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Unit 10
Westward expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | Americas 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 become trail guides |
| Marcus and Narcissa Whitman | Missionaries that encouraged Americans to settle Oregon because of the 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 like in Utah |
| Oregon Trail | Trail used in the mid-1800s 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 United States in the Mexican 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 Mexican War. |
| Battle of San Jacinto | Last battle of Texas revolution that gave Texas their independence; lasted only 18 minutes. |
| Mexican War | war fought between 1846-1848; led to the United States acquiring New Mexico. |
| Fifty-Four Forty or Flight | James K. Polk's campaign slogan in 1844 to get all of Oregon from 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 United States 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; kick-started the gold Rush. |
| Zachery Taylor | popular general during the Mexican war. |
| Rio Grande | River 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 government in the southern Arizona for a transcontinental railroad. |
| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | Officially ended the Mexican War; gave the US the Mexican Cession |
| Mexican Cession | Land in the Northern Mexico that was given to the United States after the Mexican War; includes California, New Mexico,Utah, Arizona, etc... |
| Tejanos | Mexicans living in Texas that fought with the Americans |
| Chinese | Immigrants that first came to America during the Gold Rush; worked on railroads and opens laundromats. |
| San Francisco | City that grew as a result of the California Gold rush |
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