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ch.13 vocab hm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mountain man | a fur trapper or explorer ho discovered trails through the rocky mountains |
| jebeiah smith | tough and resouceful famous mountain man |
| jim beckwourth | spent most of year alone trapping small animals, and is a 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 |
| oregon trail | trail from missouri to the oregon territory |
| mormon | a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints |
| bringham young | second mormon leader |
| tejano | a person of spanish heritage who considers texas his or her home |
| stephen autin | started amreican colony in texas |
| antonio lopez de santa anna | president of mexico |
| sa 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 texas independence |
| lone star republic | nickname of the texas republic |
| manifest destiny | belief that the united states would expand across the continent |
| james k. polk | 11th president of the united states of america |
| zachary taylor | u.s. general in the war with mexico |
| bear flag revolt | rebellion by americans against mexican rule in california |
| winfield scott | US general in the war with Mexico |
| treaty of guadalupe hidalgo | treaty ending the war with Mexico |
| mexican cession | vast region given up by Mexico to the US after the war with Mexico |
| forty-niner | a person who went to California to find gold starting in 1874 |
| californio | 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 California settler on whose land gold was found |
| james marshall | a carpenter who found gold at Sutter's mill |
| california gold rush | occurred when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold starting in 1849 |