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Unit 10 A Vocab

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Manifest Destiny America's God given fate to own land from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Mountain Men Fur trappers that hunted in the west in harsh conditions and against wild animals and natives
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman missionaries that encouraged Americans to travel west
Joseph Smith founder of Mormons
Bringham Young led Mormons to the Great Salt Lake in Utah
Oregon Trail trail used in mid- 1800s for pioneers to get to Oregon
Santa Fe Trail a trail used by merchants to trade with Mexico
California Trail trail used to reach California to get gold
James K. Polk 11th President, from Tennessee
David Crockett Tennessee Frontiersman that fought and died at the Alamo
Sam Houston former Tennessee governor; commander of Texan army
Battle of the Alamo defeat that inspired the Texans to fight hard and win their independence
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna president and dictator of Mexico during the Mexican War
Battle of San Jacinto last battle of the Mexican War
Mexican War war fought from 1846-1848; between Mexico and Texas
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight James K. Polk's campaign slogan in 1844 to get all of Oregon
Bear Flag Revolt uprising in California during the Mexican
California Gold Rush mass immigration to California for gold in 1849
James Marshall worker at Sutters Mill that that found the first nugget of gold
John Sutter owner of sawmill where gold was found in California
Zachary Taylor popular general during the Mexican war
Rio Grande river that the US claimed was the border between Texas and Mexico
Nueces River river that Mexico claimed was the border between Texas and Mexico
Annexation an addition to a country
Gadsden Purchase land bought by the US in southern Arizona for a transcontinental railroad; completed the main part of the US(without Alaska and Hawaii)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican War
Mexican Cession land in Northern Mexico that was given to the US after the war
Tejanos Mexicans living in Texas that fought with the Americans
Chinese immigrants that first came to the US during the Gold Rush
San Francisco city that grew because of the Gold Rush
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