Chapter 13 American History
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| led an expedition to find a route through the Rocky Mountains. | show 🗑
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| a fur trapper or explorer who opened up the West by finding the best trails through the Rocky Mountains. | show 🗑
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| famous rugged loners. | show 🗑
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| show | land speculator
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| show | Santa Fe Trail
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| show | Oregon Trial
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| show | Mormon
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| Mormon leader after Joseph Smith was killed. Led his people to Utah. | show 🗑
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| show | Stephen Austin
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| people of Spanish heritage who consider Texas their home. | show 🗑
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| the Mexican president during the Texas revolt against Mexico in 1833. | show 🗑
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| commander of the Texas army during the fight for the Alamo. | show 🗑
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| head of a company of 183 volunteers that fought at the Alamo. | show 🗑
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| show | Juan Seguine
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| In 1836 Texans defended a church called The Alamo against the Mexican army; all but five Texans were killed. | show 🗑
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| show | Lone Star Republic
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| show | James K. Polk
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| the belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. | show 🗑
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| general of US troops under President Polk. Stationed troops on the Northern Bank of the Rio Grande. | show 🗑
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| the 1846 rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California. | show 🗑
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| show | Winfield Scott
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| show | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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| a vast region given up by Mexico after the War with Mexico; it included the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. | show 🗑
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| a person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849 | show 🗑
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| California settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent. | show 🗑
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| a member of one of the oldest Spanish families in America, he owned 250,000 acres of land. | show 🗑
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| show | John Sutter
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| a carpenter who built a sawmill on the American River. Discovered gold in the water. | show 🗑
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| show | California Gold Rush
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