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Chapter 13 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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mountain man | A fur trapper or explorer who discovered trails through the Rocky Mountains |
Jedediah Smith | Famous mountain man |
Jim Beckwourth | Famous mountain man |
land speculator | A person who buys land in the hope that it will increase in value and bring in a profit |
Santa Fe Trail | Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe,New Mexico(800 mile) |
Oregon Trail | Trail from Missouri to the Oregon Territory;famous pioneering route |
Mormon | A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints;settled in Utah |
Brigham Young | Mormon leader |
Tejano | A person of Spanish heritage who considers Texas as his or her home |
Stephen Austin | Started American colony in Texas |
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | President of Mexico and general |
Sam Houston | First president of the Republic of Texas |
William Travis | Army leader at the Battle of the Alamo |
Juan Seguin | Tejano leader at the Battle of the Alamo |
Battle of the Alamo | Key battle for Texans independence |
Lone Star Republic | Nickname of the Independent Republic of Texas |
manifest destiny | Belief that the United States would expand across the continent |
James K. Polk | 11th president of U.S. who commited to national expansion |
Zachary Taylor | U.S. general in the War with Mexico |
Bear Flag Revolt | Rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California |
Winfield Scott | U.S. general in the War with Mexico;took Mexico City |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Treaty ending the War with Mexico |
Mexican Cession | Vast region given up by Mexico to the U.S. after the War with Mexico;Treaty of Guadalupe gave this to U.S. |
forty-niner | A person who went to California to find gold,starting in 1849 |
Californio | A California settler of Spanish or Mexican descent |
Mariano Vallejo | A Californio and a member of one of the oldest Spanish families in America |
John Sutter | A Californio settler on whose land gold was found |
James Marshall | A carpenter who found gold at Sutter's mill |
California gold rush | Occured when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold,starting in 1849;helped California achieve status as Statehood |