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chapter 9
U.s 1 3rd 9 weeks study guide chapter 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Specialization | relating or pursuing. |
| Market revolution | the United States was a drastic change in how manual labor was conducted in the United States. |
| Captalism | an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. |
| Entrepeneurs | somebody that opens their own business |
| Telegraph | a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection. |
| John Deere | maufactured plows. |
| Cyrus McCormick | an Inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester Company in 1902. |
| Manifest destiny | a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. |
| Western trails | Important route used by settlers moving west. |
| Joseph Smith | an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism. |
| Mormons | believe that returning to God requires following the example of Jesus Christ, and accepting his atonement through ordinances such as baptism. |
| Brigham Young | an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. |
| "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" | phrase commonly used by extremists in the controversy with Great Britain over the Oregon country. |
| Land Grants | made by a government or other authority as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service. |
| Antonio Lopez Santa Anna | a Mexican politician and general who greatly influenced early Mexican politics and government. |
| Texas Revolution | began when colonists in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government. |
| Alamo | a place in Texas where there was a battle between a small group of U.S. soldiers and a large Mexican army. |
| Sam Houston | an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United States as a constituent state. |
| Republic of Texas | an independent sovereign country in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. |
| Annex | append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document. |
| James K. Polk | the 11th President of the United States. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. |
| Zachary Taylor | a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general. |
| Stephen Kearney | remembered for his significant contributions in the Mexican–American War, especially the conquest of California. |
| Republic of California/ John C. Fremont | he took command of Bear flag revolt. |
| Winfield Scott | served as commanding general of the army from 1841 to 1861. |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago | added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. |
| Gadsen Purchase | region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, 1853. |
| 49ers/gold rush | gold mining towns. |
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