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Chapter 9 Review
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| the mission and the scene of the 12-day-long battle between mexicans and the texans | alamo |
| he was the first president of the republic of texas | sam houston |
| he led the american troops to occupy the texas-mexico border | zachary taylor |
| he led a group of emigrants to settle farmland east of san antonio | stephen austin |
| this means to have independent control over one's affairs | autonomy |
| he was the american general who captured veracruz and mexico city | winfield scott |
| he was the southern democrat and expansionist elected president in 1844 | james polk |
| he was the charismatic mexican general who seized power of mexico in 1834 | santa anna |
| this was the name given to the new nation created by the texans in 1835 | lone star republic |
| this was the mass migration of gold seekers into california in 1848-49 | california gold rush |
| the signing of this treaty added 1.2 million square miles of territory to the united states | treaty of guadalupe hidalgo |
| this type of mining used pans and shovels to harvest gold flecks from sand near rivers and streams | placer mining |
| this proposed law banned slavery in any lands won from mexico | wilmot proviso |
| the official purchase transferred ownership of land in southern arizona and mexico to the us in 1853 | gadsden purchase |
| a person who favors expanding the territory or influence of a country | expansionist |
| this trail was developed by traders in the mid-1800's, connecting independence missouri, to sante fe, new mexico | sante fe trail |
| american trappers who explored the rocky mountains in the early 1800's and created the trails for future wagon trains | mountain men |
| he established the mormon colony of new zion on the eastern shore of the great salt lake in utah | brigham young |
| he was the journalist who wrote an influential editorial about the manifest destiny | john o' sullivan |
| he was the texas army commander who defeated santa anna at the battle of san jacinto | sam houston |
| he was the first leader of the mormons | joseph smith |
| this 1848 agreement formally ended the mexican-american war, and included the sale of mexican territory to the us | treaty of guadalupe hidalgo |
| the belief that god wanted the united states t own all of north america | manifest destiny |
| gold was first discovered at this location | sutter's mill |
| the mormons established a new colony and named it | new zion |
| the president of the united states during the mexican-american war | james k. polk |
| many westward emigrants bypassed | the great plains |
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