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US Ch 9 Vocab

Ch 9 Expanding Markets and Moving West Vocab Practice

QuestionAnswer
In farming the raisning of one or two crops for sale rather than a variety of foods for personal use Specialization
Economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves Market Revolution
Economic system in which individuals and businesses control the means of production Capitalism
Business owner Entrepreneur
Inventor of the telegraph Samuel F. B. Morse
Inventor of the steel plow John Deer
Inventor of the mechanical reaper Cyrus McCormick
Device that sends messages by wires Telegraph
Belief that the United States would expand across the continent Manifest Destiny
Treaty that gave Native Americans control of the central plains Treaty of Fort Laramie
Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe Trail
Trail from Missouri to Oregon Oregon Trail
Religious group that settled near present day Salt Lake City Mormons
Founder and leader of the Mormons Joseph Smith
Leader of the Mormons who decided to move the group west to Utah Brigham Young
Slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for US annexation of the Oregon Territory Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
Leader of American colony in Texas Stephen F. Austin
Gift of public land to an individual or organization Land Grant
Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Texas's war for Independence from Mexico Texas Revolution
Site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution Alamo
First president of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston
Independent nation that was created after Texans defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution Republic of Texas
to make part of, incoporate Annex
11th President of the United States James K. Polk
American General in war with Mexico and 12th president Zachary Taylor
American General in war with Mexico troops took Santa Fe New Mexico with out firing a shot Stephen Kearny
Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexicans Republic of California
American General in war with Mexico captured the port of Veracruz and Mexico City the capital Winfield Scott
Treaty ending the War with Mexico Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present US-Mexico boundry Gadsden Purchase
People who came to California in 1849 in search of gold Forty-Niners
Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discovered Gold Rush
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