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AH1 Unit 7: Manifest
Manifest Destiny
Question | Answer |
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Manifest Destiny | the belief that the United States had the right to all the land between the Atlantic andPacific |
Treaty of Fort Laramie | treaty that gave Native Americans control of the Central Plains |
Santa Fe Trail | Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Oregon Trail | Trail from Missouri to Oregon |
Mormons | Religious group that settled near present-day Salt Lake City, believed in polygamous marriage |
Joseph Smith | Founder and leader of the Mormons |
Brigham Young | Leader of the Mormons who decided to move the group west to Utah |
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" | Slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for US annexation of the Oregon Territory |
Stephen F. Austin | Leader of the American settlers in Texas |
Land Grant | gift of public land to an individual or organization |
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution |
Texas Revolution | Texas's war for independence from Mexico |
Alamo | site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution |
Sam Houston | leader of the Texas rebels and 1st president of the Republic of Texas |
Republic of Texas | independent nation that was created after Texans defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution |
Annex | to make part of, to incorporate something into something else |
James K. Polk | 11th President, supported Manifest Destiny and the annexation of Texas and Oregon |
Zachary Taylor | American general in the war with Mexico, nicknamed Old Rough and Ready, and 12th president |
Stephen Kearny | American general in in the war with Mexico, nicknamed The Long Marcher |
Republic of California | Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexico |
Winfield Scott | American general in war with Mexico, nicknamed Old Fuss and Feathers |
Treaty of Guadalupe- Hildalgo | Treaty ending war with Mexico |
Forty-Niners | People who came to California in 1849 in search of gold |
Gold Rush | Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discover |