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mountain men   explorers and fur traders who were the first to move west; provided valuable knowledge that enabled later pioneers to travel west  
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Jedediah Smith   Mountain man; one of the few well-intentioned explorers who aimed to help others by opening up the west; his experience proved how dangerous the west is.  
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Jim Beckworth   At age 25, joined a group of fur traders going west and in time became a daring mountain man; discovered a mountain pass that became the route into present day northern Californi  
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Mormon   a member of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830  
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Oregon trail   a trail that ran westward from independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Territory  
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Sante Fe trail   a trail that began on Missouri and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico  
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Land Speculator   a person who buys huge ares of land for a low price and then sells off small sections of it at high prices  
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Brigham Young   the next Mormon Leader, moved his people out of the U.S  
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Mexican Cession   included various states in the southwest: half of New Mexico  
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Manifest Destiny   the belief that the U.S was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean  
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Winfield Scott   led the second force at Vercruz on the Gulf of Mexico and battled inland toward Mexico City  
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Zachary Taylor   ordered by Polk to station troops on the northern bank of the Rio Grande  
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo   the 1848 treaty ending the U.S war with Mexico; ceded nearly one-half of its land to the U.S  
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James K. Polk   America's first "dark horse" a canidate who received unexpected support  
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Bear Flag Revolt   the 1846 rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California  
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Stephen Austin   persuaded the New Mexican government to let him start his colony  
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Tejano   a person of Spanish heritage who consider Texas their home  
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna   the leader of the Mexicans; signed a treaty forcing Texas its freedom after the Battle of San Jacinto  
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Juan Seguin   led a band of 25 Tejanos in support of revolt  
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William Travis   head of the volunteers at Alamo  
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Sam Houston   was placed in command of the Texas army  
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Lone Star Republic   a nickname and proclaimed Texas an independent nation  
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Battle of the Alamo   in 1836, Texans defeated a church called Alamo against the Mexican Army  
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James Fannin   Goliath the second force leaded by William Travis at the Alamo  
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