cheyenne agreed to recognize the right of the United States Government to establish roads, military and other posts, within their respective territories |
| James Bowie | This hero of the Alamo was killed in his bed because he was ill with tuberculosis |
| San Jacinto | This final battle of the Texas Revolution resulted in independence for Texas |
| empresarios | These agents contracted with the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas in the 1820’s |
| Tejanos | These native Mexicans lived in Texas and supported the Texas Revolution |
| Santa Anna | This President of Mexico held dictatorial control over the Mexican Government |
| Gonzales | This Texas city became the “Lexington” of the Texas Revolution a skirmish was fought here as Mexicans tried to reclaim a cannon |
| Alamo | This former mission after withstanding a 12 day siege was stormed by Mexican soldiers on March 6, 1836 |
| Goliad | This aftermath of this battle witnessed the worst massacre in the Texas Revolution--more than 300 rebels were executed after surrendering |
| Sam Houston | This good friend of Andrew Jackson led the army of the rebels in the Texas revolution and became the first president of Texas |
| Treaty of Velasco | This agreement ended the war for Texas Independence |
| William Travis | This man was the military commander at the Alamo |
| Fifty-four forty or Fight | This slogan referred to the northern boundary of the Oregon Territory which many Americans insisted should be the upper limit of the United States |
| John Slidell | This Louisiana lawyer was sent to Mexico City in 1845 to work out a deal to purchase the New Mexico and California Territories; however, he failed |
| Winfield Scott | This Mexican War hero who led 10,000 American troops to capture Mexico City on September 14, 1847 |
| San Patricios | This group of Irish-Americans fought for Mexico in the Mexican War |
| Nueces River | Mexico wanted the border of Texas to be drawn at this river |
| Stephen Kearny | This commander led American forces and secured Santa Fe and the New Mexico Territory during the Mexican War |
| Bear Flag Revolt | This uprising against Mexico by American settlers in California broke California free of Mexican rule |
| Californios | These people were Spanish settlers who lived in California |
| Zachary Taylor | This United States commander, nicknamed “Old Rough and Ready,” defeated a numerically superior Mexican force at Buena Vista |
| Zachary Taylor | This man was ordered to lead his troops into the disputed territory of Texas between the Nueces River and Rio Grande |
| John Tyler | This man signed the joint resolution of Congress annexing Texas as part of the United States |
| John C. Fremont | This man was named civil governor of California and then was court-martialed in Washington for disobedience to a superior’s command |
| Buena Vista | This was the last battle of the northern campaign in the Mexican War and was fought primarily with militia |
| Mexican-American War | This 17 month event resulted in the addition to the United States of more territory than was added by the Louisiana Purchase |
| James K. Polk | This man who became President in 1845 ordered U. S. troops to move to the Rio Grande. This move precipitated the Mexican War |
| Winfield Scott | This man led the American troops in taking Veracruz and then across central Mexico in battles at Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and others |
| Rio Grande | Texas claimed this river as it southern border |
| Spot Resolution | Congressman Abraham Lincoln supported this proposition to find the exact location where American troops were fired upon, suspecting that they had illegally crossed into Mexican territory |
| Nicholas Trist | This man was sent as a special envoy by President Polk to Mexico City in 1847 to negotiate an end to the Mexican War |
| John Sutter | Swiss adventurer on whose California property gold was first discovered |
| James Marshall | This carpenter detected yellow flakes of gold at the bottom of a wooden canal; responsible for the start of the gold rush |
| Forty-niners | These gold seekers traveled to California during the gold rush |
| Pony express | This service offered quicker mail delivery between Missouri and California using relays of young, relatively light riders on fast horses |
| Mexican Cession | This land was given to the United States through the agreement ending the Mexican War. |
| Gadsden Purchase | This land was acquired from Mexico and included southern parts of present day Arizona and New Mexico |
| Caroline | This ship was burned on the United States side of the Niagara River by Canadian militia because it was supplying rebels on Navy Island |
| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | This agreement ended the Mexican War |
| Wilmot Proviso | This resolution which was passed by the House but not by the Senate would have made slavery illegal in any land acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War |
| Gadsden Purchase | This agreement with Mexico acquired land than might be used for a southern route for a transcontinental railroad |
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