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SS Test Mulhern
Mulhern SS Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rendezvous | Get Together |
| Annex | To add on |
| Cede | Give |
| Oregon Country | Huge area behind the Rockies that included Oregon, Washington, Idaho and part of Wyoming, Montana, and canada |
| Independence, Missouri | Where families meet to travel to Oregon Country |
| Utah | Where Mormons traveled to beause they had been driven off from New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois |
| Alamo | Spanish mission where a small band of Texans fought bravely against Mexican troops |
| New Mexico Territory | The Southwest that belonged to Mexico but eventually became US's after the Mexico War |
| Sutter's Mill | Where the first gold was found by James Marshall |
| Oregon Trail | Path wagon trains took to Oregon |
| Mountain Men | Adventurous men who first lived in Oregon's vast valleys, they trapped animals and lived off the land |
| Vigilantes | Self appointed law enforcers |
| Forty- Niners | Americans, Europeans and South Americans who rushed to California for gold |
| Mormons | People who belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Joseph Smith | Leader and founder of the Mormons; was killed by angry mob |
| Brigham Young | Chosen as new leader of the mormons; moved them to a valley in Utah for protection and freedom |
| Marie Dorion | First mountain Man that was a woman who was famous for her survival skills |
| Jebediah Smith | A mountain man who led white settlers across Rockies through South Pass, in present-day Wyoming |
| Manuel Lisa | Spanish American fur trader who led a trip up the Missouri River |
| Marcus and Narcissa Whitman | Some of the first missionaries to build permanent homes in Oregon County; they planned to convert local Native Americans to Christianity |
| Stephen Austin | Son of Moses Austin who led American settlers into Texas |
| Tejanos | Mexicans who lived in Texas and supported the Americans because they hated General Santa Anna and wanted him gone |
| General Santa Anna | Came to power in Mexico in 1833, threw out their consitution and tried to get rid of American in Texas, was captured and forced to sign treaty so Texas was independent |
| William Travis | Commander of the army of the Republic of Texas during the Alamo |
| James K. Polk | 11th president won in 1844 because he favored expansion of the US and his slogan was "Fifty-four forty or Fight!" |
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