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VA US 6.1
VA US Vocabulary 6.1
Term | Definition |
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Junipero Serra | (1713-1784) Spanish Franciscan priest who helped establish 9 missions in the priest-day state of California. |
expansionist | a person who favors expanding the territory or influence of a country. |
Manifest Destiny | the 19th century doctrine that westward expansion of the United States was not only inevitable but a God-given right. |
Santa Fe Trail | a trail developed by traders in the mid-1800s, connecting Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
Mountain Men | American trappers who explored the Rocky Mountains area in the 1800s |
Oregon Trail | a trail from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon that was used by pioneers in the mid-1800s |
Brigham Young | (1801-1877) American religious leader who served as the second president of the Mormon church. |
Treaty of Fort Laramie | the 1851 treaty that restricted American Indians to specific areas away from the major trails |