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Unit 10 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Manifest Destiny | America's God given fate to own land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. |
Mountain Men | fur trappers that explored the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains; they also became trail guides. |
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman | missionaries that encouraged Americans to settle Oregon because of fertile land. |
Joseph Smith | founder of the Mormon Church or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
Brigham Young | Led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake in Utah |
Oregon Trail | trail used in the mid 1800ś for pioneers to reach Oregon for land and adventure. |
Santa Fe Trail | trail used by merchants to trade with Mexico |
California Trail | trail used by Americans to reach California for gold. |
James K. Polk | 11th President; from Tennessee; Democrat; achieved manifest destiny for the US in the Mexico War. |
David Crockett | Tennessee frontiersman that fought and died at the Alamo |
Sam Houston | former Tennessee governor; commander of the Texan army; first president of Texas Republic. |
Battle of the Alamo | defeat that inspired the Texans to fight hard to win their independence. |
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | president and dictator of Mexico during the Texas Revolution and Mexico War. |
Battle of San Jacinto | last battle of the Texas Revolution that gave Texas their independence; only lasted 18 minutes. |
Mexican War | war fought between 1846-1848; led to the US acquiring New Mexico |
Fifty-Four-Forty or Fight | James K. Polkś campaign slogan in 1844 to get all of Oregon from Great Britain. |
Bear Flag Revolt | uprising in California during the Mexican War; Americans declared independence from Spain. |
California Gold Rush | mass migration of people from around the world to Northern California for gold in 1848-1849; changed California and the US economy. |
James Marshall | worker at Sutters Mill that found the first nugget of gold. |
John Sutter | owner of the sawmill where gold was first found in 1848; kickstarted the Gold Rush. |
Zachary Taylor | popular general during the Mexican War. |
Rio Grande | river that 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 |
Gadsdan Purchase | land bought by US gov't in southern Arizona for a transcontinental railroad |
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | officially ended the Mexican War; gave US the Mexican Cession |
Mexican Cession | land in northern Mexico that was given to the US after the Mexican War; includes California, Utah, New Mexico Arizona, etc. |
Tejanos | Mexicans living in Texas that fought with the Americans |
Chinese | immigrants that first came to the US during the Gold Rush; worked on railroads and opened laundromats |
San Francisco | city that grew due to the California Gold Rush. |